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- Sufism-Based Management for Improving Working Performance in the 4.0
Industrial Era: A Phenomenological Perspective
Authors: Suwito Suwito, Ischak Suryo Nugroho, Maulana Mualim, Eka Septiani Sarastuti
Abstract: Sufism is often understood as an approach to cleansing one's soul (tazkiyat al-nafs). Its infusion to human resource management is severely underutilised. This article aims to describe the managerial experience and services of a Sufism-based institution, namely the Faculty of Tarbiyya and Teacher Training UIN Prof. K.H. Saifuddin Zuhri, Purwokerto. The faculty has implemented Sufism-based management to improve its employee performance in the industrial revolution 4.0. This paper is qualitative research with a phenomenological approach. Data are collected through participatory observation, in-depth interviews, and documentation. Twelve key informants comprising officials, lecturers, administrative staff, and students, were invited. The data were then analysed by employing Smith's model. The finding showed that spiritually clean and healthy officials could stimulate wiser organisational behaviour, stimulate bright ideas (innovations), and shape a stronger desire to follow up on problems. This Sufism-based management supports the improvement of the service quality of the institution internally, externally, and eternally.Contribution: This study contributes to the literature on Sufism-based management in the sense of providing practical implementation of takhallī, taḥallī, and tajallī in management
PubDate: 2023-07-01
DOI: 10.21580/tos.v12i1.14323
Issue No: Vol. 12, No. 1 (2023)
- A Critical Analysis of the Response of Ilorin Sufi Scholars to Anti-Sufi
Uprising in the Seventies in Nigeria
Authors: Yusuph Dauda Gambari, Hanik Rosyida
Abstract: Sufism has been trailed by different criticisms for a long period. Different Muslim communities across the Muslim world have experienced anti-Sufism drives but launched in Nigeria in the seventies as it was inaugurated and coordinated by Shaykh Abubakar Mahmud Gumi, who acted under the guise and influence of Wahabiyyah-Salafiyyah. As a result, Sufis across communities started responding by either preaching or writing. Sufi scholars in Ilorin, a border community between the North and South, were among the early responders to anti-Sufism who took to writing. Therefore, this paper is a critical analysis of the contents of Rafḍ al-Shubuhāt, written as a response to anti-Sufi waves in the city. An exegetical method of research was adopted to determine the appropriateness of the Sufi scholars to the anti-Sufism campaign in the metropolis. The findings revealed that most of the Salafiyyah’s claims are unfounded and lack the proof to establish their genuineness, while the responses of the Sufi are not only appropriate but are also laced with evidence from the Qur’an, Ḥadīth, and submissions of different scholars, some of whom were Salafiyyah scholars. The book is therefore recommended for the defence of Sufism in contemporary times.Contribution: This study contributes to revealing the efforts to tackle the anti-Sufism movement initiated by Sufis scholars in Ilorin Nigeria, by writing a book entitled Rafḍ al-Shubuhāt, as a counter-opinion.
PubDate: 2023-06-07
DOI: 10.21580/tos.v12i1.14504
Issue No: Vol. 12, No. 1 (2023)
- Tazkiyat Al-Nafs as Resilience Strategy to Deal with the Post-Pandemic
Recession among Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Actors
Authors: Atika Ulfia Adlina, Zaizul Abd Rahman, Muhammad Sakdullah, Dewi Aisyah, Ferizka Rizky Al Amin
Abstract: This paper examines how resilience strategy using the tazkiyat al-nafs is implemented by Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) actors in dealing with a post-pandemic recession. This qualitative study uses a psychological approach to analyse the data gained by in-depth interviews conducted with 27 MSMEs actors. The findings reveal that in the context of Muslim retailers, tazkiyat al-nafs play a significant coping mechanism in the post-pandemic recession. They can manage their emotional response to the critical conditions through steps in tazkiyat al-nafs called maqāmāt (stations). It also helps them adapt to economic changes and create innovations to overcome post-pandemic recession conditions. In addition, practising steps in tazkiyat al-nafs are not necessarily under the guidance of certain murshid.Contribution: The contribution of this paper is to provide a new understanding that tazkiyat al-nafs can be used as a coping mechanism in dealing with difficult situations faced by Muslim retailers and can be practised independently without a murshid.
PubDate: 2023-06-07
DOI: 10.21580/tos.v12i1.14437
Issue No: Vol. 12, No. 1 (2023)
- “Will I Die Now'” Mystical Experiences in Individuals with COVID-19
after a Near-Death Experience
Authors: Izza Himawanti, Muhammad Faiq
Abstract: Abstract: Near-death experiences (NDEs) are closely related to emotional and spiritual dimensions, even though they are subjective. This study aims to reveal the mystical experiences of individuals suffering from COVID-19 after NDEs. This article is qualitative research with a phenomenological approach. With purposive sampling, the data were collected from individuals suffering from COVID-19 who experienced NDEs but recovered. The data were then analysed with interpretive phenomenological analysis (IPA). This study reveals that when individuals experience NDEs, they no longer see and feel their physical body but their spirit or soul. They also have mystical experiences, such as being visited and communicating with specific religious figures and even the spirits of people who had died. After NDEs, a comprehensive reconstruction occurs regarding their personal beliefs and values regarding life and death, especially their relationship with God.Contribution: This study contributes to revealing the mystical experience of people after near-death experience (NDE). This study can be a recommendation, counselling, therapy and various psychological and religious interventions for individuals who experience NDE to accept their death more easily.
PubDate: 2023-06-07
DOI: 10.21580/tos.v12i1.16810
Issue No: Vol. 12, No. 1 (2023)
- M. Amin Syukur’s Socio-Sufism: Bridging Spiritual and Social Piety
Authors: Suhandi Suhandi, Reni Ferlitasari, Luthfi Rohimah, M.A. Achlami
Abstract: Abstract: The esoteric aspect of Islam, namely Sufism, can provide essential values in influencing people's views and attitudes in their lives that, in turn, motivate them to achieve their goals in life as individuals and as a collective society. This study aims to analyse Sufism as part of Islamic teachings, emphasising aspects of social morality (equality, compassion, mutual help, tolerance, ukhuwwah or brotherhood) initiated by M. Amin Syukur. This study applies a qualitative method using a content analysis approach. The results discovered that M. Amin Syukur promotes social Sufism, i.e. Sufism which concerns social life. Such Sufism has characteristics, namely humane, empirical, and functional. M. Amin Syukur's Sufistic idea is rich in human values for creating social order and good community relations.Contribution: This study provides a new understanding that the function of Sufism in society can be measured by its role, i.e. its contribution to society. Those who perform spiritual journey (sālik) must be active in all aspects of life, such as economy, politics, and society. Such Sufism by M. Amin Syukur is called social Sufism.
PubDate: 2023-06-06
DOI: 10.21580/tos.v12i1.14690
Issue No: Vol. 12, No. 1 (2023)
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