Pemberdayaan Mustahiq BAZNAS Kabupaten Sukabumi Melalui Program Bangkit Usaha Mikro Berbasis Masjid Desa Peradaban Zakat (BUMI DPZ)

BAZNAS Sukabumi Regency has a superior program named Micro Enterprise/ Bangkit Usaha Mikro (BUMI) that based on Zakat Civilization’s Village/ Desa Peradaban Zakat (DPZ) of mosque which is carried out following local socio-cultural community factors, by spiritual and material empowerment at the same time in accordance with its motto ngaji (ruhani) or spiritual empowerment and ngejo (rupiah) or material empowerment. This study aims to determine the success level of the mustahiq empowerment program through the BUMI DPZ program in BAZNAS, Sukabumi Regency. The research that will be used is a survey research by conducting interviews and using a questionnaire, with descriptive analysis methods and qualitative approaches, in the form of collecting facts in the field from interviews in the form of questionnaires to respondents. The results show that the success level of the BUMI DPZ BAZNAS program in Sukabumi Regency in terms of rupiah development is still low due to various obstacles, including the mentality of the assisted residents (mustahiq) who are still in consumptive orientation is still quite difficult to changing to be a productive one and already familiar with the usury system coupled with the limited number of assistants who at the same time have to deal with other institutions that offer assistance programs with interest-bearing loans, even though assistants play a major role in changing the people's mindset as well as agents of change to create empowered community conditions, while in terms of ruhiyah development it can be said to be successful with community assistants activeness to follow routine recitation held by a companion and have routinely issued

Fisibilillah: Labor as Learning on the Sufi Path

At the core of this study of spiritual empowerment and Black Atlantic Sufism lies the pre-occupation of understanding precisely the manner by which particular Muslim subjectivities are fashioned within the bounds of the Mustafawi Sufi tradition of religious cultivation through charitable giving and community service in Moncks Corner, South Carolina. This article examines Black Atlantic Muslim religiosities and argues that West African Sufism in diasporic context—which draws upon nonwestern theories of the body and theories of the soul—can be theorized as a philosophy of freedom and decoloniality. In the American South, spiritual empowerment becomes possible through varying forms of care and bodily practice that take place in a mosque that is situated on a former slave plantation. Meanwhile, that empowerment takes place through discourses on Islamic piety and heightened religiosity in a postcolonial Senegal. Spiritual empowerment occurs, as I show, through attending to the body and spirit as students connect themselves, via West African Sufism, to a tradition of inward mastery and bodily discipline through philanthropic efforts.

[INSTITUSI TAREKAT TASAWUF DALAM PEMANTAPAN SPIRITUAL INSAN] INSTITUTION OF SUFI ORDER IN HUMAN SPIRITUAL EMPOWERMENT

Sufism is a knowledge discipline which derives from three basic Islamic components along with tauhid and fiqh knowledge. It is a principle of knowledge discussing regarding the cleaning method and purification of soul of an individual Muslim from a mazmumah trait (al-takhalli) and self-prepared method with mahmudah trait (al-tahalli) in order to get the blessing of Allah. It requires a guidance and support from a qualified individual because in order to succeed, there must be many internal and external obstacles will arise that is not easy to be overcomed without guidance. Therefore, sufi order is an institution which consists of the practise and the true appreciation of sufism according with the syaikh mursyid’s leadership. Meanwhile, this study is purposing in explaining the concept of sufi order to the society with the main focus is to analyse the tarekat approach which is focused to its role in human spiritual empowerment. This is a qualitative approach study. The data collecting method used is a documentation method which refer to the secondary sources. The finding of the study summarised that the sufi order institution is an effective approach in empowering an individual spiritual through the syaikh mursyid’s approach in guiding the students (salik). Tasawuf merupakan salah satu disiplin ilmu daripada tiga komponen asas ilmu Islam di samping ilmu tauhid dan fikah. Ia adalah bidang ilmu yang membicarakan berkenaan kaedah pembersihan dan penyucian rohani seseorang individu Muslim daripada sifat mazmumah (al-takhalli) dan kaedah menghiasi diri dengan sifat mahmudah (al-tahalli) dalam usaha untuk sampai kepada keredaan Allah. Ia memerlukan kepada tunjuk ajar dan sokongan daripada individu yang berkelayakan lantaran dalam proses untuk mencapai kejayaan, sudah pasti akan terbentang pelbagai halangan dan rintangan dalaman mahupun luaran yang tidak mudah untuk diharungi tanpa bimbingan. Dengan demikian, tarekat tasawuf merupakan sebuah institusi yang mengandungi pengamalan dan penghayatan tasawuf yang sebenar melalui pimpinan syaikh mursyid. Oleh itu, kajian ini bertujuan menjelaskan konsep tarekat tasawuf kepada masyarakat dengan tumpuan utamanya untuk menganalisis pendekatan tarekat yang difokuskan kepada peranannya dalam pemantapan spiritual insan. Kajian ini adalah berbentuk kajian kualitatif. Metode pengumpulan data yang digunakan ialah metode dokumentasi dengan merujuk kepada sumber-sumber sekunder. Dapatan kajian ini menyimpulkan bahawa institusi tarekat tasawuf merupakan satu pendekatan yang efektif dalam memantapkan spiritual individu melalui pendekatan syaikh mursyid dalam membimbing para salik.

Pesantren for elderly: Study of the spiritual empowerment of elderly women in Pondok Sepuh Payaman, Magelang

This study aims to determine the spiritual empowerment in Sepuh Payaman Cottage, Magelang. Spiritual empowerment is an effort to reduce the anxiety of the elderly about death. In old age humans are often associated with death that is getting closer. Preparing elderly mental health in the face of death is a basic requirement for the community in addition to physical and social health. In this study used a qualitative method approve case study, with the process of collecting data using interviews and observations. In order to analyze the data we used the disengagement theory of social gerontology. The findings in this study that spiritual empowerment was carried out within 24 hours and framed through ritual and social worship. The teaching pattern is emphasized in lecture-listening and learning by doing. The motivation of the elderly and family support is a driving factor for the elderly, while the decline in physical function is a limiting factor. In the pattern of spiritual empowerment, implications are found including, 1) Obtaining inner peace; 2) Getting closer to God; 3) Increasing the faith of the elderly; 4) Able to read Al-Qur’an; 5) Growing humanity; and 6) Establishment of new relations. The findings of this study can be used as an alternative and answer to reduce the level of anxiety in the elderly related to death.

The Fate of Prosperity Gospel in Kenya

The prosperity gospel Pentecostalism is relatively new on the religious landscape which is swiftly expanding at breath-taking speed and now is a force to be reckoned with in Kenya. It has a greater chance of outliving the 21st century in view of the fact that it is widely and readily being accepted by all classes of people for its claim of physical and spiritual empowerment. The methodology adopted for this study was a phenomenological approach. The study uncovered that there are so many in favour of the expansion and consolidation of the prosperity gospel in Kenya. The paper affirmed the point that prosperity gospel in its entirety is not bad but what is needed is a change in the right focus of prosperity message. Even though there are aspects of negativism in prosperity preaching, the paper believes and concludes that God will eventually change the focus of prosperity message as preached by prosperity preachers to something more positive and rewarding for it to continue being relevant in Kenya.

Actualization of Transformational Leadership based on Spiritual Empowerment for Enhancing Quality of Higher Education

ABSTRACT Leadership has significant and strategic role for enhancing the quality of higher education institution. In implementing transformational leadership based on spiritual empowerment, the leadership should have mastered these four components: a) charisma, b) inspirational motivation, c) intellectual stimulation, d) individualized consideration. This article uses descriptive qualitative approach and gets some discoveries as follows; first, IAIN actualyzes the concept of “Islam Nusantara” in constructing academic atmosphere. Second, IAIN actualyzes KH. Shiddiq’s four pillars of spiritual empowerment. Research result showed that the implementation of transformational leadership style has been implemented as follows: First, to fulfill and explore charismatic leadership in IAIN, the principal implemented some steps as follows: First, illustrating vision and mission formulation clearly. Second, foster pride in the institution. Third, respected and appreciated by followers. Forth, needs to gain the support and trust from followers. Second, to express his inspirational motivation to his followers, the principal implemented his ability in communicating high expectation and exploring the symbols/jargon/motto of institution for focusing on the effort to explore them simply. Third, the way principal stimulates his followers intellectual through these following things: 1) promoting intellectual behavior. 2) conducting learning organization. 3) Intellectual sensitivity. Fourth, able to provide appropriate solutions. 4)Individualized Consideration.

“The Saints Go Marching”: Black Pentecostal Critical Consciousness and the Political Protest Activism of Pastors and Leaders in the Church of God in Christ in the Civil Rights Era

Although black Pentecostal leaders are known for their emphasis on holiness and spiritual empowerment, they are not renowned for having led and spearheaded political protest struggles during the Civil Rights movement. In this paper I discuss black Pentecostals’ postures toward political protest struggles, and I analyze reasons why some black Pentecostals participated in the Civil Rights movement while others did not. My central argument is that critical consciousness formation played an integral role in motivating a minority of Church of God in Christ (COGIC) clergy and leaders to engage in Civil Rights protest struggles. That is to say, many black Pentecostals who took part in the movement reconciled their strivings for spiritual empowerment against evil with critical reflection upon complex social, political, and economic realities. They recognized the utility of opposing structures of oppression through direct, nonviolent means.