SUNNAH DALAM PERSPEKTIF ORIENTALIS

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to know movements and thoughts of
Orientalist towards Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him).
Orientalisme is a term for movements in which its focus is to do research
and study about language, social, religion, culture, civilization, etc, of the
East (oriental). According to some writer, at least there are three purposes
of orientalisme in Islamic world. First is for spreading of Christianity.
Second is for colonialisme. Third is for sciences (knowledge) only. Beside
that purpose, no doubt that orientalist’s studies also have many beneficial
and contribution to knowledge in contemporary world. Sunnah as a
second sourse of Islamic Law is not quiet from orientalist’s studies. Their
studies (in some case) is to put Islam in doubt and always try in search of
weakness of Sunnah. They talk and critic personal of hadits’s transmitter
(rawi hadits) with dislike and tendentious in order to make sanction
towards Sunnah Nabawiyyah. In this article, writer want to describe views
of orientalist and some of Islamic thinkers towards hadits’s figures like
Abu Hurairah and Imam Az-Zuhri, also give some critic to their thoughts.
In reality, the effort for destroying of sunnah’s holy prophet Muhammad
(Peace be upon him) starts from their figures. In spite of that, this article
is not comprehensive cover of all their thought and movements.
Keywords :   Sunnah, Hadits, Orientalis dan orientalisme.