Adab Perbezaan Pendapat dalam Islam Menurut Taha Jabir Al-Alwani (1935-2016)

Abstract

This article briefly discusses the biography of Taha Jabir al-Alwani and ethics of disagreement that have been espoused in his book, Adab al-Ikhtilaf fi al-Islam. He surveyed the ethics of disagreements and dissension during the time of the Prophet, the Companions and leading scholars (imam) of madhahib until the contemporary era. Differences of opinions in fiqh branches (furu') is natural due to the language factor, the transmissions of ahadith and methodologies (usul fiqh). The differences in the fiqh are considered as blessings (rahmah) which provide space and wealth of knowledge from which the law-making process is derived. He also outlined the solutions for Muslims to wade through this crisis of the loss of adab; the solutions include training of Muslim youths with the fundamentals of modern and religious sciences, strengthening of the educational institutions that pursue the islamisation of knowledge, and establishing the true Islamic thoughts.

Keywords: ethics of disagreement, ethics of dialogues, Islamic thoughts and the Islamization of knowledge

Abstrak

Artikel ini membincangkan secara ringkas biografi Taha Jabir al-Alwani dan adab perbezaan pendapat dalam karyanya Adab al-Ikhtilaf fi al-Islam. Beliau telah menyoroti adab perbezaan pendapat pada zaman nabi, zaman para sahabat dan imam mazhab sehingga zaman kini. Perbezaan pendapat dalam bidang cabangan fikah (furu’) adalah perkara tabi’i disebabkan faktor bahasa, sebab periwayatan hadis dan kaedah usul. Perbezaan dalam perkara cabangan fikah sebagai rahmat dan kelapangan bagi umat ini serta kekayaan dalam proses pengambilan hukum. Beliau turut menggariskan jalan penyelesaian umat Islam dalam menghadapi krisis kehilangan adab ini dengan melatih para belia dengan ilmu syariat dan moden, mengukuhkan institusi pendidikan yang berteraskan pengislaman ilmu dan membentuk pemikiran Islam yang tulen.

Kata kunci: adab perbezaan pendapat, adab berdialog, pemikiran Islam dan pengislaman ilmu