RELAVANSI NILAI-NILAI BUDAYA BUGIS DAN PEMIKIRAN ULAMA BUGIS: Studi atas Pemikirannya dalam Tafsir Berbahasa Bugis Karya MUI Sulsel

Abstract

This article investigates the relevance between Bugis culture values and Muslim Scholars’ views on gender issues in Bugis Quranic Interpretation by MUI of South Sulawesi. This research uses content analysis. Woman’s right to be public leader is not questioned as long it fulfills qualitative and functional criteria. In household affairs, a married couple is a partner with equal responsibilities. The concept of ‘iddah emphasizes on religious principle and the culture of self- esteem and purity. The inheritance distribution does not only relate to the right, but also responsibility in order to uphold justice. The expertise of Bugis Muslim scholars to link between Bugis values and its interpretation is not always explicit, some were identifiable implicitly and inherently. The Quranic and local values are two values integrated in giving solution to people. The Bugis people are inspiring to uphold value system and harmonious interaction system in organizing people.  Social establishment through the manifestation of core values of culture and the Quranic principle becomes an effective strategy to maintain the identity of community with Islamic doctrine values.