Pemikiran Kassim Ahmad Mengenai Hadis Dan Faktor-Faktor Penolakan Kepada Keautoritiannya

Kassim Ahmad’s Thought on Hadith and the Factors of Rejection to Its Authority

Abstract

With the call for Muslims to stick solely to the Quran alone, while rejecting the authority of hadith as the second source of reference in Islam after the Qur'an, Kassim Ahmad has been accused of being anti-hadith. His thoughts are clearly expressed in his writings, blogs and speeches. Among his main writings are two books entitled Hadis: Satu Penilaian Semula and Hadis: Jawapan Kepada Pengkritik have been placed under banned. Anti-hadith accusation against him has also been made by religious authorities in Malaysia through several fatwas that have been gazette. Therefore, this study was conducted to analyze the factors of his rejection of the authority of hadith. In this study, the researcher used a qualitative approach by interviewing informant face-to-face using the semi-structured interview method. The findings of the study found that four factors of his rejection to the authority of hadith, such as hadith created by later people, hadith errors in interpretation, the opinion of the Prophet SAW can be right or wrong and the use of hadith is a weak argument. In conclusion, the four factors of the rejection to the authority of the hadith by Kassim Ahmad are weak arguments and completely contradict to the guidance of the Quran and the explanations given by Islamic scholars. This kind of thought is very dangerous to the faith of Islam and can be developed in a new form in the Islamic society if it is not given serious attention.