Muhammadiyah
is one of the Islam organization that was born in Indonesia. The founding
Father of Muhammadiyah is K.H. Ahmad Dahlan. He is founding father of
Muhammadiyah. He was born in Yogyakarta on February 23th 1869. His original name
was Muhammad Darwis and his name was changed when he came back to Indonesia
after he studied in Mecca for five years. After that, he got merried with Siti
Walidah, and has six children. On November 18th 1912, he founded an
organization it’s Muhammadiyah.
The
meaning of Muhammadiyah in a language / etymology. Muhammadiyah is divided by
two words, it is MUHAMMAD and YAH. Muhammad is name of our last prophet and the
meaning of YAH is ‘making identical’ or resemble. So, Muhammadiyah is followers
of Prophet Muhammad SAW who always follow his action, do something that he ever
did in his period. The meaning of followers here is : the member of religious
community (muslim).
The
meaning of Muhammadiyah in a technical term / terminology. Muhammadiyah is
Organization of muslim and religious proselitizing “Amar Ma’ruf Nahi Munkar”2
in the faith of Islam and has Al-Qur’an and As-Sunnah as its sources. So,
Muhammadiyah uses Al-Qur’an and As-Sunnah as their ideology to face their life,
and obey to Allah.
The background of Muhammadiyah was founded because ;
First, subjective factor, it’s willingness of K.H. Ahmad Dahlan to build an
organization. Second, objective factors, the objective factors were divided by
two, the first was Internal Factor and the last was External Factor. The
Internal Factor was muslim didn’t use Al-Qur’an and As-Sunnah as their Ideology and the effect of that were TBC (Tahayul, Bid’ah, Curafat)3.
The External Factor was Hindia Belanda government in the past didn’t want Islam
exist there, and there were many society that got west education, so they were
asked by them to did resistance to muslim.
Purpose of Muhammadiyah.
1. Build
Islam, Muhammadiyah wants to build Islam will be the best religion which be
held back its truth.
2. Glorify
Islam, Muhammadiyah wants to make Islam be highest law.
3. Create
real muslim, it’s the high purpose, that the real muslim is muslim who always obey
God’s command and avoid a badness.
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1 Bidang Keilmuan
PK IMM FKIP UHAMKA
2 Amar ma’ruf nahi
munkar : call everybody in the world to do kindness and prevent disavowal.
3 Tahayul :
believe in besides Allah. Ex: believe in a shaman. Bid’ah : add something
without basis. Ex: adding “Sayyidina” in the first/last tahyat. Curafat :
combine between religious and culture. Ex: ritual/offering.
