لنستخرج كنوزا من المعرفة و الإبداع و العلم و الأفكار
The mujaddid also performed islah and tajdid in educational aspect. They focused on the process of creating and strengthening the Muslims’ intellectualism power as an important fundamental in rebuilding the Islamic civilization (Rahimin Affandi Abd. Rahim in Mohd Fauzi Hamat et al., 2004, p. 218). They stressed out that for the Muslims to rise again, they must possess the expertise in both knowledge areas; religious knowledge and worldly knowledge, because originally both of these knowledge belong to Allah SWT. This matter has also being highlighted by Badiuzzaman Said Nursiwho stated the importance of learning science knowledge and religious knowledge in an integrative way in order to compete with the Western power and to protect the Muslims from denying the truth and extreme obsession (Mohamad Zaidin Mohamad, 2015).
The efforts of tajdid and islah also focused on politics. The Muslims are not only faced with attack and opposition of enemies from the Western countries who want to bring Islam down, but also the internal crisis as a result of weak leadership. The existence of untrustworthy leaders is the real direct cause for the deterioration of the Muslims (Ramli & Majid,2012). With relate to that, the process of islah and tajdid is important to ensure the Muslims areable to perform the Islamic syariat successfully, whether through juz’ie (partial) practice in certain countries or the urge to make the Islamic syariat as the source of legislations and Islam as the top religion (Dannawi, 2006).
Islah in whatever contexts and situations has certain purposes whether for a short or long term. Generally, the purposes of islah works as mentionedin the al-Qur’an are as follows (Abdurrahman, 2015) :
1. To objectify the concept of ukhuwwah (brotherhood), to guard trusts and to preserve affection and love amongst humans (Surah al-Hujurat 49: 10 and Surah Ali-Imran 3:103).
To protect the harmony of the society which begins from a family life (Surah al-Baqarah 2: 182, Surah al-Nisa’ 4:128-129 , Surah al-Anfal 8 : 1).
3. To protect the preservation and balance of the universe (Surah al-Syuara’26: 150-152 and Surah al-‘Araf 7: 56)
4. To eliminate fear or worries and sadness in undergoing daily life (Surah al-An’am 6: 48).
5. To protect the secrets of the disputing parties (Surah al-Nisa’4: 114).
6. To carry out one of the obligations towards Allah SWT by realizing that islah is one of the ibadah that He commanded to be performed by His servants (Surah al-Anfal 8: 1 and Surah al-Hujurat 49: 9-10).
7. To seek for forgiveness and maghfirah (pardon) from Allah SWT as well as His rewards and pleasures in the hereafter and to enter heaven with the family who works together to perform restoration (Surah al-Maaidah 5: 39, Surah al-Nisa’ 4: 114 and Surah al-Ra’d 13: 23-24).
5.0 CONCLUSION
In this century, the Muslims have to deal with the Western uprising that surpassed them especially in the aspects of science and technology. This situation has resulted on numerous responses from among the Muslims according to their Islamic pattern in order to solve the conflicts that they are facing. Some admitted that the Muslims are left far behind than the West and suggested that the Muslims need to one hundred percent copy the progress achieved in the West by putting religion aside. Some responded by rejecting whatever came from the West because of the notion that whatever came from the West is not Islamic. Meanwhile, the reformist group believed that Islam is the best solution to the existing problems and the Muslims has to return to al-Qur’an and al-Sunnah.
From the above analysis, it is clear that islah and tajdid is a continuous process that has to be carried out by all Muslims in an effort to return the glory of Islamic civilization. What needs to be understood is tajdid cannot be made equal to modernization. This is due to the fact that tajdid modifies humans and their conditions, whereas modernization modifies religion so it fits the humans and their conditions. Therefore, people have to take cautions in assessing the modifications to be made in executing the process of tajdid and islah (Ramli & Majid, 2012).
As a summary, the effort and movement of islah and tajdid is a necessity for the Muslims all over the country especially when they are facing internal crisis which is made worse with the Western interference. The dignity for the people who perform islah and tajdid is mentioned in the hadith of Rasulullah SAWwhich carries the meaning:
“Indeed Islam began as something strange. And it will return as something strange the way it began. So give glad tidings to the strangers”. He was asked, “Who are the strangers O Allah’s Apostle?” He answered, “Those who are righteous when the people have become corrupt.” (Hadith reported by Ahmad cited in Abidin, 2015).
Acknowledgement
This paper is founded on the research project of the Fundamental Research Grant Scheme. Special appreciation is owed to Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia (MOHE) and Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA) for sponsoring and supporting this research.
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