Authors:Firdaus Sutan Mamad Pages: 1 - 20 Abstract: Taqwim is one of the methods to determine the beginning of Ramadan taught by Shaykh Burhan al-Din Ulakan in Syattariyah Tariqa. This study is interesting to be investigated because there were some dynamical phenomena happened in West Sumatra in terms of determining the beginning of Ramadan. There was a particular society that followed the Government’s decision regarding the beginning of Ramadan, there was also a certain group of people who performed the Ramadan earlier than the Government’s decision, there was even a certain society who started the fasting one day after the Government’s decision. The more interesting one, among the adherents of Syattariyah, there were also differences to determine the first day of Ramadan. The problem is why the dynamics in determining the first day of Ramadan happened in West Sumatra. This study implemented the method of philological approach to history. From this study, it can be generated that the dynamics occur because the taqwim taught by Shaykh Burhan al-Din is not just one method to determine the beginning of Ramadan, so it is being debated among the adherents of Syattariyah. It has happened throughout the generation within their strong basis of thought and philosophy. PubDate: 2019-05-14 DOI: 10.24090/ibda.v17i1.1754 Issue No:Vol. 17, No. 1 (2019)
Authors:Syamsul Bakri, Siti Nurlaili Muhadiyatiningsih Pages: 21 - 32 Abstract: : This paper describes the process of constructing a tradition called as Malem Selikuran in Keraton Kasunanan Surakarta, the meaning of symbol in Malem Selikuran, and the relevance of the symbolic meaning toward the people’s lives. The analytical methods implemented in this paper were historical continuity, verstehen and hermeneutic. The results are synthesized as the following. First, Malem Selikuran tradition is a historical product of the process from adaptation of Islam in Javanese culture. This religious cultural product simultaneously became a distinctive religious characteristic in Keraton Kasunanan Surakarta, as the successor to the relay of the Islamic Javanese Kingdom of Mataram. Second, the tradition has the orders of moralities that apply symbolic language. Javanese people use the symbols to convey moral and religious messages. The message of Malem Selikuran ritual with various ritual equipment shows that the people of Surakarta Kasunan Palace uphold the importance of maintaining the harmony between humans and Allah SWT, and also between humans and the universe (amemayu hayuning bawana) based on the spirit of monotheism, morals and sufism. Third, the relevance of the symbolic meaning of Selikuran Keraton Surakarta for the people’s lives is on the historical and cultural plains. Historically, the ceremony of it reminds us of how Islam and Javanese culture have distinctive characteristics of integration in the history of Islamization in Java. Likewise, culturally, Malem Selikuran tradition is a creative work of Muslims in Java in order to give an identity to their community. PubDate: 2019-05-14 DOI: 10.24090/ibda.v17i1.1753 Issue No:Vol. 17, No. 1 (2019)
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