IN SEARCH OF THE MOON: The Hisab, Ru’yah, and Kashf

Ahmad Musonnif, M.H.I., 197810242009121001 (2021) IN SEARCH OF THE MOON: The Hisab, Ru’yah, and Kashf. Episteme, Jurnal Pengembangan Ilmu Keislaman, 16 (2). pp. 105-125. ISSN 1907-7491

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Abstract

This article deals with varieties of epistemological methods in calculating days of lunar calendar (hijri), mainly on the beginning date of months. Examining different methods in Indonesian Islamic-scape, it argues that there have been three epistemological models which are rooted at Islamic classical epistemologies; the ahl al-hadith (textualist), the ahl al-ray (contextualist), and the intuitive suf (kashf). The ahl al-hadith emphasizes on the empirical rukyatul-hilal (witnessing the moon), whereas the ahl al-ra’y strongly concerns on the mathematical and rational method. The suf, not so popular in Indonesia but influential in some suf circles, deploys the kashf (uncovering) method. In some cases, these three are however intertwined and in contradiction one to another. The article futher argues that different method-in-use is strongly influenced the local spesifcties of diverse Indonesian Muslim’s backgrounds and groupings.

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