PERSIS And The Evolution Of Hadith Thought (Analysis Of The Differences Of Ahmad Hassan And Dewan Hisbah)

Abstract

The background of this article is the evolution of thought in PERSIS concerning the differences the use and understanding between Ahmad Hassan and Dewan Hisbah. It aims to analyze these differences which are focused on the questions: 1) how is the evolution of hadith thought in PERSIS, 2) why does the evolution of thought occur. The study approaches with the sociology knowledge of Karl Mannheim named relationalism theory. The research data were processed using descriptive-comparative and critical-analysis methods. The results show that: 1) the evolution of hadith thought in PERSIS is visibily from the differences between Ahmad Hassan and Dewan Hisbah ( Hisbah Council) regarding the rules of blasphemy on daif hadiths, the use and understanding of hadiths of worship and religious traditions. 2) The difference is due to sociological as well as methodological differences. Ahmad Hassan lives in a situation where Indonesian Muslims are at a point of contestation of religious thought between the Kaum Tua (traditionalist ) and Kaum Muda (reformist). These conditions affect on Ahmad Hassan's thought of the hadith, leading to a sectarian, partial, overwhelmed by the Kaum Muda (reformist) ideology.  Besides, the Dewan Hisbah lives in a global discourse that welcomes the multicultural understanding and sects.  It causes some of Ahmad Hassan's hadith thoughts to be reviewed by the Dewan Hisbah such that the use and understanding of hadith in PERSIS is objective and dynamic.