IMAM AL-SYAFI’I DAN TRADISI BASMALAH DI MEKAH
Abstract
There is a little controversy among Muslims regarding the need to recite the phrase basmalah out loudly during prayer. In one hand, a group of ulemas stated that the recitation of the phrase in not compulsory for a prayer to be accepted by God. In other hand, another group of ulemas, especially the meccan ulemas during three generations started from ibn Abbas to al-Syafii, claimed that such recitation is compulsory or it is a requirement for shalah (prayer). This paper, thus, aims at exploring the genealogy of al-Syafii’s though regarding the recitation by tracing his predecessors’ thoughts including ibn Abbas. Findings suggest that the recitation, according to al-Syafii, is compulsory and it is supported by a host of Hadiths concerning the issue.
Keywords: al-Syafii, meccan ulemas, reciting Basmalah
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