SEJARAH EVOLUSI SUNNAH: Studi Pemikiran Fazlur Rahman
ABSTRACT: This study tries to
analyze Fazlur Rahman’s thought on the historical evolution of the sunnah as
his response to some orientalists when he was in the West and to muslem scholars
who had blamed him when he was in Pakistan. In fact, the study of Prophetic
Sunnah applied by orientalists came up with conclution that the `sunnah is not
original from the Prophet period. It is so since muslim scholars in
Indo-Pakistan contradiction and are not in line with Rahman’s views of sunnah.
In critizing the orientalists’s views of Prophetic Sunnah, Rahman tried to
elaborate the historical contect of sunnah. According to him, the false views
of orientalists were naturally caused by their overlapping perception of sunnah
as the living practice and the concept of normative. For muslim scholars,
Rahman realized the numerous thoughts among them. Rahman pointed out that
evolution of sunnah was historically valid and originally sourced from Muhammad.
It is the source of Islamic law. Rahman also said that sunnah is a living
tradition of prophet’s Muhammad and a general umbrella concept.
Penulis: Sahid HM Sahid HM
Kode Jurnal: jpperadabanislamdd110295
