<![CDATA[Delaying to Sustain: The Ethics of Self-Restraint and Ecological Cosmology in the Sasi Laut Tradition from the Perspective of Islamic Environmental Philosophy. This article examines the sasi laut tradition—a customary temporary ban on harvesting marine resources—as a source of environmental ethics, through the case of the sea cucumber (teripang) sasi practiced by a coastal Muslim community in the Aru Islands, Maluku. Using a descriptive qualitative design, data were gathered through observation, in-depth interviews with the village head, the customary leader, and community members, and documentation. The data were analysed through Islamic environmental philosophy (khalifah, amanah, mizan, sabr, and muraqabah), Seyyed Hossein Nasr’s critique of the desacralization of nature, Hans Jonas’s ethics of responsibility, and Elinor Ostrom’s theory of commons governance. The findings show that sasi operates on three interrelated levels: a cosmological level, in which the sea is treated as a sacred space requiring permission and prayer; a socio-ethical level, in which deliberation, graduated sanctions, and the distribution of harvests to the mosque and education sustain justice; and an ecological level, expressed in closure periods of several years and limits on catch size and harvesting methods. The article argues that the core of sasi is an ethic of self-restraint, a temporal virtue of waiting that resonates with the Islamic concept of sabr. It also notes tensions, including the weakening of enforcement, pressure from outsiders, and the commercialization of harvesting rights.]]>
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