Jurnal Indo-Islamika is an academic journal published by the Graduate School of UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta. The journal has been accredited as SINTA 2 and indexed in DOAJ, with the registered numbers P-ISSN: 2088-9445 and E-ISSN: 2723-1135. It is published biannually in collaboration with HIPIUS (The Association of Ushuluddin Community), supported by a formal Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The journal aims to publish high-quality scholarly articles that focus on contextualized Islam, contributing to the advancement of Islamic thought and civilization in Indonesia and beyond. Its focus and scope include studies on Muslims’ beliefs, practices, movements, dynamics, case studies, and their social impacts. It embraces interdisciplinary approaches, particularly from Islamic studies, history, humanities, and the social sciences. Since its establishment in 2000, Jurnal Indo-Islamika has played a significant role in enriching academic discourse on Islam in Indonesia. Since 2013, it has been managed using the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform, enabling authors, readers, editors, and reviewers to track manuscript status online and in real time. The journal continues to welcome submissions from academics, researchers, and practitioners for its upcoming issues through the OJS system or via email at indoislamika@uinjkt.ac.id.
Graduate School of UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta
From Religious Obligation to Digital Participation: Banking-Integrated Zakāh Collection and Muzakkī Engagement in Indonesia
This study examines the optimization of zakāh collection through banking-integrated payment services in Indonesia, focusing on how BAZNAS RI uses Integrated Marketing Communication (IMC) to transform zakāh payment from a religious obligation into digitally mediated public participation. Although Islamic banking has strategic potential to support zakāh collection through ATM, mobile banking, and other payment channels, its role remains underutilized because public awareness, digital literacy, campaign personalization, and institutional communication are not yet fully optimized. This study aims to analyze how banking services can strengthen zakāh collection when supported by an integrated communication strategy and the Customer Path 5A model. Employing a qualitative case study, the research draws on interviews with BAZNAS RI officials and source triangulation tracking four (4) digital-savvy muzakkī with diverse channel preferences (mobile banking, QRIS, website, and corporate payroll autodebit). The empirical findings demonstrate that synchronized multi-channel IMC tools effectively expand visibility during the Aware and Appeal stages. Furthermore, structural integrations with Islamic banking interfaces (e.g., BYOND by BSI and OCTO Mobile) and corporate payroll systems minimize transaction friction, enabling critical donors to transition smoothly from the Ask to the Act phase. Continuous post-transaction engagement via automated receipts subsequently reinforces trust, converting regular donors into active advocates. Processed financial data corroborates this trajectory, illustrating a valid positive growth trend where aggregate collection expanded by 28.3% by the end of 2024, driven by a 34.6% increase in retail zakāh. This study demonstrates that synchronized communication and banking accessibility are central to optimizing digital retail philanthropy.
Copyright (c) 2026 Zyra Yunka Aulia, Halimatussadiah Halimatussadiah, Citra Septiani, Elman Azizov, Emil Mirzayev, Ansari Yamamah
Competency-Based Human Resource Governance in Islamic Social Finance: Evidence from Laznas Dewan Dakwah Indonesia
Islamic social finance institutions are increasingly expected to transform religious philanthropy into accountable, professional, and socially impactful governance. However, many zakāh institutions continue to face challenges related to human resource competence, professional standardization, institutional accountability, and measurable performance outcomes. This study examines competency-based human resource governance in LAZNAS Dewan Dakwah Indonesia by analyzing how internal training, competency certification, organizational learning, and KPI-based accountability interact within zakāh management. Employing a qualitative single-case study design, the research draws on semi-structured interviews, non-participant observation, and institutional documentation covering internal training programs, SKKNI-based certification, amil professionalization, and performance governance practices between 2021 and 2024. The findings show that internal training functions as a mechanism of human capital formation by strengthening amil technical competence, digital fundraising capacity, financial reporting literacy, ethical awareness, and service orientation. Competency certification provides external validation that standardizes professional capacity and enhances institutional credibility. The integration of training and certification generates a broader governance effect through peer learning, mentoring, and the circulation of professional norms. Nevertheless, the incomplete implementation of Key Performance Indicators reveals an unfinished accountability agenda, as competence and certification have not yet been fully translated into measurable institutional outcomes. The study contributes to Islamic social finance scholarship by reconceptualizing amil training and certification as components of competency-based HR governance rather than isolated human resource development activities. It argues that effective zakāh governance requires the integration of competence formation, professional legitimacy, organizational learning, and accountability-based performance measurement.
Copyright (c) 2026 Khairun Nisa, Ade Firmansyah, Urwatul Wutsqah, Gabriel Nigel, Kamran Azizli, Vüqar Ahmad Mammadli
Negotiating Intra-Muslim Difference in Indonesian Lived Islam: Religious Authority, Islamic Organizations, and The Sunni–Shia Question
This article examines the Sunni–Shia question in Indonesia as a site for understanding how intra-Muslim difference is negotiated within Indonesian lived Islam. Rather than treating Sunni–Shia tension merely as a theological or sectarian conflict, the study situates it within broader transformations of religious authority, institutional discourse, public morality, and everyday Muslim social life. The article aims to analyze how three major Islamic organizations the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI), Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), and Muhammadiyah construct, mediate, and recontextualize religious authority in responding to Sunni–Shia difference. Methodologically, the study employs a qualitative documentary case study approach, drawing on official fatwas, organizational statements, institutional publications, human rights reports, and relevant scholarly literature. The data are analyzed through qualitative content analysis and thematic interpretation, guided by the concepts of lived religion, religious authority, and Muslim politics. The findings show that MUI represents a normative-regulative model of authority through fatwa and doctrinal boundary-making; NU represents a cultural-mediative model through pesantren networks, kiai authority, and the ethics of ukhuwah and tasāmuḥ; while Muhammadiyah represents an educational-civic model through religious moderation, Islamic education, public reasoning, and Islam Berkemajuan. The article argues that Indonesian Islamic authority is plural, layered, and context-dependent. Its main contribution lies in reframing the Sunni–Shia question not as a marginal sectarian issue, but as a critical lens for understanding how lived Islam is transformed through competing yet interconnected forms of religious authority.
Copyright (c) 2026 Rifqa Rifqa, Isman Iskandar, Andrew Hari Yoga, Riski Suriani Lubis, Riski Suriani Lubis
Living Qur’an in The Pesantren Campus: Religious Authority and Qur’anic Pedagogy at Ma’had Al-Jami’ah Uin Ar-Raniry, Indonesia
This study examines how the Living Qur’an is practiced through religious authority and Qur’anic pedagogy at Ma’had Al-Jami’ah UIN Ar-Raniry, Indonesia. While Ma’had Al-Jami’ah has become a common institutional model in Indonesian Islamic higher education, its operation within Aceh’s distinctive socio-religious context offers an important case for understanding how pesantren-based Qur’anic formation is negotiated in a modern university. The study addresses the tendency to treat taḥsīn and Qur’anic learning primarily as technical processes of improving recitation, while overlooking their broader role in producing religious subjectivity, moral discipline, and embodied authority. Employing a qualitative case study design, the research draws on observation, semi-structured interviews with Ma’had administrators, Qur’anic teachers, students, and alumni, as well as institutional documentation and placement test data. The findings show that Ma’had Al-Jami’ah functions as an institutional space where the Qur’an is lived through taḥsīn, talqīn, taḥfīẓ, worship habituation, moral supervision, and emotional-psychomotor pedagogy. Religious authority is constructed through the teacher’s voice, correction, repetition, textual reference, and direct teacher-student interaction. The study also reveals that students’ Qur’anic literacy is uneven, shaped by prior educational backgrounds, institutional classification, learning duration, and everyday academic pressures. Theoretically, this article expands Living Qur’an studies by showing that Qur’anic reception is not only ritual or communal, but also institutional, pedagogical, embodied, and socially differentiated. It contributes to Qur’anic studies, lived Islam, pesantren studies, and Islamic higher education by demonstrating how the Qur’an becomes lived within the disciplined structure of a pesantren campus.
Copyright (c) 2026 Fadhal Al Khalidi, Hasani Ahmad Said, Zahratul Farhah, Raudhatul Jannah, Rayyan Fitra Mulya, Suci Indah Putri
Kyai, Platform Logic, and Digital Fatwas: Reconfiguring Islamic Legal Authority in Indonesia
The rapid expansion of digital platforms has fundamentally transformed the production, circulation, and public reception of Islamic legal authority in contemporary Indonesia. Although previous studies have extensively examined digital religion and online religious communication, limited attention has been devoted to understanding how platform-mediated environments reshape competing claims to Islamic legal legitimacy. This study investigates the controversy surrounding the fatwa on salam lintas agama (interfaith greetings) issued following the Ijtima’ Ulama Komisi Fatwa Se-Indonesia VIII in 2024 to explain how diverse actors negotiate religious authority within digital public spheres. Employing a qualitative interpretive approach, the research analyzes the official fatwa document together with purposively selected YouTube videos representing institutional Islamic organizations, independent kyai, state-affiliated actors, and cultural public intellectuals. The data were examined through non-participant digital document analysis, reflexive thematic analysis, and critical discourse analysis, informed by mediatization theory, Bourdieu’s concept of symbolic capital, and Actor-Network Theory. The findings demonstrate that the principal transformation of Indonesia’s digital fatwa ecosystem lies not in replacing classical jurisprudential reasoning but in reconfiguring the mechanisms through which religious authority is recognized, negotiated, and publicly legitimized. Institutional organizations continue to rely on collective legal deliberation, whereas individual kyai, state actors, and cultural figures mobilize distinct forms of symbolic authority shaped by platform visibility and communicative affordances. The study proposes the concept of Hybrid Digital Islamic Legal Authority, arguing that contemporary Islamic legal legitimacy emerges through the interaction between classical jurisprudential foundations and platform logic, thereby extending theoretical debates in digital religion and Islamic legal authority.
Copyright (c) 2026 Moh. Lutfi Maulana, Salahuddin Harahap, Ahmad Yani Nasution, Sholahuddin Ashani, Fauzan Ulwan Fadhlurrahman
Digitalizing the Living Qur'an: Religious Authority and the Transformation of Qur'anic Knowledge in Indonesia
This article examines the digitalization of the Living Qur’an in Indonesia by analyzing how Qur’anic knowledge is produced, circulated, authorized, and received through digital platforms. The study responds to a central scholarly problem: digital media have expanded public access to Qur’anic learning, yet they have also transformed the basis of religious authority, interpretive legitimacy, and everyday Qur’anic reception. Using a qualitative research design that combines digital ethnography and qualitative content analysis, this study analyzes publicly available Qur’anic discourse on YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, and Indonesian tafsir websites, including long-form tafsir lectures, short-form Qur’anic content, digital tafsir materials, and audience interactions. The findings show that digital platforms have become new infrastructures of Qur’anic knowledge, making the Qur’an searchable, portable, shareable, and continuously embedded in everyday digital life. The study also finds that tafsir authority is no longer shaped solely by sanad, scholarly credentials, pesantren affiliation, or institutional recognition, but is increasingly negotiated through media visibility, communicative style, audience trust, and algorithmic circulation. Furthermore, digital Qur’anic knowledge increasingly shifts from textual-systematic tafsir toward practical moral pedagogy addressing worship, family life, anxiety, repentance, social ethics, and personal spirituality. Digital audiences also participate in constructing Qur’anic reception through comments, questions, sharing, and public engagement. The article contributes theoretically by extending Living Qur’an studies into digital religion scholarship and proposing digital Qur’anic reception as a mediated socio-religious formation shaped by scripture, authority, technology, and participatory audiences.
Copyright (c) 2026 Ahmad Syukron, Randy Putra Alamsyah, Romlah Widayati, Dedi Masri, Muhammad Muammar Alwi
Living Islam in Strengthening Sustainable Profit Growth of Islamic Banks in Indonesia
This study examines how Living Islam strengthens sustainable profit growth in Islamic banks in Indonesia by shaping internal resource management and institutional responses to external economic dynamics. It addresses a key problem in Islamic banking scholarship: profitability has often been explained through financial ratios and macroeconomic variables, while limited attention has been given to how lived Islamic values become organizational capabilities that sustain performance. Using a qualitative interpretive documentary approach, this research analyzes publications, regulatory documents, annual reports, sustainability reports, corporate governance reports, and policy literature through content and thematic analysis. The findings show that Living Islam strengthens profit growth by institutionalizing Islamic values into everyday organizational practices, including ethical governance, value-driven leadership, trustworthy human resource management, prudent asset allocation, operational efficiency, customer-oriented services, and adaptive responses to macroeconomic uncertainty. Internal resources such as capital, human capital, assets, digital infrastructure, ATM networks, and branch offices become stronger organizational capabilities when guided by amānah, iḥsān, shūrā, ʿadl, and maṣlaḥah. External factors such as national economic expansion, oil price volatility, and exchange rate movements are also navigated sustainably when strategic decisions are grounded in Islamic ethical principles. Theoretically, this study extends the Resource-Based View by conceptualizing Living Islam as a value-based organizational capability that transforms resources into sustainable competitive advantage. Practically, it offers strategic insights for Islamic bank managers, regulators, and policymakers to strengthen governance, organizational culture, human resource development, and long-term competitiveness.
Copyright (c) 2026 Nofinawati Nofinawati, Saparuddin Siregar, Isnaini Harahap, Adanan Murroh Nasution, Ahmad Maulidizen, Sekar Afifah
Media Discourse and The Negotiation of Islamic Authority: A Critical Multimodal Analysis of Hajj Cost Reduction Policy in Indonesia
Media discourse has become a crucial arena in which public policy, religious legitimacy, and state authority are constructed and negotiated, particularly in religiously sensitive policy contexts such as Hajj governance in Indonesia. Despite extensive studies on Hajj administration, limited attention has been given to how media discourse legitimizes policy and reconfigures Islamic authority through linguistic and multimodal representations. This study aims to analyze how media discourse constructs and negotiates Islamic authority in the communication of the Hajj cost reduction policy, identify the discursive and multimodal strategies used to legitimize the policy, and examine their implications for contemporary Islamic governance. Employing a qualitative critical case study, this research analyzes selected online news reports published during the period surrounding the official policy announcement. Data were examined through the integration of Critical Discourse Analysis and Multimodal Discourse Analysis, focusing on lexical choices, actor representation, visual composition, and numerical visualization. The findings show that media discourse legitimizes the policy by framing Hajj cost reduction as ethical responsibility, positioning state institutions as legitimate religious authorities, reinforcing transparency and efficiency through numerical and visual representations, and embedding fiscal policy within the lived religious experience of Hajj. This study contributes to communication and Islamic governance scholarship by demonstrating that policy legitimacy is produced through the interaction of textual, visual, and numerical modes, resulting in a hybrid form of Islamic authority where bureaucratic governance and moral-religious values mutually reinforce one another.
Copyright (c) 2026 Adha Anggraini, Nur'annafi Farni Syam Maella, Harliantara Harliantara, Idrus Afandi Akbar
Local Islam as a Site of Meaning Negotiation: Symbolic Re-signification and Religious Experience in the Cokaiba Tradition
This study examines how ritual symbols, religious experience, and social meanings are negotiated within the Cokaiba tradition as a localized expression of Islam in Halmahera, Eastern Indonesia. Using a qualitative ethnographic case study design, the study draws on semi-structured interviews, participant observation, visual documentation, and document analysis. Fieldwork was conducted in Patani, Central Halmahera. Informants include religious leaders, community elders, youth participants, local scholars, and government officials with direct engagement in the tradition. Data were analyzed thematically to identify patterns of symbolic interpretation, embodied religious practice, and social negotiation. The findings show that ritual elements such as masks, white costumes, mosque miniatures, and collective recitations of ṣalawāt and dhikr are not merely cultural artifacts but are actively reinterpreted as expressions of devotion to the Prophet Muhammad, markers of communal identity, and media of social cohesion. These meanings emerge through lived participation rather than fixed doctrinal interpretation. The study further reveals that Cokaiba functions as a site of lived religion where emotional engagement, intergenerational participation, and embodied ritual practices shape everyday Islamic experience. However, certain symbols particularly masks remain contested, reflecting ongoing negotiation between local ritual heritage and normative Islamic interpretations. The article contributes to scholarship on Islam lokal by demonstrating that religious meaning is continuously produced through processes of symbolic re-signification and discursive negotiation embedded in everyday social life.
Copyright (c) 2026 Alnugransyah Asri, Abdul Basith Abdullah
Religious Symbolism and Political Legitimacy: A Critical Analysis of Baitul Muslimin Indonesia (BAMUSI)
This study examines how religious symbolism is negotiated within the political communication and da’wah strategies of Baitul Muslimin Indonesia (BAMUSI), an Islamic wing organization affiliated with the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle. The research aims to analyze how religious symbolism is used to construct political legitimacy, reduce anti-Islam stigma toward the party among Muslim voters, and generate polarized interpretations between internal and external actors. Using a qualitative approach within a constructivist paradigm, this study applies a case study design based on in-depth interviews, documentation, and interpretative analysis. The findings reveal that BAMUSI negotiates Islamic symbolism through an integrative discourse that positions Islam, nationalism, and Pancasila as compatible identities within Indonesian democracy. Religious symbols are represented not only through rituals and visual attributes, but also through social-religious programs, digital da’wah, and the involvement of Islamic figures to strengthen emotional and symbolic ties with Muslim communities. However, the study also finds that external actors frequently interpret these symbolic practices as political image-building and electoral camouflage rather than substantive religious commitment. This research concludes that religious symbolism in contemporary Indonesian politics functions as a multidimensional arena of meaning negotiation, political legitimacy, audience accommodation, and identity contestation. The study contributes to the development of political communication and Islamic politics scholarship by demonstrating how religious symbolism operates beyond ideological representation and becomes a strategic mechanism for political branding and legitimacy construction in democratic society.
Copyright (c) 2026 Mukhlish Muhammad Maududi, Andi M. Faisal Bakti, Amirkhan Pashayev
Negotiating Religious Coexistence in a Multi-religious Community: The Genealogical, Cultural and Institutional Dimensions of Tolerance in Cigugur, West Java
Religious coexistence within multireligious societies is a key issue in the study of religion and pluralism, particularly amidst rising identity polarisation and religion-based conflicts. Although a number of studies have examined tolerance and interfaith harmony in Cigugur, West Java, most have focused on the role of local culture and have not comprehensively explained how religious coexistence is constructed, maintained and reproduced in the social life of the community. This study aims to analyse the social mechanisms that shape and sustain religious coexistence within a multi-religious community in Cigugur, Kuningan Regency, West Java. The research employs a qualitative approach using a case study design. Data were collected through participatory observation, in-depth interviews with religious leaders, community leaders, educators, village officials and local residents, as well as documentation of various social and religious activities within the community. The findings indicate that religious coexistence in Cigugur is constructed through the interaction of three main dimensions: genealogical, cultural and institutional. The genealogical dimension is reflected in inter-religious kinship ties that strengthen social cohesion. The cultural dimension is rooted in collective memory and values passed down through the Sunda Wiwitan tradition. Meanwhile, the institutional dimension is realised through the roles of families, schools, religious leaders, the village administration, and the Forum for Interfaith Harmony in reproducing the values of tolerance and communal living. These three dimensions are maintained through mechanisms of social negotiation that enable the community to manage differences whilst sustaining harmony. This study offers a multidimensional model of religious coexistence that broadens our understanding of interfaith relations within a multireligious society.
Copyright (c) 2026 Deni Miharja, Andini Andini, Kustana Kustana, Doli Witro, Nurul Alamin, Mohamad Dindin Hamam Sidik, Ayendha Pangesti
Digital Activism in the Petition "Return Donor Money": A Phenomenological Study of Muslim Activists in Bogor, Indonesia
This study explores the lived experiences and meanings constructed by Muslim activists in Bogor Regency in relation to digital activism through the online petition “Return Donor Money.” The study addresses the limited attention given to the subjective, emotional, and faith-based dimensions of local Muslim participation in digital activism, particularly when online mobilization is connected to issues of transparency, accountability, and Islamic social solidarity. Using a qualitative phenomenological approach, this research draws on semi-structured in-depth interviews with five participants, consisting of mosque activists, a humanitarian volunteer, a blogger, an NGO activist, and a local religious leader. The data were analyzed through Moustakas’ phenomenological procedures, including epoche, horizonalization, clustering of meanings, and thematic interpretation, supported by observation and social media monitoring. The findings show that the petition functioned not only as a digital instrument for demanding financial accountability but also as a moral space for expressing concern, strengthening collective identity, and mobilizing solidarity among Muslim communities. Participants interpreted their involvement as non-violent resistance, ethical advocacy, and an effort to protect the value of taʿāwun within Islamic philanthropy. However, the study also reveals tensions related to misinformation, public skepticism, echo chambers, digital inequality, and digital dualism between online and offline identities. The study contributes to digital activism and Islamic communication scholarship by demonstrating that online petitions may operate as telepresence, enabling Muslim activists to transform moral awareness into collective advocacy and social change.
Copyright (c) 2026 Elis Teti Rusmiati, Yunita Sari, Derysmono Derysmono, Sunarto Sunarto, Edin M. Utoh Talum
Reconstructing Divine Authority in Indonesian Islamic Law: A Critical-Maqāṣid Epistemology and the Reinterpretation of Wasiat Wājibah for Non-Muslim Heirs
This article examines the reconstruction of divine authority in Indonesian Islamic law through a critical-maqāṣid epistemology that integrates Derridean deconstruction and Foucauldian power/knowledge analysis. Departing from conventional approaches that treat divine authority as a fixed and ahistorical attribute of legal texts, this study argues that claims of authority in Islamic law are discursively produced and institutionally negotiated within specific socio-political contexts. Focusing on Indonesia, the article analyses how fatwā institutions and Religious Courts mediate legal authority amid legal pluralism and growing demands for substantive justice. The study applies this epistemological framework to the reinterpretation of wasiat wājibah (obligatory bequest) for non-Muslim heirs, a jurisprudential development that reflects Indonesia’s distinctive engagement with Islamic law in a plural society. Through qualitative textual analysis and genealogical inquiry, the article demonstrates how deconstruction exposes rigid binaries such as divine versus human authority and text versus context while maqāṣid al-sharīʿah provides a normative compass for ethical reconstruction oriented toward justice (ʿadl), welfare (maṣlaḥah), and human dignity (karāmah). The findings suggest that Indonesian Islamic legal practice, particularly judicial innovation in inheritance law, exemplifies a dynamic and context-sensitive negotiation between doctrinal fidelity and social reality. By framing Islamic law as an evolving ethical discourse rather than a static divine command, this study contributes theoretically to the philosophy of Islamic law and empirically to the understanding of contemporary Islamic legal reform in Indonesia. The article offers implications for fatwā formulation, judicial reasoning, and broader debates on Islamic law, pluralism, and governance in Southeast Asia.
Critical–Maqāṣid Epistemology, Derridean deconstruction, Foucauldian power/knowledge, Wasiat wājibah, Islamic legal reform.
Copyright (c) 2025 Sri Hidayati, Rusli Rusli, Waqar Ahmad, Muhammad Adnan
Living Islam in Action: Embodied Volunteerism, Transformative Learning, and Muzakkī Social Agency in Indonesia
This study examines how Islamic volunteerism functions as a process of transformation within the context of Islamic philanthropy in Indonesia. Moving beyond dominant perspectives that emphasize motivation and well-being, this research positions volunteer engagement as an embodied transformative learning process. The research aims to analyze how service experiences shape muzakkī who participate as volunteers in the (Badan Amil Zakat Nasional) BAZNAS Volunteer program understanding and practice of Islam. Employing a qualitative case study design, the research was conducted within the BAZNAS Volunteer activity at Kampung Muallaf Cepak Buah, Lebak, Banten, from 30 November to 1 December 2024, involving 15 participants purposively selected from 41 volunteers. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews, participant observation, and document analysis, and analyze using an integrative framework combining Transformative Service Research (TSR), Transformative Learning Theory (TLT), and the concept of self-embodiment. The findings show that encounters with social inequality foster religious reflexivity, reshape meaning, and transform Islamic values into lived and enacted practices. The study highlights self-embodiment as a key mechanism bridging service experience and emerging transformative learning. This research contributes to the development of Islamic studies by demonstrating that Islamic philanthropy serves as a dynamic space for the transformation of living Islam, and offers practical insights for designing volunteer programs that foster deeper religious engagement and sustained social commitment.
Copyright (c) 2026 Dwi Retno Damayanti, Rizqi Handayani, Amy Maulana, Mohamad Ardin Suwandi
Lived Religion and Daily Routines: Reading Indonesia’s “Seven Habits of Great Children” in Muslim Family Life
This conceptual article examines how the state-led initiative Gerakan Tujuh Kebiasaan Anak Indonesia Hebat (7-KAIH; “Seven Habits of Great Children”) can be translated into the lived religious practices of Indonesian Muslim families. It locates 7-KAIH within Indonesia’s nation-building agenda and the four centers of education (school, family, community, media). Drawing on an interdisciplinary synthesis of policy documents, Islamic educational thought (adab, akhlāq, tarbiyah), and scholarship on lived religion, habitus, and educational ecologies, the article develops a routine-based model of character formation that links worship, health, learning, and community participation. The model specifies mechanisms through which policy prompts are domesticated family routine design, ritualization, and reflective monitoring and delineates boundary conditions including resource constraints, caregiving schedules, and media saturation. The study advances contextual Islamic studies by formulating falsifiable propositions for future empirical testing and by clarifying the implications of 7-KAIH for civil Islam and state-society partnerships in Indonesia and, cautiously, other Muslim-majority societies. While 7-KAIH is designed as a legally religion-neutral national initiative, this article's argument is intentionally confined to Indonesian Muslim families whose daily lives are governed by ritual and religious obligations. The analysis does not empirically evaluate the programmer’s appropriateness for households without ritualistic beliefs or for non-Muslim communities, and future research in character education is needed to examine how its assumptions and mechanisms operate in those contexts.
lived religion; Indonesian Islam; Muslim family; character education; policy; routines; 7-KAIH.
Copyright (c) 2025 Maila D.H Rahiem, Nur Surayyah Madhubala Abdullah, Rita Pranawati, Azaki Khoirudin, Elyusra Mualimin
The Aesthetic Dialogue between Arabic Sufi Literature and Hans Bague Jassin Qur’anic Poetry: An Intertextual and Spiritual Study
This study seeks to delineate the aesthetic interplay between classical Arabic Sufi literature and H. B. Jassin’s Qur’anic poetry, emphasizing the evolution of Qur’anic aesthetic values from Arabic to Indonesian poetic expression. The primary emphasis is to elucidate the intertextual interactions between the spiritual beauty represented in Sufi literature, particularly the works of Ibn al-Fāriḍ and al-Junaid al-Baghdadi, and H. B. Jassin's Al-Qur’ān Berwajah Puisi (1978). This study utilizes an interdisciplinary methodology that integrates Kristeva-Barthes intertextuality, Islamic aesthetic hermeneutics (Gadamer, Ricoeur), and the Qur’anic concepts of balāghah and i‘jāz. The analysis encompasses textual and spiritual interpretations of two primary corpora: classical Arabic Sufi poetry and Jassin’s poetic Qur’ān. The results indicate that Jassin does not solely translate Qur’anic verses linguistically; he constructs a spiritual conduit that integrates the aesthetic essence of revelation into the Indonesian Islamic cultural framework. The research concludes that Al-Qur’ān Berwajah Puisi embodies a transnational Islamic aesthetic form, wherein divine beauty, originating from the Arab Sufi tradition, is reinterpreted through the language and culture of the Nusantara. Consequently, this study broadens the discourse of Indonesian Islamic literature as a domain for spiritual interpretation that links Arab heritage with Indonesian modernity.
Qur’anic Aesthetics, Sufi Arabic Poetry, H. B. Jassin, Nusantara Literature
Copyright (c) 2025 Ahmad Taofik, Ahmet Safa Kocaman, E-bat Che-umong
Living Islam Through Disability-Inclusive Zakāh: Self-Transformation, Dignity, and Social Participation Among LAZISMU Beneficiaries
This study examines how LAZISMU’s inclusive productive zakat intervention contributes to the self-transformation of persons with disabilities in Indonesia. While previous studies have largely focused on the economic outcomes of zakat distribution, this research explores how zakat operates as a catalyst for multidimensional self-transformation. Using a qualitative phenomenological approach, specifically Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA), this study draws on in-depth interviews with seven beneficiaries of LAZISMU’s inclusive economic program: five with visual impairments who received business capital assistance, and two with physical disabilities who received prosthetic support. The findings reveal that productive zakat functions not only as economic assistance but also as a catalyst for self-efficacy, social recognition of dignity, spiritual meaning-making, and social participation among persons with disabilities. However, this transformation occurs within persistent structural constraints, including limited market access, social stigma, inadequate post-disbursement mentoring, and infrastructural barriers. This study contributes to the literature on Islamic philanthropy by demonstrating that productive zakat should be evaluated not only by income indicators, but also by its capacity to foster agency, self-confidence, social participation, and spiritual resilience among marginalized mustahik. The study also highlights the need to integrate structural transformation including disability-sensitive mentoring, accessible infrastructure, and stable market access into empowerment programs for persons with disabilities.
Copyright (c) 2026 Haliza Deli Gayo, Fathin Robbani Sukmana, Miranti Indri Hastuti, Miranti Indri Hastuti, Aytan Azizli
Vernacularizing Sunni Orthodoxy in the Malay-Indonesian World: Shaykh Abdurrahman Shidiq al-Banjari’s Theological and Pedagogical Works
This study examines the intellectual legacy of Shaykh Abdurrahman Shidiq bin Shaykh Muhammad Afif al-Banjari (c. 1857–1939), a distinguished Nusantaran scholar who served as Mufti of the Indragiri Kingdom during a period of profound colonial, social, and religious transformation. His scholarly contributions represent a synthesis of Islamic theology, Sufism, and education within the Ahlussunnah wal Jama‘ah tradition, reflecting the dynamics of Islamic knowledge production in the Malay-Indonesian world. The study aims to reconstruct his intellectual biography, analyze his principal writings, and evaluate the relative significance of five extant works that remain accessible to contemporary scholarship. Employing the historical method, the research follows four stages: heuristic, source verification, interpretation, and historiography. Primary data were obtained from printed works authored by Shaykh Abdurrahman Shidiq, complemented by secondary historical literature and preliminary interviews with local religious figures and scholars familiar with his intellectual heritage. The findings indicate that existing literature attributes at least sixteen works to Shaykh Abdurrahman Shidiq, covering the fields of theology, jurisprudence, ethics, Sufism, and Islamic education. Among the surviving texts, ‘Aqā’id al-Īmān appears, based on available textual evidence and field observations, to be the most widely studied in pesantren traditions, particularly in Indragiri and South Kalimantan. The study concludes that Shaykh Abdurrahman Shidiq made a substantial contribution to the development of Islam Nusantara through the transmission of Sunni scholarship and religious education. At the same time, this historical-textual reconstruction underscores the importance of systematic manuscript cataloguing, archival verification, and critical philological research to preserve and deepen understanding of Indonesia’s Islamic intellectual heritage.
Copyright (c) 2026 Jovita Dara Yuda, Dian Mursyidah, Mina Zahara, Ahmad Barakati Jalhani
Zero Cash Balance and Trust Building in Mosque Philanthropy: Optimizing Zakāh and Waqf for Community Empowerment at Jogokariyan Mosque
This study examines the optimization of zakāh and waqf management in mosque-based community empowerment, focusing on Jogokariyan Mosque in Yogyakarta as a prominent local Islamic philanthropic institution. The research specifically analyzes governance mechanisms in zakāh and waqf management and their implications for beneficiaries’ economic independence and congregational trust. Employing a qualitative case study approach, data were collected through in-depth interviews, participant observation, and document analysis, and were analyzed thematically. The findings reveal that the optimization of zakāh and waqf management is achieved through institutionalized financial transparency, data-driven segmentation of mustaḥiq, and the development of productive zakāh and waqf programs. These governance practices contribute significantly to enhancing beneficiaries’ economic self-reliance while simultaneously strengthening congregational trust in the mosque as a socio-economic institution. This study argues that the effectiveness of mosque-based community empowerment is not determined solely by the volume of zakāh and waqf funds, but rather by the quality of institutional governance underpinning their management. By positioning mosques as strategic actors in local Islamic philanthropy, this research highlights mosque-based zakāh and waqf governance as an effective, sustainable, and replicable model for community empowerment.
zakāh, waqf, community empowerment, mosque, Jogokariyan Mosque.
Copyright (c) 2025 Kholid Hidayat, Faisal Santiago, Mohammad Fahmy, Rifqi Ardae, Sopyan Lubis
Dialectics of Cultural Values and Economic Welfare: A Maqāṣid al-Sharīʿah Analysis of the Margondang Tradition in North Padang Lawas
This study explores the dialectical relationship between cultural values and Islamic economic welfare through the analysis of the Margondang tradition practiced by the Batak Angkola community in North Padang Lawas Regency. Using a legal anthropological approach, it examines how local wisdom and Islamic law interact within the framework of maqāṣid al-sharīʿah, particularly in preserving faith (ḥifẓ al-dīn), life (ḥifẓ al-nafs), lineage (ḥifẓ al-nasl), intellect (ḥifẓ al-ʿaql), and wealth (ḥifẓ al-māl). Data were collected through in-depth interviews with religious scholars, customary practioner, and community members, complemented by participatory observation during ceremonial practices. The findings reveal that Margondang serves as a cultural mechanism of social cohesion and moral education while simultaneously functioning as a system of economic redistribution that supports local livelihoods. However, its potential for maṣlaḥah is often challenged by consumptive behavior and prestige competition that risk undermining the principle of moderation (iqtiṣād). The study proposes a Maqāṣid-Culture Integration Framework (MCIF), which conceptualizes the ethical symbiosis between Islamic law and cultural practice through three layers: value, practical, and institutional. This framework repositions Margondang as an instrument for social welfare and spiritual solidarity rather than ceremonial excess. Ultimately, the research contributes to the discourse on the contextual application of Islamic law in plural societies, demonstrating that local traditions can embody maqāṣid ideals when guided by justice, balance, and collective welfare.
Maqāṣid al-Sharīʿa, Margondang Tradition, Economic Welfare, Local Wisdom, Padang Lawas Utara
Copyright (c) 2025 Idris Saleh, Abdul Aziz Harahap, Arbanur Rasyid, Naseit Moeut
Legal Certainty and Sharia Digital Financing in Indonesia: From Legal Practice to Regulatory Reconstruction
The rapid expansion of digital-based sharia financing in Indonesia has generated complex legal challenges, particularly concerning contractual certainty, validity, and enforceability within an increasingly digitized financial environment. Existing regulatory instruments, including the Information and Electronic Transaction Law, Financial Services Authority Regulation No. 77 of 2016, and DSN-MUI Fatwa No. 117 of 2018, have yet to establish an integrated legal framework capable of simultaneously ensuring sharia compliance and effective consumer protection. While the Indonesian Civil Code (KUHPerdata) continues to serve as the primary legal foundation for contractual validity, its application to digital transactions often encounters tension with Islamic contract principles, especially in relation to the prohibition of riba, gharar, and maysir. This study employs a normative-philosophical and comparative approach by integrating Hans Kelsen’s theory of legal certainty, Gustav Radbruch’s value-oriented conception of law, and Satjipto Rahardjo’s progressive legal thought with the maqāṣid al-syarī‘ah framework developed by al-Syāṭibī and al-Ghazālī. Through conceptual and comparative analysis, the research identifies regulatory fragmentation and institutional disharmony among the Financial Services Authority, Bank Indonesia, and DSN-MUI as key obstacles to achieving legal certainty in sharia digital financing. The study proposes a regulatory reconstruction that aligns formal legal certainty with substantive ethical values, namely justice (ʿadl), public welfare (maṣlaḥah), and trustworthiness (amānah), as normative foundations of digital contracts. The novelty of this research lies in its interdisciplinary synthesis of civil law, Islamic jurisprudence, and digital financial regulation, offering a coherent framework for harmonizing national law, technological innovation, and sharia principles within Indonesia’s evolving digital financial ecosystem.
Legal Certainty, Sharia Digital Financing, Islamic Law, Regulatory Reconstruction.
Copyright (c) 2025 Nur Melinda Lestari, Muhammad In'amullah, Kamall Aly, Muhammad Faizurrahman
Islamic Leadership and Organizational Culture in Muhammadiyah Higher Education: The Relationship Between Values and Academic Performance
This study examines how Islamic leadership shapes organizational culture and influences academic performance at Muhammadiyah Universities, taking Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta (UMY), Universitas Ahmad Dahlan (UAD), and Universitas Siber Muhammadiyah (Sibermu) as research subjects. Using a qualitative approach, this study explores the life experiences of lecturers in interpreting values, leadership practices, and relational dynamics that develop in the institutional environment. Data were collected through in-depth interviews, direct observation, and review of institutional documents at the three universities. The findings show that Islamic leadership is understood not only as structural authority but also as a moral example that strengthens work ethic, trust, collaboration, and professionalism oriented towards da'wah. This leadership pattern shapes an organizational culture rooted in Muhammadiyah's reformist values such as wasaṭiyyah, intellectual integrity, and social responsibility, which collectively encourage collaboration, academic productivity, and commitment to community empowerment, including in the context of digital education at Sibermu. However, this study also identifies several challenges, such as communication gaps between managerial and academic units, inconsistencies in the implementation of values, and the need for stronger alignment between Islamic idealism and the process of development.
Islamic leadership; job satisfaction; academic performance.
Copyright (c) 2025 Rediyono Rediyono, Roset Nasirin, Nurbaini F Wulansari, Soleh Samy
Ethical Entrepreneurship among Muslim Gen-Z in Indonesia: Islamic Financial Literacy, Self-Efficacy, and Ethical Habitus among Muslim Gen-Z Entrepreneurs in Palopo
This study explores the entrepreneurial experiences of Muslim Generation Z entrepreneurs in Palopo City, Indonesia, with particular attention to how Islamic financial literacy, self-efficacy, and Islamic business ethics are understood and practiced within digitally mediated business environments. Grounded in the socio-religious and cultural context of Indonesian Islam, the research adopts a qualitative phenomenological approach to examine how young Muslim entrepreneurs construct meaning, internalize moral values, and sustain their businesses in everyday economic practices. Data were collected through in-depth interviews with fifteen purposively selected participants and analysed using Colaizzi’s phenomenological method. The findings reveal four interrelated themes. First, Islamic financial literacy is experienced as practical-moral awareness, reflected in transparent pricing, separation of personal and business finances, and avoidance of ambiguous transactions. Second, self-efficacy emerges as psychological-spiritual capital shaped by mastery experiences, social support, and Islamic concepts such as ikhtiyār (effort) and tawakkal (trust in God). Third, Islamic business ethics operate as an internalized moral habitus reinforced by Bugis-Luwu cultural values, including lempu’, siri’, and amānah. Fourth, business sustainability is achieved through the integration of Islamic identity, local culture, and digital practices, forming a distinctive model of ethical digital entrepreneurship. Conceptually, this study contributes a phenomenological perspective that highlights the ethical, cultural, and spiritual dimensions of Muslim Gen-Z entrepreneurship, while offering practical implications for context-sensitive entrepreneurship development programs in Indonesia.
Islamic Business Ethics, Islamic Financial Literacy, Islamic Values in Entrepreneurship, Phenomenological Study, Self Efficacy .
Copyright (c) 2025 Mutiara Karina, Muhammad Ruslan Abdullah, Ishak Ishak, Moxuan Chen
Young ‘Āmil as Digital Agents of Change: Spiritual Motivation, Social Media Activism, and Islamic Philanthropy Transformation
This study explores the role of young Amils in the transformation of contemporary Islamic philanthropy by employing an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) approach. Focusing on five young Amils at the Graha Dhuafa Foundation, this research examines how they perceive their professional roles as a form of holistic worship that integrates ḥabl min Allāh spiritual obedience, sincerity, and trustworthiness with ḥabl min al-nās social service, justice, and compassion toward beneficiaries. Drawing on in-depth interviews and contextual observations, the findings reveal that daily spiritual practices, operational pressures, and intensive social interactions significantly shape the participants’ self-concept, psychological resilience, and sense of meaningful work. Three central themes emerged: (1) spirituality in practice, (2) self-concept transformation and resilience, and (3) digital engagement and innovation. The study further demonstrates that young Amils actively utilize social media as a strategic tool for da‘wah, zakāh literacy, transparency, and public trust-building, thereby expanding institutional outreach and increasing donor participation. These digital practices position young Amils not merely as administrative actors, but as moral, spiritual, and digital agents of change. Overall, the study highlights how young Amils contribute to reshaping Islamic philanthropy through the integration of religious values, ethical professionalism, and digital literacy, offering important insights for the sustainability and relevance of Islamic philanthropic institutions in the digital era.
‘Āmil, Islamic philanthropy, social media, resilience, digital literacy
Copyright (c) 2025 Wulandari Wulandari, Nuryaman Nuryaman, Firdaus Firdaus, M. Taufiq Affandi
Integrating Reason, Revelation, and Tazkiyah al-Nafs in Indonesian Salafiyyah Pesantren: A Hermeneutic Study of al-Ghazali’s Ayyuhā al-Walad
This article explores Imam al-Ghazali’s educational thought and its relevance to the Salafiyyah pesantren tradition in Indonesia within contemporary socio-cultural and intellectual contexts. Responding to challenges such as moral decline, epistemological fragmentation, and the dominance of instrumental educational paradigms, the study positions al-Ghazali as a key figure offering a holistic and transformative model of Islamic education. The research aims to examine al-Ghazali’s educational principles as articulated in Ayyuhā al-Walad and to analyze their actualization in Indonesian Salafiyyah Islamic boarding schools. Employing a qualitative library-based approach, this study utilizes hermeneutic analysis grounded in Paul Ricoeur’s interpretive framework. Ayyuhā al-Walad serves as the primary source, supported by contemporary literature on Islamic educational philosophy, pesantren studies, and al-Ghazali’s intellectual legacy. The analysis highlights three core pillars of al-Ghazali’s educational paradigm: the integration of reason and revelation as epistemological foundations, tazkiyah al-nafs (purification of the soul) as the ultimate educational objective, and the integration of moral, intellectual, and spiritual dimensions within the learning process. The findings demonstrate that Salafiyyah pesantren embody al-Ghazali’s educational ideals through practices such as taḥfīẓ, adab-centered pedagogy, the transmission of scholarly sanad, and spiritually grounded learning environments. Philosophically, al-Ghazali’s thought reflects a synthesis of idealism, essentialism, and perennialism. This study concludes that Salafiyyah pesantren function as dynamic institutions capable of recontextualizing classical Islamic educational values to address contemporary educational challenges in Indonesia.
Al-Ghazali, Salafiyah Islamic boarding school, tazkiyah al-nafs, philosophy of education
Copyright (c) 2025 Naila Intania, Sa’adi Sa’adi, Muhammad Aji Nugroho, Siebel R. Mayuk, Muhammad Sirajuddin
From Charity to Systemic Empowerment: Reconceptualizing Productive Waqf as a Maqāṣid-Based Instrument for Sustainable Community Welfare in Banda Aceh
This article reconceptualizes productive waqf as a Maqāṣid-oriented institutional instrument through which the five essential objectives of Islamic law (al-Ḍarūriyyāt al-Khams) are substantively operationalized to achieve sustainable falāḥ. Moving beyond conventional views that frame waqf primarily as a consumptive charitable practice, this study situates productive waqf within a broader paradigm of systemic empowerment and long-term community welfare. Using a qualitative descriptive approach, the research draws on documentary analysis of Aceh Qanun No. 10/2018, reports from the Badan Waqf Indonesia (BWI), waqf pledge deeds, and related institutional records, complemented by in-depth interviews with nāẓir, beneficiaries, religious scholars, and local stakeholders. Data were analyzed through an integrative framework combining the Maqāṣid al-Sharīʿah Development Framework, the Capability Approach in Islamic economics, and Institutional Trust Theory. The findings show that productive waqf practices in Banda Aceh have progressed beyond the fulfilment of basic needs (ḍarūriyyāt) toward enhancing quality of life (ḥājiyyāt) and reinforcing moral and social values (taḥsīniyyāt). Waqf-based initiatives contribute not only to income generation but also to the expansion of beneficiaries’ capabilities, including economic agency, access to education, and participation in collective decision-making. Moreover, transparency, accountability, and participatory governance emerge as key determinants of institutional trust and program sustainability. Overall, this study demonstrates that productive waqf can function as an integrated system of ethical governance, capability development, and social legitimacy in advancing sustainable community welfare.
Copyright (c) 2025 Sanaul Khair, Armiadi Musa Basyah, Nufiar Nufiar, Keizo A Pradipta Rizal, A. Fathi
The Atib Koambai Tradition in Riau and the Ethos of Dhikr: A Phenomenological Study of Local Islamic Interpretation
The Atib Koambai tradition is a communal dhikr ritual practiced by the Malay Muslim community of Kubu, Rokan Hilir, Riau, originating in the seventeenth century as a spiritual response to a devastating cholera outbreak. Performed annually on the third day of Shawwāl, the ritual encompasses pilgrimage to the tomb of Shaykh Abdullah Pasai, responsorial adhān, collective dhikr conducted on boats, and the symbolic release of prayers into the river. This study investigates the ritual structure and the lived religious experiences of its participants using Alfred Schutz’s phenomenological framework, complemented by a thematic exegetical analysis of Qur’anic teachings on dhikr, particularly Qur’ān 33:41–42 and Qur’ān 2:152. Employing qualitative methods, data were collected through in-depth interviews, participant observation, and field documentation involving four male informants selected via purposive-snowball sampling. The findings reveal that Atib Koambai constructs a shared religious lifeworld that reinforces intimate relationships between humans, God, nature, and the community. Collective dhikr along the river fosters feelings of safety, emotional reassurance, and social cohesion, while the act of entrusting prayers to the water symbolizes surrender and reliance on divine protection. The community perceives Atib Koambai as a non-syncretic practice grounded in normative dhikr principles and sustained through internal religious discourse. This study argues that Atib Koambai represents a living expression of Islam Nusantara, wherein Qur’anic remembrance is actualized through culturally embedded practices that strengthen religious identity, communal resilience, and the continuity of local Islamic heritage.
Atib Koambai, dhikr ritual, Alfred Schutz, thematic exegesis, Malay Islam of Riau
Copyright (c) 2025 Marhamah Annazah Tambunan, Wafiq Mayada, Laila Kalsum Hasibuan, Fatou Sanneh
Indonesian Muballigh and Religious Authority: From Sanad to Algorithmic Transformation of Islamic Knowledge Transmission in the Digital Era
This study looks at how the authority of 'ulamā' has changed from a sanad-based epistemic system to forms of legitimacy that are increasingly based on digital algorithms. This change has a big impact on modern Islamic education. This transformation signifies a profound reconfiguration of Islamic epistemic authority; wherein scholarly legitimacy is no longer solely derived from traditional knowledge transmission but is also influenced by emotional appeal and platform visibility. This research employs a qualitative descriptive-analytical framework that synthesizes Islamic studies and media theory, illustrating how digitalization expedites the disintermediation of religious authority, favoring popularity, emotional resonance, and engagement metrics over methodological rigor and scholarly validation. The cases of Adi Hidayat and Hanan Attaki exemplify divergent yet converging strategies for negotiating authority within digital religious environments, highlighting the concurrent functioning of epistemic, affective, and algorithmic legitimacy. This study delineates three interrelated dimensions of transformation epistemological, structural, and interactional that contribute to the diminishing relevance of traditional institutions and the fragmentation of Islamic educational curricula. a. In response, the article suggests a mixed model of Islamic education that combines epistemic depth, digital literacy, critical competence, and ethical formation. n. The study's main theoretical contribution is coming up with a three-part framework of religious legitimacy that explains the contradiction between democratization and trivialization in modern Islamic discourse. e. In practice, it suggests adding digital-religious literacy to core curricula and creating structured standards for digital da'wah legitimacy.
Algorithmic Legitimacy, Digital Media, Islamic Education, Knowledge Transmission, ‘Ulamā’ Authority
Copyright (c) 2025 Kombang Tua Siregar, Ilyas Zhakypkazy, Badrah Uyuni
Academic or Apologetic Studies on the Qurʾan and Tafsīr: A Critical Analysis of Theses and Dissertations at the Graduate School of Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University (UIN) Jakarta (2019–2023)
This study critically evaluates Majid Daneshgar’s central thesis in Studying the Qurʾan in the Muslim Academy, which posits that Qurʾānic and tafsīr scholarship within Islamic universities predominantly manifests as normative-apologetic discourse rather than rigorous academic inquiry. Through a case study analysis of 2019-2023 graduate theses and dissertations from Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University (UIN) Jakarta, the research applies the methodological framework developed by Andrew Rippin, Aaron W. Hughes, and Daneshgar to distinguish between academic, normative, and apologetic studies. Findings reveal that the majority – though not entirety – of examined works demonstrate a predominantly apologetic orientation in their engagement with Qurʾanic texts and exegetical traditions. This systematic investigation contributes empirical evidence to ongoing scholarly debates about epistemological paradigms in contemporary Islamic higher education.
Academic Studies, Normative Studies, Apologetic Studies, Studies of the Qur’an and Tafsir, Islamic Studies
Copyright (c) 2025 Yusuf Rahman, Alvian Iqbal Zahasfan, Mukhamad Saifunnuha, Nuryaman Nuryaman
Siyāsah Sharʿiyyah and State Governance in Zakat Management: A Case Analysis of Judicial Review on BAZNAS Authority vis-à-vis LAZ/BAZ Institutions
Law No. 38/1999 established Indonesia’s first legal framework for zakat management, institutionalizing the National Zakat Agency (BAZNAS) and civil society-led Amil Zakat Institutions (LAZ). Revised through Law No. 23/2011 to enhance oversight and systemic integration, the amendment triggered debates over four critical issues: (1) potential criminalization of LAZ/BAZ (Articles 38-41); (2) centralization of authority under BAZNAS; (3) operational restrictions on LAZ/BAZ (Article 20); and (4) legal ambiguities and perceived inequities. This study examines state regulatory roles in zakat governance through Constitutional Court Case 97/PUU-XXII/2024, which challenges BAZNAS’s exclusive authority. Using normative juridical methods, the paper analyzes statutory frameworks and LAZ’s legal arguments against Law 23/2011. Findings reveal tensions between centralized state control and civil society autonomy, underscoring unresolved legal ambiguities in Indonesia’s zakat ecosystem. The research contributes to discourse on balancing regulatory efficiency with participatory governance in Islamic social finance systems.
Zakat Management, BAZNAS, LAZ, Constitutional Court, Legal Reform
Copyright (c) 2025 Ali Rajeh R. Zaari R. Zaari, Elmira Hasibuan, Wahyu Rifadilla, Muhammad R. Jasin