PRINSIP PENDIDIKAN KARAKTER DALAM ISLAM: STUDI KOMPARASI PEMIKIRAN AL-GHAZALI DAN BURHANUDDIN AL-ZARNUJI
ABSTRACT: The impelemtantion
of character education that is done by the Indonesian government recently has
been provoked by al-Ghazali and Burhanuddin al-Zarnuji long ago. It was proven
by some written thoughts of al-Ghazali and Burhanuddin al-Zarnuji. They were
very famous scientists in their era and widely welknown as educational experts
who produced some phenomenal thoughts many people use today. Al-Ghazali and
Burhanuddin al-Zarnuji lived in the era of Bani Abbasiyah monarchy, but Both of
them lived in different era. Al-Ghazali was born first, then Burhanuddin
al-Zarnuji. They had different mazhab, al-Ghazali went to the traditional principle
of mazhab Syafi’I and Burhanuddin al-Zarnuji went to the modern principle of
mazhab Hanafi. The differences, of course, would create a different thought.
Still, they might have a similar principle of Islamic character education. The
thoughts of character education of al-Ghazali have been poured in the “Ayyuha
Walad” focusing to the students’ character building characterized by
religiously obedient, skillfull of general and religious knowledge, socially
helpful, affectionate, generous, good citizen, and coloring the society. Some
applicable thoughts of character education of Ayyuha al-Walad of al-Gazhali to
the contemporary education are: the balance of the happiness purposes of the
recent life and the life after death, qana’ah and tawakal, affectionate, caring
other, patience, honesty, philanthrophy, social works, generousity, democratic,
peace makers, and patriotic. Those characters are also directed in the islamic
character education nowdays. So that, the thoughts of al-Ghazali positively and
responsively are absorbed by the Indonesian government to build the national
character widely implementing in the national curriculum based on the local
wisdom and the Islamic values. In the end, the students are able to live
happily based on the Islamic rules by implementing the good behavior. Similar
to the al-Ghazali’s thought, Burhanuddin al-Zarnuji, in “Ta’lim al-Muta’alim”,
wrote some important principles of character building consists of the phisycal
and inner values in education.
Penulis: Agus Setiawan
Kode Jurnal: jppendidikandd143357
