Pergulatan Teologis antara Asy'ariyah dan Kaum Rasionalis: Studi atas Durrah al-Faraid Karya Syekh Nuruddin Ar-Raniri.

Abstract

Durrah al-Faraid of Syekh Nuruddin Ar-Raniri contains Asy'ariyah theology and its attack toward classical theology like Mu'tazilah, Maturidiyah, Jabariyah, and Zaidiyah. Basically, this religius doctrine originates from three core doctrines: (1) follows al-Asy'ariyah and al-Maturidiyah teaching about 'agaid (theology); (2) follows one of four mazhab (Hanafi, Maliki, Syafi'i, and Hanbali) in fiqh (law); and (3) follows the teaching of Al-Junaid al-Baghdadi and Imam AL Ghazali in tasawwuf (Islamic mystic). The study on Durrah al-Faraid based on a long discussion between Asy'ariyah and Mu'tazilah (rasionalist group) about religious principles (ushul al-din), for one thing: (1)relation between idea and revelation, (2) free will, (3) relation between God's will(taqdir) and human effort, (4) attributes of God, and (5) God's justice. Thematic comparasion is needed mainly among Asy'ariyah, Mu'tazilah, and Maturidiyah because the are all believe in the One, Supreme God, but different interpretation in the attributes of God and His af'al. This book also explains how pagan and Islam believers are in the next world, heaven or hell as described in theory of Asy'ariyah, Mu'tazilah, and other theologies that are considered deviating from the truth.