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ESENSIA: Jurnal Ilmu-Ilmu Ushuluddin
ISSN : 14113775     EISSN : 25484729     DOI : https://doi.org/10.14421/esensia
ESENSIA: Jurnal Ilmu-Ilmu Ushuluddin is a multidisciplinary journal that publishes articles of the highest quality and significance in all areas of Islamic theology (uṣūl al-dīn). The journal covers research on the immense significance of Islam in the context of religious life to which it has delivered unique perspectives, approaches, and ranges of contributions that are of abiding interest. ESENSIA encourages the exchange of ideas between experts, scholars, researchers, practitioners, clerics, and students who are active in all areas of Islamic theology and the multidisciplinary field. Research areas covered in the journal: 1. Comparative religions and socio-religious dynamics 2. Digital culture among Muslim cyber-communities 3. Islamic philosophy and mysticism 4. Islamic-theological literature and literary criticism 5. Islamism, communal discernment, and indigenous spiritual practices 6. Muslim minorities and religious citizenship ESENSIA offers authors and readers high visibility, broader readership, clear copyediting, rigorous peer-review, and independence from competing interests. In addition to research articles, ESENSIA also covers research in the form of fieldwork investigations or ongoing reports. In this way, the journal aims to be the voice of the worldwide Islamic-theological community.
Articles 247 Documents
The Religious Moderation Discourse in Social Media: Studies on Ach Dhofir Zuhry’s Facebook and YouTube Iswanto, Agus; Maknun, Moch Lukluil; Hidayat, Roch Aris; Nugroho, Muhammad Aji
ESENSIA: Jurnal Ilmu-Ilmu Ushuluddin Vol. 23 No. 1 (2022)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.14421/esensia.v23i1.2895

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There have been many studies discussing the use of social media for disseminating the religious ideology of both conservatism and radicalism. On the contrary, there have been a few studies that deal with how the moderate groups disseminate the discourse of religious moderation, whereas this topic is significant and needs to be discussed to view the strength and weaknesses as well as the contestation between each group. This article presents the production, distribution, consumption, and social practice of the religious moderation discourse throughout the content delivered by the figure from the groups of moderate Islam, from the Regency of Malang. The article is based on the discourse analysis of several pieces that have been produced by the figure and his team on YouTube and Facebook. The study shows that the production of religious moderation discourse in social media is carried out in two ways: conveying messages of religious moderation and countering narratives of conservatism and religious radicalism. The prospect of Islamic moderation discourse holds the opportunity to gain success in countering the narration of religious radicalism. However, the success of discourse contestation is defined by the strength of its distribution.
The Hybrid Identity of Urban Muslim Youth: The Case of Teras Dakwah Yogyakarta Saputra, Eko; Rosidi, Imron
ESENSIA: Jurnal Ilmu-Ilmu Ushuluddin Vol. 23 No. 1 (2022)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.14421/esensia.v23i1.2910

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This paper describes the phenomenon of hybrid identity among young urban Muslims in the popular da'wah movement in Yogyakarta. This research uses an ethnographic approach to take a case study of Teras Da'wah. This research argues that today's da'wah movement is oriented towards market Islam or market religion. The consequence of this market Islam is that it gives birth to an unusual da'wah movement, namely the identity of young Muslim hybrids who appreciate various Islamic ideologies. In addition, their hybrid identity also impacts how Teras Da'wah values symbols of popular culture, such as developing an office or da'wah center resembling a modern cafe, using social media, and slang dictions in preaching and using contemporary da'wah themes. It also uses music, films, futsal, and hanging out culture as an instrument of da'wah. This puts da'wah in a form that fits the identity of urban Muslim youths, who are pious and modern.
Riwāyāt al-Qirā'āt al-Qur'āniyyah fī Kutub al-Ḥadīṡ Unmūżajan: Riwāyat al-Ḥadīṡ min al-Syafāhiyyat ilā al-Kitābiyyat: [Narrations of Qirā'āt in Selected Hadith Literature: The Transmission of Hadith from the Oral World into the Written Word] Abdul Jalil
ESENSIA: Jurnal Ilmu-Ilmu Ushuluddin Vol. 22 No. 2 (2021)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.14421/esensia.v22i2.2912

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The narrators have tried to convey the hadith, its accompanying physical expression, and its reading methods to the listener directly in oral communication. Thus, these learning transmission methods shifted from the oral world to textual word, henceforth it made the narrators rephrase the verbal utterances into written phrases, such as “one separates the fingers”, “his/her voice amplified” and others. The problem is, written expressions might not completely transcribe spoken language, more specifically for the transmitting narrators of the reading methods of the Quranic verses (qirā’at āyāt al-Qur’ān). This article focuses to illustrate forms of narration on the Quranic reading methods in written expressions and the complementary explanations detailed by the narrators. The results appear that some of the narrations on the variety of reading methods of the Qur’an in some Hadith literature required detailed information, such as mentioning the letters of the Arabic letters and how to read specific phrases and punctuation. These additions clarify the variety of the Quranic reading methods hence such utilitarian information is beneficial for the narrations in the mediated world.
Manhaj Waḥīd ad-Dīn Khān fī al-’Aqīdah wa Taṭbīquhu fī Qaḍiyyati Wujūdi Allāh: [Waḥīd ad-Dīn Khān’s Approach to Theology and Its Application in the Discourse of God’s Existence] Bin Has, Qois Azizah; Farhah, Farhah; Sifa’urrohmah, Astuti
ESENSIA: Jurnal Ilmu-Ilmu Ushuluddin Vol. 23 No. 1 (2022)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.14421/esensia.v23i1.2952

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Waḥid ad-Dīn Khān has a profound interest in questions of faith within the discourse of Kalam with the emergence of challenges in religion and the cognitive explosion in contemporary thought. In this case, Khān is encouraged to defend Islamic theology from challenges, such as the evidence-based questions about the existence of God. Those inquiries are arising among Western atheists, who are seeking scientific, empirical, and rational evidence. Responding to this challenge, Khān defends the theology by introducing a fresh paradigm of Kalam, a scientific theory based on Quranic foundations. This discourse encourages the ramification of Quranic values to remind God’s intention, configures the “scientific” verses with new scientific discoveries, inspires the complete verses of God in the human soul, and integrates Islamic-theological literature with scientific methods. Khān argues that modern scientific discoveries are parallel with the Qur'an, in which the human mind and divine revelation are colliding with each other.
Indonesian Interests in Hadith-Sourced COVID-19 Queries According to Google Trends Ali Imron
ESENSIA: Jurnal Ilmu-Ilmu Ushuluddin Vol. 22 No. 2 (2021)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.14421/esensia.v22i2.2978

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COVID-19 pandemic has had an impact on people’s religious lives all around  the world. This article attempts to examine the following hypothesis: COVID-19 also influences religious life in Indonesia, the results of which can be also observed in hadith studies. This study employed a mixed-method. The data is compiled through Google Trends (GT) from 1 December 2019 to 20 August 2020, pointing to four keywords. The data is analyzed through a content analysis. This research suggests that there is an exponentially increasing search using those four words on the internet. The search for hadiths on COVID-19 was only conducted in West Java. ‘Doa Covid’ (prayer for protection from COVID-19) became the most exponentially searched keyword across Indonesia. The GT data suggests that individuals are searching the internet for an explanation about the prophetic guideline in dealing with COVID-19. The most popular articles are published in Republika Online, Tribun Newsgroup, MadaniNews, Okezone, and Liputan6. The hadiths mentioned in those articles contain mostly the prayers of the Prophet Muhammad to keep people away from illness or to obtain safety in the world and the afterlife.
Tolerant Worldview and Deradicalism in Pesantren: Case of Pesantren Al-Baqiyatush Shalihat Tanjung Jabung Barat, Jambi Badarussyamsi Badarussyamsi; Fathul Anwar; Shofiyullah Muzammil; Ermawati Ermawati
ESENSIA: Jurnal Ilmu-Ilmu Ushuluddin Vol. 22 No. 2 (2021)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.14421/esensia.v22i2.3021

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This article examines the role of Al-Baqiyatush Shalihat Tanjung Jabung Barat—Islamic Jambi's (Boarding School) Pesantren in promoting tolerance and deterring radicalism. When the surrounding environment is so plural with many religions other than Islam, this pesantren remains true to the principles of tolerance and is not fanatical. When the region around the pesantren drew public attention as a hotbed of radicalism and terrorism, the pesantren continued to instill kindness, anti-radicalism, and anti-terrorism. In the fight against radicalism and terrorism, this pesantren collaborates with the local government. In this article, the major question is how the pesantren strategy instills tolerance values in efforts to deradicalize or counter-terrorism acts. The research relied heavily on observation, which was supplemented by interviews with Kyai and Ustadz, students, and neighbors in the vicinity of the pesantren. The Pesantren Al-Baqiyatush Shalihat, according to this study, has the natural ability to oppose radicalism through the use of the Pesantren Al-Baqiyatush Shalihat.
Moderating Islam Through Indonesian Muslim Manuscript on Ngariksa YouTube Channel: The Study of Sufi's Understanding on the Qur'an and Hadith Text Muhammad Rikza Muqtada
ESENSIA: Jurnal Ilmu-Ilmu Ushuluddin Vol. 22 No. 2 (2021)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.14421/esensia.v22i2.3038

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Manuscripts that teach a moderate religious understanding are considered capable of warding off ideological conflicts and maintaining security and stability. This paper shows how the strategy of Muslim philologists to moderate religious understanding, especially in the Qur'an and hadith understanding, through the introduction of ancient manuscripts packaged in the online study of the Ngariksa YouTube channel. Using the digital humanities approach of David M. Berry, Ngariksa’s activity is a part of the socio-cultural practice as a system of knowledge that is carried out in a plural manner, in the sense that information, materials, archives, and documents that are digitally documented can influence the institutionalization of science mediated by new technology, such as computing and internet. In the socio-cultural practice in the digital space, it is necessary to change the character of the Indonesian Muslim community in a more moderate. This change is due to the classical narratives containing moderate past knowledge from moderate figures. In this context, Ngariksa presents Ibrahim al-Kurani's perspective on Sufism that is based on the outer and inner meanings of the texts of the Qur'an and Hadith. An understanding based on just outward meaning is vulnerable to religious extremism.
Understanding COVID-19 in Disaster Perspective Based on the Tatsunami Manuscript Kyai Haji Maimun Zubair Fathimatuz Zahra Anis
ESENSIA: Jurnal Ilmu-Ilmu Ushuluddin Vol. 22 No. 2 (2021)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.14421/esensia.v22i2.3043

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Coronavirus 19 is a pandemic that has affected many parts of life, including religion. There are many viewpoints about the COVID-19 disaster in Islam. The Tatsunami Manuscript by KH. Maimun Zubair is one of the manuscripts that discusses disasters. This manuscript is the most recent Indonesian literature about disaster that can be used to comprehend the COVID-19. This study using the hermeneutic methods to reveal the meaning of the COVID-19 based on the manuscript's perspective and its significance for religious life. The results of the study show that this manuscript does not only contain the concept of disaster, but also offers mitigations and solutions that can be applied in the case of COVID 19.
Visualization of Understanding Hadith in Animated Cartoon Hilmy Firdausy
ESENSIA: Jurnal Ilmu-Ilmu Ushuluddin Vol. 22 No. 2 (2021)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.14421/esensia.v22i2.3101

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Meanwhile, the text is the dominant element used as a medium of delivery in the arena of narration of hadith. The meaning, content and understanding of a hadith are explained in a narrative manner through the arrangement of words and sentences. Instead of clarifying the meaning and understanding of a hadith, the abundance of texts in the writing work actually makes the possibility of the emergence of multiple interpretations even greater. On the other hand, this reality becomes even more counter-productive when it is known that human cognitive work actually relies on “imagery” (al-tasawwur) work. In other words, explaining with pictures is actually more effective than explaining with text. And this kind of momentum is fully held in digital products and content, including animated cartoons. This paper will focus on observing the visualization of hadith understanding in Riko The Series cartoons. Not only explaining how it works, this paper also intends to test the validity of the semantics in the work of the visual narrative.
Orchestrating Sufism: The Transculturation of Ottoman Aesthetic Traditions in Indonesian Muslims Sunarto, Sunarto; Habiba Abror, Robby
ESENSIA: Jurnal Ilmu-Ilmu Ushuluddin Vol. 23 No. 1 (2022)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.14421/esensia.v23i1.3141

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This article provides an understanding of the aesthetic relationship between the Ottoman and Indonesia. Turkey was instrumental in Islamization and political support for Indonesia. Islam came to Indonesia in the 13th century, which was brought by merchants of the Middle East and Ottoman Turks. They used a variety of dawah mediums, including economics, politics, social, and arts. Many sources write about the central role of traders from the Middle East in the Islamization of Indonesia, yet few resources give explanations of the role of Turkish traders and preachers. Using the descriptive analysis method, this article argues that Turkey has had a strong influence on Sufism in Indonesia. The main instrument in this research is library observation. This study found that the Ottoman Turks influenced aesthetic-sufistic interactions in Indonesia. In addition, the Ottoman Turkey with Sufism from Mevlana Jalāl ad-Dīn Rūmī has introduced music to Indonesia, which includes recitative poetry sung, Turkish musical instruments, and the Sufistic Whirling Darvish dance of Mevlevi Rūmī sufism order. The influence of Turkey spread to the Javanese and Malay-speaking Sumatran people.