The Contribution Of Sufism In Facing Covid-19 Pandemic
Abstract
Sufism is an esoteric (inner) aspect in Islam that teaches self-purification (taskiyatun nafs) in an effort to get closer to God which has an impact on the behavior of one's life. Human behavior at this time, the world hit by the Covid-19 outbreak still has not shown the right behavior, as there are still many people who violate the rules of the government and recommendations from health experts in an effort to break the Covid-19 chain. This study uses a descriptive qualitative approach with the formulation of the problem of how to describe the role of Sufism in dealing with the Covid-19 outbreak. The purpose of this research is to describe the teachings of Sufism in contributing to breaking the chain of the spread of the Covid-19 outbreak. The result of this research is that the practice of uzlah (seclusion) and seclusion (solitude) in Sufism can be used as alternatives in breaking the rate of spread of the Covid-19 outbreak.
Moraref