Reinterpretation of The Family in Inheritance Law Towards Sisters From The Perspective of The Hadith

El-Usrah: Jurnal Hukum Keluarga https://jurnal.ar-raniry.ac.id/index.php/usrah/index ISSN: 2620 – 8075 ║ E-ISSN: 2620 – 8083 Vol. 8. No. 2. December 2025 DOI: 10.22373/ujhk.v8i2.29855 Reinterpretation of The Family in Inheritance Law Towards Sisters From The Perspective of The Hadith Abdillah Mustari1, Ani Auli Ilmi2, Najmah Jaman3, Asmaul Husna4, Asni Zubair5 1 Universitas Islam Negeri Alauddin Makassar, Indonesia 2 La Trobe University, Australia 3 STAI Al-Gazali Bulukumba, Indonesia 4 Universitas Islam Negeri Ar-Raniry Banda Aceh, Indonesia 5 Institut Agama Islam Negeri Bone Sulawesi Selatan, Indonesia Email: Abstract This paper aims to analyze the reinterpretation of the concept of family in the division of inheritance law related to the status of the mother's sister from the perspective of the hadith. The mother's sister in inheritance law is included in the group of dzawi al-arhām. The main issues studied in this article are the concept of family, especially regarding mother and sister in inheritance law and the interpretation of hadith texts in relation to the concept of dzawi al-arhām in contemporary Islamic law. This research uses a normative legal method, while the approach is hermeneutic as an analytical tool directly related to the interpretation of the text, so that the meaning of the text is by investigating every detail of the interpretation process. The data refers to verses of the Qur'an, hadiths, opinions of scholars, journal articles and books. The results of the study indicate that Islamic legal thought is influenced by the dominant discourse that developed at that time regarding male superiority, and in the formation of Islamic law, the discourse of male dominance has not been discussed. Evaluation of preferences among Islamic legal scholars towards patriarchy can be seen in four aspects: genealogy, transmission of knowledge, culture, and the formation of historical discourse in Islam that is androcentric. The interpretation of the family reflects a historical-sociological reality that is highly dependent on place and time. The definition of family is not based on biological (natural) factors, but rather on socio-cultural considerations, or in other words, gender. Based on the analysis above, in terms of both quantity and quality, this hadith can be categorized as a mashhur and sahih hadith, and it can be used as a legal reference. Therefore, based on this reinterpretation of the concept of family, it is appropriate that the mother's sister is entitled to a share of the inheritance, the mandatory will mechanism can be considered. Keywords: Reinterpretation, sisters, dzawi al-arhām, inheritance, Islamic law, hadith studies 1102 Abdillah Mustari, et.al., Reinterpretation of The Family in Inheritance 1103 Abstrak Tulisan ini bertujuan untuk mengalisis tentang reintrepretasi konsep keluarga dalam pembagian hukum waris yang terkait dengan status saudara perempuan ibu dalam perspektif hadis. Saudara perempuan ibu dalam hukum waris termasuk dalam kelompok zawi al-arhām. Pokok permasalahan yang dikaji dalam artikel ini adalah konsep keluarga khususnya mengenai saudara perempuan ibu dalam hukum waris dan penafsiran teks-teks hadis hubungnyadengan konsep dzawi al-arhām dalam hukum Islam kontemporer. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode hukum normatif, sedangkan pendekatannya adalah hermeneutik sebagai alat analisis yang berkaitan langsung dengan penafsiran teks, sehingga makna teks dengan cara menyelidiki setiap detail proses penafsiran. Data mengacu pada ayat-ayat al-Qur’an, hadishadis, pendapat para ulama, artikel jurnal serta buku. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pemikiran hukum Islam dipengaruhi oleh wacana dominan yang berkembang saat itu mengenai superioritas laki-laki, dan dalam pembentukan fiqih Islam, wacana dominasi laki-laki belum dibahas. Evaluasi preferensi di kalangan sarjana hukum Islam terhadap patriarki dapat dilihat dalam empat aspek: genealogi, transmisi pengetahuan, budaya, dan pembentukan wacana historis dalam Islam yang bersifat androsentris. Penafsiran keluarga mencerminkan realitas historissosiologis yang sangat bergantung pada tempat dan waktu. Pengertian keluarga tidak didasarkan pada faktor biologis (alamiah), tetapi hanya didasarkan pada pertimbangan sosial budaya atau dengan kata lain gender. Berdasarkan analisis di atas, baik dari segi kuantitas maupun kualitas, hadis ini dapat dikategorikan sebagai hadis mashhur dan sahih, serta dapat dijadikan rujukan hukum. Oleh karena itu, berdasarkan penafsiran ulang konsep keluarga ini, sudah sepantasnya saudara perempuan ibu berhak mendapatkan bagian dari harta warisan, mekanisme wasiat wajib dapat dipertimbangkan. Kata Kunci: Reinterpretasi, saudara perempuan, dzawi al-arhām, warisan, hukum Islam, studi hadith Introduction As a concept, Islamic law is perceived as a universal, dynamic, elastic, flexible, and adaptable law. It is able to accommodate various forms of development anywhere and anytime. The implementation of this principle in the historic empirical platform has resulted in reliable mujtahid (Islamic law authority) and monumental works in the field of Islamic law ideas in accordance with the development level of the society and the demand of socio-cultural society around it. So that the goals of Islamic law, or maqāṣid al-sharī'ah, can be achieved, namely for the benefit of humanity. 1 1 Nur Solikin and Moh. Wasik, “The Construction of Family Law in the Compilation of Islamic Law in Indonesia: A Review of John Rawls’s Concept of Justice and Jasser Auda’s Maqashid al-Shari'a,” Ulumuna: Journal of Islamic Studies 27, No. 1 (2023). Rajab Rajab, et.al., “Islamic https://jurnal.ar-raniry.ac.id/index.php/usrah/index Vol. 8 No. 2, December 2025 Abdillah Mustari, et.al., Reinterpretation of The Family in Inheritance 1104 Social changes faced by Moslem people in the modern time has caused a number of serious problems related to Islamic law but the method developed by contemporary Islamic scholars in dealing with the problems is not yet satisfactory, if Islamic law is connected to social engineering. This demonstrates the need for Islamic law to be dynamic and contextual, as well as flexible and accommodating to thematic issues that are generally inseparable from various aspects of life in a broader dimension. Therefore, Islamic law can provide answers to the transformation and development of civilization in the future. 2 Such understanding of Islamic law will strengthen its relevance within the globalization that will continually develop together with the emergence of various problems of Islamic society as the consequence of changes brought by knowledge and technology. This change actually reveals the systems of value and behavior of the society that at certain time will demand certain value system. Determination of the value system of the behavior of the society, and the policy of social engineering in the idea system of Islamic law depends not only on the results of specu (...truncated)