<![CDATA[Urban Muslim Toraja families face persistent tensions between ancestral reverence rituals, such as Rambu Solo’ and Ma’nene’, which are rooted in Aluk Todolo traditions, and Islamic legal norms that prohibit shirk. Existing studies have largely examined communal forms of religious-cultural negotiation, while the micro-family level remains underexplored. This study examines how urban Muslim Toraja families adapt ancestral rituals through Islamic legal reasoning and how these adaptations contribute to social integration. Using a descriptive-analytical qualitative approach, data were collected through semi-structured interviews with eight informants from five Muslim Toraja families in Tana Toraja and Makale, participant observation of family ritual practices, and analysis of local fatwa, customary texts, and ethnographic documents. The findings reveal three interrelated mechanisms of adaptation: the selective use of ‘urf as a secondary legal source, the application of maqasid al-shariah to legitimate ritual modification, and family ijtihad led by household religious authorities. These mechanisms allow families to replace elements considered incompatible with Islamic belief while preserving ritual structure and kinship solidarity. This study contributes to fiqh al-aqalliyyat scholarship by showing that minority legal reasoning can operate not only through communal institutions, but also through micro-family ijtihad in culturally plural Muslim-majority societies.]]>
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