AL-HALLAJ SEBAGAI KORBAN POLITIK ATAU TRANSGRESOR TEOLOGIS?
Abstract: The article attempts
to reveal al-Hallâj’s history of thought that caused his death as he was
considered an apostate who violated religious boundaries. On several occasions,
moreover, al-Hallâj was made as a sort of warning for those “cheat” with
religious issues will be firmly punished by death penalty. It has been rarely
clarified that Al-Hallâj was, in fact, a political victim by divulging
religious issues as the main reason. As a concept, Hulûl, which becomes the
main doctrine of al-Hallâj, has been often misunderstood and seen as a conduct
that leads to apostasy. The reason is that its founder was executed by the
death penalty as he was accused as being an apostate. On the other side, such
view is not quite surprising, since the level of understanding held by the
majority of Muslims has, in fact, been within khitâbî level. It has caused them
hard to properly and correctly understand such philosophical discourses as
hulûl, ittihâd, or wahda al-wujûd. This condition has been worsened by the fact
that literatures on al-Hallâj and hulûl, especially in Indonesian language, are
rare. After centuries, the idea of hulûl has been frequently misunderstood.
However, careful study will show that hulûl, like other Sufi’s doctrines, is
Sufism experience expression of al-Hallâj when he felt the presence of God,
i.e. the encounter of human’s lâhût with God’s nâsût. Therefore, the execution
of al-Hallâj has been based on more political interest than theological reason.
Keywords: Political victim,
religious issues, hulûl
Penulis: Hodri Ariev
Kode Jurnal: jpperadabanislamdd110094
