By: Dr. H. Mohamad Anang Firdaus*
When the Prophet Muhammad brought the message of Islam, he did not immediately change the names of the months. This naming existed before Islam came and initially had nothing to do with matters of religious belief, because the Arabs at that time named the moon purely based on the natural phenomena that covered it.
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Let us always increase our devotion to Allah SWT. by the way imtitsal laymirillah wa ijtinabu nawahihinamely by doing what Allah commands and staying away from what He has forbidden. Also, we should not leave this world without carrying faith in our hearts.
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If there is an expression that Eid al-Fitr is better than Eid, or the term Eid al-Fitr is more Islamic than partyLet’s see together how the Prophet Muhammad SAW. teaches us how to interact with traditions and culture.
The naming of the month Qamariyah written by Imam at-Tabari was apparently established long before the birth of the Prophet Muhammad SAW. around 150 years before the revelation of the prophethood, or more than 200 years before the Islamic message came down.
The naming of the Qamariyah months was established during the time of Kilab ibn Murrah, the fifth grandfather of the Prophet. He succeeded in unifying the terms and names of months throughout the Arabian Peninsula through meetings with tribal leaders. From that meeting, the names of the months we know today were agreed upon, with the aim of letting people know when the Hajj pilgrimage was carried out.
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Therefore, when the Prophet Muhammad brought the message of Islam, he did not immediately change the names of the months. This naming existed before Islam came and initially had nothing to do with matters of religious belief, because the Arabs at that time named the moon purely based on the natural phenomena that covered it.
For example, Muharram was so named because at that time it was forbidden to fight (ceasefire) and the Arabs were preparing their merchandise. The month of Safar is called that because the Arabs vacate (shift) their homes for war or trade. Ramadhan is called that because the weather is very hot (‘syiddah al-ramdha’).
Meanwhile, Shawwal is taken from the word syawwalat al-ibil. Encyclopedia scholars explain that the naming of Shawwal refers to a sentence rafa’at al-ibilu bi adnabihanamely the moment when the camel raises its tail.
There are two possibilities why camels raise their tails: because they are entering mating period, or because their milk has dried up. As a result of the drying up of milk, the ignorant Arabs considered the month of Shawwal to be a month of bad luck (not bringing blessings). They are even afraid to get married or marry off their children in the month of Shawwal because they are worried that they will be hit by bad luck.
After Islam came, these negative sentiments were changed by Allah through the Prophet Muhammad SAW. The name of the month was not changed – it remained Shawwal – but the substance was deconstructed by the Prophet SAW. He broke the myth of bad luck by marrying his wives in the month of Shawwal.
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FirstHe married Sayyidah Sauda in the month of Shawwal in the tenth year of the prophethood. SecondSayyidah Aisyah married in the month of Shawwal two years before the hijrah, and when he arrived in Medina after the battle of Badr, the Prophet SAW began living together with Sayyidah Aisyah also in the month of Shawwal. ThirdHe also married Sayyidah Umm Habibah and Sayyidah Umm Salamah in the month of Shawwal.
Through this example, the Prophet Muhammad SAW taught us that correcting the meaning of a tradition is very necessary if the tradition endangers the faith. Attitude tasya’um (feeling unlucky) was replaced with afternoon (optimism, hoping for luck, and prayer). Abul Qasim al-Suhaili, a scholar who lived at the beginning of the 6th century Hijriah, in his book Al-Raudh al-Unufrelated explanation isytiqaq airport (language derivation). When the word “Syawal” was originally attached with meaning Raf’ul Dzanab (the camel raises its tail), changes spiritual meaning to Raf’ul Dzunub (removal/removal of sins).
This is where it happens paradigm shift (paradigm shift): the naming of the month of Shawwal, which was originally purely a natural phenomenon without meaning, was changed to a spiritual-sufistic paradigm. As a camel lifts its tail, Allah SWT also lifts the sins of those who fast thanks to the blessings of the month of Ramadan.
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Therefore, it is very natural that the first spreaders of Islam in the archipelago, namely Walisongo, who really understood the wisdom and nobility of Islamic teachings, chose local terms such as Eid, stupidor party to express the joy of Eid.
On various occasions, our caregiver, KH. Abdul Hakim Mahfudz, always emphasizes the importance of the rules adhered to by Nahdlatul Ulama (NU): al-muhafazhatu ‘alal-qadimis-shalih, wal-akhdu bil-jadidil-aslah (maintaining good old traditions and adopting new, better traditions). Let us together maintain the noble heritage that has been given by our predecessors, especially the Sufistic foundations that have been instilled by Walisongo.
May God bless the Great Qur’an for me and you, and benefit me and you with the wise verses and dhikr it contains, and accept its recitation from me and from you. Indeed, He is the All-Hearing, All-Knowing. I say this and ask God Almighty for forgiveness for me and for you, so ask Him for forgiveness. Indeed, He is Most Forgiving, Most Merciful.
*Mudir Ma’had Aly Hasyim Asy’ari Tebuireng Jombang.
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