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Adat and Sharia in the Ammatoa Community: Family Law, Gender, and Environmental Ethics as Arenas for Educational Negotiations Nuryamin, Nuryamin; Ahmad, La Ode Ismail; Tenri Padang, Andi; Fatmal, Abd. Bashir; Yusdar, Windi Pratiwi
Samarah: Jurnal Hukum Keluarga dan Hukum Islam Vol. 10 No. 2 (2026): Samarah: Jurnal Hukum Keluarga dan Hukum Islam
Publisher : Islamic Family Law Department, Sharia and Law Faculty, Universitas Islam Negeri Ar-Raniry

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Abstract

This study examines the negotiation between custom and sharia in the realm of family law as a central arena for educational, ethical, and cultural transformation in the Ammatoa Kajang indigenous community in Bulukumba, South Sulawesi. The study uses qualitative methods, with a framework of educational anthropology and legal anthropology. Data were collected through in-depth interviews, literature studies, and participant observation. In-depth interviews with Ammatoa, academics, community elders, married couples, and family members, while the literature reviewed included journal articles, books, and Islamic law texts. The findings indicate that the Ammatoa Kajang community formally recognizes the normative authority of Islamic law, although it is interpreted selectively through customary-based cultural mechanisms. The principles of Islamic law regarding marriage, inheritance, family obligations, women's roles and gender relations, and social ethics are adapted into symbolic and ritual forms that align with the local cosmology and moral teachings of Pasang ri Kajang. In this context, family law becomes a pedagogical space where Islamic values ​​are not only taught normatively but also realized collectively through rituals, symbolic communication, communal sanctions, and patterns of social interaction. Furthermore, environmental ethics and ecological education in the Ammatoa community are also very prominent, evidenced by their harmony with nature and commitment to preserving it. This study shows that anthropologically, there is an interaction between custom and sharia in the Ammatoa Kajang traditional community in education and law, reflecting a model of Islamic legal education rooted in culture and religion through a process of negotiation, adaptation, and reinterpretation.
Co-Authors Aisyah, St. Nur Al Munawarah, Zakiah Alim, Nur Amin, Muhammaddiyah Amrullah Andi Ibrahim Andi Muhammad Ali Amiruddin Andi Susilawaty Ansharullah Ansharullah Arifuddin Ahmad Asniati, Asniati Assagaf, M. Yusuf Ayub, Satry Aziz, Indrawan Bachtiar, Muhammad Harsya Bahar, Nur Qalbi Fitratunnisa Bakar, Achmad Abu Baso Pallawagau Bilu, Nurahdillah Morra Chabir, Andi Ahmad Darsul S Puyu Dian Handayani Djafri, Muh. Taufan Erwin Hafid Fatmal, Abd. Bashir Febrianti, Febi Gunawan Gunawan Hadi, Nurmadia Hamzah Hasan Haqq, Shirny Fathanal Haqq, Zidny Irfanal Hasmirawati, Hasmirawati Hi. Abdul Qayum, Abdul Rahman Ikram, Syamsul Ilyas, Abustani Indo Santalia Iqbal, Nabiha Amaliah Iskandar Iskandar Ivan Rahmat Santoso J, Jumarni Jabbar, Fitriani Jasad, Usman Julkaranain, Muhammad Kamaruddin, Ratna Kurniati Kurniati Kurniati Zainuddin, Kurniati M. Fais Satrianegara M. Ilham M. Makbul M. Yogi Riyantama Isjoni Magfirah, Adinda Cahya Malik, Masriwaty Mathar, Quraisy Miftahuddin Miftahuddin Mirwan, Mirwan Misbahuddin Misbahuddin Mosibah, Risna MUHAMMAD ALI Muhammad Amri Muhammad Ashari Muhammad Furkan Muhammad Hasan Muhammad Rais Muhammad Yaumi Muhammadiyah Amin Mulyadi, Irvan Mustafa, Zulhas'ari Mutmainnah, Inayatul Nasir, St. Magfirah Natsir, M. Iqbal Ngampo, Muhammad Ali Nur Arifin, Nur Nuryamin Nuryamin, Nuryamin Parhani, Aan Purwasetiawatik, Titin Florentina Rafli, Rahmat Rahim, Zakiyuddin Rasdiyanah, Andi Rasna, Rasna Rian Hidayat Rismadani, Rismadani Risman, Gufrah Risna Mosiba Ruddin, Nurul Istianah Saharuddin Saifuddin Saifuddin Sakka, Abdul Rahman Sakka, Abdurahman Salmawati Salmawati, Salmawati Samiang Katu, Samiang Sitti Asiqah Usman Ali Sitti Raodhah SRI RAHAYU Subehan Khalik Sukmawati, Andi Sunarsi, Sunarsi Syam, Alda Syam, Muh. Taufik Tajibu, Kamaluddin Tasbih Tasbih Tasmin Tangngareng Taufik Tenri Padang, Andi Thulfitrah B., Nurlathifah Tike, Arifuddin Tonang, Muhammad Ulfazah, Yernati Wakia, Nurul Yusdar, Windi Pratiwi Zulfahmi Alwi