- Author: Mochammad Maola
- From: CRCS UGM
Abstract:
Ecological crisis is demanding solution from various aspect. While religion as a promising resource to influence it?s follower. A lot of researchs about Islam and ecologcial issue are proof that Islam also concerns with environmental crisis. Many Islamic boarding schools (pesantren) identify themselves as environmentalist or ecological pesantren which taught the students about ecological issue. The problem among the research about Islam and ecology is less of reference from specific Islamic literature which talking about Islam related with ecology. Neither it can’t be found in pesantren which taught ecology. Mostly refers with english writing or primary sources from Al-Qur’an Hadith book. The other is refer with fiqh bi`ah (the jurisprudence of environment) wich only limited in Islamic law toward environment. One of the famous book is from Yusuf Qardawi entitled Ri?ayat al-Bi`ah fi Shariat al-Islam. I argue that Islam has propose a solution which has manifested by Prophet Muhammad activities and words toward environment. The book of Habl min al-‘Alam is a compilation of 40 hadiths from Prophet Muhammad which consist of his teaching on treating environment. The book is written by the author for the purpose of education, not for profit purpose. It’s taught in pesantren, for junior high school grades and older. This book is more simple but consist more topics rather than limited to jurisprudence view even also the theological teaching and manner. The contains of this book is focused on overconsumption, nature resources, treating animal, reforestation, sanitation, etc. The research is designed in qualitative ways which the subject was observed through focus group discussion, teaching the book and discussion, and then observed again through focus group discussion. The purpose of this research is to educate ecology for pesantren student and their reponses toward the book to find out the effectiveness of the book toward pesantren student also the strength and weakness before it is published and spreaded to be taught in other pesantren. The result shows that the informants arguing the quality of author, as they convince the book is lack of barakah, absence of sanad and hadith status. Therefore, the informants are prefer to focus on the hadith science rather than the ecological teaching in the book. It can be concluded that the book is need improvement to attract the students attention toward ecological issue.
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