Authors : Wan Zulkifli Wan Hassan, Nazri Muslim, Rozmel Abdul Latiff, Nani Rahayu Sallihudin and Pusat Citra
Abstract: This study seeks to examine and evaluate the reality between madzhab and fanaticism in the context of Islamic society in Malaysia. What is the position of the Shafi'i-Muslim community to be regarded as a condition that is required and defended or it may be regarded as a sectarian fanatic society that must be rectified. With the development of the mind and the culture of life at this time the attachment to a sect will raise many questions. Among them is the practice of the Shafici sect by the Muslim community in Malaysia without referring to the views of the sects besides Shafi’i in accordance with current requirements and public interest? Is there any change in the education system and exposure to various schools that have no effect on the practice of madhab? This study looks at whether the Muslim community in Malaysia is strongly devoted to Shafici or simply fanatical to the sect. The study uses qualitative methods by referring historical documents to Islamic developments in Malaysia and Islamic classical books. By making in-depth analysis, the study found Shafii’s practice of dominating among Muslim societies in Malaysia despite partly practicing a sect besides the Shafici sect. Shafici’s practice in their circles does not indicate that they take blind or fanatical attitude toward the Shafici sect and even the stand is to celebrate the sectarian grip of the sect that has been adopted by the community. There are also some views of the Shafici sect that are not followed fully in the face of current fiqh issues due to fatwas adopt the outside view of the Shafici sect and clearly give the people the choice to adopt any four sect. The study also found that the authoritative parties in the affairs of Islamic religion in Malaysia such as the Mufti department in each state take cautiousness, openness and relaxation and give choice (takhayyur) and talfiq to the community in accordance with the elements of Islamic legal flexibility such as istislah, al -dhara’i’ urf and so forth in line with the common interest and maqasid al-shari’ah. This also illustrates the fanatical attitude to the Shafii sect not so noticeable among the Muslim community in Malaysia.
Wan Zulkifli Wan Hassan, Nazri Muslim, Rozmel Abdul Latiff, Nani Rahayu Sallihudin and Pusat Citra, 2020. Practice in Certain School and Fanatic Inclination to One School: A Study among Malaysian Shafi’i Mazhab Within Islamic Civilization Context. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 15: 586-595.