The purpose of this research is to discuss the opportunities of science and technology in hadith research This research method uses qualitative research through literature study with a content analysis approach The results and discussion of this research include the hadith science methodology, the development of the hadith validity method and the hadith text criticism method with a multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary approach, and scientific and technological opportunities in hadith research for the need for integration of science The conclusion of this study is that research on hadith with a transdisciplinary approach opens wide opportunities for science and technology that are currently developing for the realization of the integration of science This study recommends the importance of applying a transdisciplinary approach to science and technology opportunities in the development of hadith research in Islamic higher education

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Science and Technology Opportunities in Hadith Research

The implementation of Al-Qur'an Reading Guidance (Belajar Baca Qur’an/BBQ – a word in the Indonesian language) program using traditional methods is considered not effective in terms of management, and lagging behind in terms of technology utilization. This has led to the development of a Learning Management System (LMS), specifically for Al-Qur'an learning, namely-BBQ. This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of e-BBQ in improving the ability to read the Qur'an and the extent of e-BBQ acceptance by students and instructors in the framework of the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) 3. This study used a nonrandomized control group pretest-posttest design by comparing two groups with and without e-BBQ, accompanied by interviews at the end of the study. The results showed that even though Al-Qur’an reading ability in both groups increased significantly, the increase in the e-BBQ group was higher than the group without eBBQ. Student’s and instructor’s perceptions of e-BBQ showed that e-BBQ was considered easy and useful. In conclusion, e-BBQ is capable of enhancing students’ Al-Qur’an reading ability. The usefulness and ease of use perceived by students became the main factors in this LMS acceptance, and helped them to improve their Al-Qur'an reading ability.

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Student's and Instructor's Perception toward the Effectiveness of E-BBQ Enhances Al-Qur'an Reading Ability.

ABSTRAK Tidak sedikit ayat-ayat al-Qur'an yang berbicara tentang sihir, salah satunya yaitu dalam QS. al-Baqarah(2): 102, yang mana di dalamnya menceritakan tentang sihir pada zaman Nabi Sulaiman, dan juga tentang kisah Harut dan Marut yang mana orang-orang kafir mengatakan bahwa mereka diutus untuk mengajarkan dan mengamalkan ilmu sihir pada manusia. Selain itu pun terdapat banyak pengertian mengenai sihir diantaranya yaitu menurut pendapatnya al-Azhari mengatakan bahwa sihir adalah suatu pekerjaan untuk mendekati setan dan meminta pertolongan kepadanya. Sedangkan menurut al-Ragib al-Asfahani bahwa sahara adalah Pertama, tipuan, imajinasi atau gambaran yang tidak nyata, seperti hal nya yang dilakukan pesulap yang dapat memalingkan pandangan dengan kecepatan tangannya, juga seperti yang dilakukan oleh pengadu domba, memfitnah dengan ucapan-ucapan yang manis yang dapat mempengaruhi pandangan orang lain. Kedua, meminta pertolongan setan dengan melakukan sebuah ritual mendekatkan diri kepada setan. Ketiga, perbuatan yang dapat membuat orang sedih, yang dengannya dapat merubah bentuk dan karakter seseorang menjadi penurut seperti khimar (hipnotis). Dalam hal ini, penulis tidak hanya membahas QS. al-Baqarah saja akan tetapi membahas semua ayat-ayat dalam al-Qur'an yang berkaitan dengan sihir dan mengelompokannya kepada empat masa nabi yaitu: nabi Sulaiman, Musa, Isa dan Muhammad. Akan tetapi penulis mencoba membatasinya dengan mengkomparasikan antara dua penafsir yaitu al-Razi dengan kitab tafsirnya Mafatih al gaib dan al-Qurtubi dengan kitab tafsirnya al-Jami' li Ahkam al-Qur'an. Adapun alasan penulis mengambil dua penafsir di atas, yaitu untuk mengatahui lebih jelas makna sihir menurut seorang filosof dan seorang faqih. Adapun rumusan masalah dalam pembahasan ini yaitu: pertama, untuk mengetahui makna sihir dalam empat masa nabi yaitu, nabi Sulaiman, Musa, Isa dan Muhammad menurut al-Razi dalam kitab tafsirnya Mafatih al Gaib dan al- Qurtubi dalam kitab tafsirnya al-Jami' li Ahkam al-Qur'an. Kedua, mengetahui persamaan perbedaan dari kedua penafsir di atas dalam menafsirkan makna sihir. Dalam penelitian ini, penulis menggunakan metode: Pertama, deskripsi yaitu, menguraikan penafsiran al-Razi dan al-Qurtubi terhadap ayat-ayat al-Qur'an yang berkaitan dengan sihir. Kedua, analisis yaitu melakukan suatu analisa dengan pemaparan yang argumentatif. Yaitu berdasarkan latar belakang sejarah yang melatar belakangi kehidupan al-Razi dan al-Qurtubi. Ketiga, komparatif yaitu dengan cara mengklasifikasikan antara penafsiran al-Qurtubi dan al-Razi, dengan memfokuskan kepada perbandingan keduanya. Dalam penelitian ini, penulis menemukan persamaan dan perbedaan dari kedua mufassir dalam menafsirkan makna sihir. Persamaannya yaitu sihir adalah suatu ungkapan yang lembut dan samar penyebabnya, dan yang dikhayalkan oleh sipenyihir. Adapun perbedaan dari keduanya yaitu di dalam menafsirkan pembagian macam sihir. dalam hal ini al-Razi berpendapat bahwasannya sihir itu terbagai kepada delapan macam, sedangkan al-Qurtubi di dalamnya hanya menyebutkan dua macam sihir, akan tetapi dalam pembahasannya beliau lebih menekankan kepada hukum dari sihir tersebut.

Kajian terhadap ayat-ayat tentang sihir (studi komparatif atas tafsir mafatih al-gaib dan al-jami' li ahkam al-qur'an)

The proliferation of online digital multimedia content has enabled the rapid digitization of printed manuscripts, resulting in faster and more effective dissemination of digital publications. This scenario is also found in the context of digital Quran content, which has recently gained significant traction from the research and scientific communities with related discussions and studies covering a range of IT subject domains under the generic topic of Digital Quran Computing (DQC). In the past few years, a number of international conferences and symposia have been dedicated to the concept of DQC. This paper surveys and reports on the developmental trends and research hotspots in DQC, providing up-to-date theme categories and an analysis of published articles in the literature. First, the study provides a theme categorization based on the topical trends from recent conferences and symposia related to DQC. Second, a review is given for papers under each theme with a discussion of their key features, limitations, and research directions. Finally, a number of research hot spots that identify open challenges and primary areas in DQC for future work are outlined.

Digital Quran Computing: Review, Classification, and Trend Analysis

The purpose of this essay is to display the significance of studies relating to the influence of Persian Shi‘ism in Southeast Asia in general, and the Malay Archipelago in particular. With this purpose in mind, a comprehensive bibliography of works published in the ninteenth, twentieth, and early twenty-first centuries (1888-2014) is presented. An attempt is also made to present the influence of Persian Shi‘a figures and elements on the historical and modern Malay Archipelago.

The Study of Persian Shi'ism in the Malay-Indonesian world: A Review of Literature from the Nineteenth Century onwards

Until today, memorization is still one of the methods used in the process of preservation of al-Qur'an. This article aims to review and analyze the methods and approaches used by a Centre of Tahfiz al-Qur'an, namely Madrasah Quran, Terengganu, Malaysia in the process to produce the students that can memorize the whole al-Qur'an. This study used the methods of documentation , observation and interviews in order to obtain the data. Through the analysis, this study found that there are four basic methods of memorizing al-Qur'an. The methods are Sabak method, Para Sabak, Ammokhtar and Halaqah Dauri. By using these four methods, the students could recite the whole Qur'an by memorization, within 15 hours without seeing the mushaf. These methods of memorization could be applied in all Quranic memorization centers in order to produce the huffaz who can fully remember the whole Qur'an.

Effective Techniques of Memorizing the Quran: A Study at Madrasah tahfiz Al-quran, Terengganu, Malaysia

Numerous researches have been done on Quranic commentary writing in Malaysia. However, the focus of these researches has mostly been limited to historiography and chronology, apart from introduction to authors’ works and the methodology applied by them in their commentary writing. The present article seeks to identify the trends in writing Quranic commentary in the 20th century based on the number and categories of these works. Categorization is based on the style or approach of the commentary whether it is tafsir tahlili, tafsir ijmali, tafsir mawdui, tafsir muqaran or translation. In addition, the number of verses or juz’ interpreted will also be taken into consideration. This study applies the historical and content analysis method. Results showed that commentary writing in Malaysia began in late 1920s; triggered by translation activities of Arabic Quranic commentaries. At that time, the focus was on verses that were commonly recited by the Muslim community on a daily basis. The authors’ inclination in their writings can also be summarized as follow: Firstly, most common styles of commentary writing applied by authors of that time were tafsir tahlili, tafsir ijmali and tafsir mawdu’i. Tahlili-based commentaries had the most number of works, however it was found to be quite superficial in its discussions. Secondly, translation activities were mainly directed to Arabic Quranic commentary works that were widely used by the community then. Thirdly, a lot of attention was given to the interpretation of certain verses and surahs in Juz 'Amma. This study also found that Nur al-Ihsan commentary was the first Malay Quranic commentary book and it was printed in the year 1934. It is also considered the only complete tahlilibased commentary to date.

The trend of Malay Quranic commentary writing in Malaysia in the 20th century

This article discusses the importance of a contextual approach in understanding the hadith of the Prophet (PBUH). This discussion is all the more important due to the extensiveness of the field and branches of hadith science itself, encompassing the hadith sciences of riwayah ( study of hadith text or narration) and dirayah (study of chains and conditions of ahadith or rationality) apart from the reason of preventing an erroneous and inaccurate understanding of hadith. The purpose of this article is to identify the characteristics and criteria of hadith which are suitable for understanding in a contextual way. The identification of such characteristics and criteria is very essential for the knowledge of the Muslim ummah in order to prevent misconceptions of the Prophet’s (PBUH) hadith or deviations from the intended meanings. Several examples of the use of contextual approach by past hadith scholars in explanatory hadith books are also presented. This article also exposes the effect and consequences of errors in the application of both these approaches by submitting examples of understanding hadith by contemporary Muslim scholars.

A contextual approach in understanding the prophet's hadith: An analysis

One of the sources says that Islam has come to Malay World in eleventh century of Masihi and this is supported by the discovery of gravestone in Champa, Gresik Java as well as Kedah together with the discovery of stone monument in Terengganu dated 1303 Masihi. This situation is exposing the phenomenon of Islam's growth in the Peninsular Malaysia earlier from the Borneo Isle where it has been receiving Islam during the 15 century of Masihi intermediated by al-Makhdum. Thus, this argumentation is at least th influencing the history and the situation of Islam's development of the Borneo especially in Sabah amongst the native people. Nevertheless it is indisputable if we assumed that the empirical battle to authorize religion of Islam from the Peninsular Malaysia has empower an inducement towards the local fundamentalists to accentuate the Islamic spiritual da'wah at Sabah until Islam has been the official religion of the state. Hence, from the prepared revision and analytical reflection, we shall examine and explore the history as well as the growth of Islam's prospect especially at Sabah by considering the aspect of Islamization reality and current religious activities including Christianization. We also explore the development's factors, institution and also the person in authority towards this issue. It is adequate to highlight that Islam's nuance at Sabah, which situated in the north of Borneo Isle, is multi-dimensional in its characteristic, which is in itself is a unique state in the country.

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Islam and Muslim in multi religious society: realities and challenges in Sabah, Malaysia

This article explains the importance of the Arabic language and its methods to understand the texts of the Qur’an and hadith. Arabic language scholars have set methods that should be followed in order to produce an accurate understanding of Qur’an and hadith texts. The mastery of the rules of the Arabic language is very important because any negligence will lead to deviation from the true meaning of the Qur’an and hadith. Through a direct analysis of the works of selected scholars, this article discusses scholars’ differences of understanding towards Qur’an and hadith texts according to their Arabic language proficiency.

Faisal Ahmad Shah

Papers

Effective Techniques of Memorizing the Quran: A Study at Madrasah tahfiz Al-quran, Terengganu, Malaysia

The trend of Malay Quranic commentary writing in Malaysia in the 20th century

A contextual approach in understanding the prophet's hadith: An analysis

Islam and Muslim in multi religious society: realities and challenges in Sabah, Malaysia

Arabic Language Methods and their Effects on the Scholars’ Differences in Understanding the Qur’an and Hadith Texts