Understanding The Value of Wasathiyyah Hadith In The Modern Context

Abstract

Religious moderation (washatiyyah) is a important concept that continues to be understood more deeply. This concept covers a moderate, balanced way of religion namely understanding and practicing religious teachings in a non-extreme way, on the basis of normative postulates. This article specifically underlies this concept of wasathiyyah from the perspective of hadith, by combining the methods of muslim scholars. The methodology for conducting this research is literature. The result is that this concept in the hadith displays the values of socio-religious life such as that it touches on aspects of the sunnah of life, the character of Islamic teachings, fairness in doing business, fairness in setting laws, interacting with non-Muslims, balance in life, fairness in acting, etc. This also has a positive impact on the face of Indonesian Muslims for the enforcement of justice, the middle way in religion (tawâzun), istiqamah, and tolerance.