Islamisasi Asketisme Barat Perspektif Teori Ismail Raji Al-Faruqi

Abstract

The practice of asceticism according to Antonius (250/356) was that monks lived alone in the desert to maintain silence so they could live closer to God. According to Antonius ascese is a way of total rejection of the work of the flesh and insisting on the work of the spirit. With ascese, a monk frees himself from worldly things that disturb the soul. Basilius considered ascese as a principle aspect. For him, asceticism is a medium to free the soul from worldly attachments and lead people to unity with God. In this article we will focus on the Islamization of knowledge according to Al Faruqi's concept which is related to the concept of unnatural asceticism which is often practiced by clergy. In this writing, we use a qualitative method by narrating about unnatural or extreme asceticism and will be Islamized in accordance with the concept of Al Faruqi. The materials in the analysis and formation of the narrative in this article come from several books and journals related to Western asceticism and Islamic asceticism. After the Islamization of Western asceticism, three things can be concluded. Firstly, asceticism carried out by monks violates the principle of the unity of life. According to Al Faruqi, the unity of life consists of trust, caliphate and completeness. Both violate the concept of the unity of truth and knowledge. The actism carried out by monks violates the unity of truth. Al Faruqi's principle of Islamization recognizes that truth comes from the revelation revealed by Allah SWT to the Prophet Muhammad. The third violates the principle of the unity of life and the concept of the unity of truth. Monastic asceticism tends towards self-harm. Because one of the attitudes of monks or clergy who practice asceticism is that they dare to cause harm to themselves, so that their dreams of becoming someone close to God can be successful.