Akar Sejarah Pemikiran al-Shatibi tentang Rukhsah
Abstract: Al-Shatibi is known
in the history of Islam as a prioner in the theory of Syari’ah. He wrote
al-Muwafaqat, his magnum opus. This paper deals with this historic figure by
referring to his theory concerning rukhsah; an exemption given to Muslim in
performing the rites for certain and acceptable reason. The paper will look at
this concept by considering the background in which it is propounded. We
believe that his theory is not conceptualised out of the blue. Two key words
will be used to embark on this task, namely ‘adamu al-Haraj and (tatbîq). The
former is about the removing the difficulty from man, and the latter is about
the application of the Syari’ah in the live of individual. By using the first
concept, the paper will try to reconstruct the fact that in propounding his
theory of rukhsan, al-Syatibi always keeps in mind the fact that Islam is
revealed mainly to make life easy, and not vice versa. By using the second
concept in the meantime, we try to show that the Syari’ah laws—rukhsah
included—are revealed to apply (the application Syari’ah is not always in
political context).
Keywords: al-Shatibi,
Mashaqat, Rukhsah, adamu al-Haraj, tatbiq
Penulis: Makmun Syar’i
Kode Jurnal: jpperadabanislamdd110087
