PEMIKIRAN PROPAGANDIKAL SYIAH IMAMIAH: RESENSI KRITIS TERHADAP “SYIAH SEBENAR-BENARNYA AHLU SUNAH NABI” KARYA PROFESOR DR. MUHAMMAD TIJANI AS-SAMAWI

PROPAGANDIST THOUGHT OF THE SHIA IMAMIYAH: CRITICAL RESPONSE TO THE “SHI’AH ARE THE REAL AHLUL-SUNAH” WORK BY PROFESOR DR. MUHAMMAD TIJANI AS-SAMAWI

Abstract

Makalah ini bertujuan menilai semula pemikiran propagandikal Profesor Dr. Muhammad Tijani as-Samawi, menerusi karyanya, Syiah Sebenar-Benarnya Ahlu Sunah Nabi (2007). Kajian ini menggunakan kaedah analisis tekstual (kritikan dokumentatif). Perlu dinyatakan, dalam perkembangan pengaruh Syiah Imamiah di Nusantara, buku ini dinilai penting selepas Dialog Sunnah Syi’ah, Mengapa Aku Memilih Ahlul Bait? dan Akhirnya Kutemukan Kebenaran. Menerusi karyanya ini, at-Tijani membangkitkan pelbagai isu dan persoalan kontroversial tentang Ahli Sunnah Wal Jamaah (ASWJ) dan Syiah Imamiah (SI). Sasaran at-Tijani ialah sahabat Rasulullah (SAW), tokoh ulama dan pemikiran ASWJ. Menerusi kritikan terhadapnya, kita dapat memaparkan beberapa kelemahannya. Persoalannya, apakah pemikirannya berlunaskan prinsip dan praktik kesarjanaan? Setakat manakah pentafsirannya dapat bersifat ilmiah? Adakah pemikirannya memberikan sumbangan penting terhadap cita-cita murni pendekatan antara mazhab (taqarib al-mazahib)? Dalam proses menilai semula pemikiran at-Tijani, kita tidak memihak kepada mana-mana mazhab kerana setiap sarjana berperanan untuk mencari kebenaran hakiki, bukannya mempertahankan sentimen kemazhaban. Untuk menjelaskan kritikan terhadap pemikiran at-Tijani, kita menggarapnya berdasarkan isi-isi tertentu (Penilaian 1, Penilaian 2 dan selanjutnya).

This article is intended to re-evaluate Professor Dr. Muhammad Tijani as-Samawi propaganda thinking through his work, “Shia is the real Ahlu Sunah Nabi (2007)”. This study employs textual analysis as a method (critique documentation). It should be noted, in the development of Shia Imami influence in the Malay Archipelago, this book is critically important after “Dialogue between the Shi’ite-Sunah: Why I Choose the Ahlul Bait?” and “At last I Found the Truth”. In his work, at-Tijani raises several controversial issues and contradictory questions to the Ahlul Sunnah Wal Jamaah (ASWJ) and the Shia Imamiyah members (SI). His work specifically targeted the Companions of the Prophet (peace be upon him), scholars and ASWJ thinkers. In this paper, the author identifies and reveal some the underlying weakness of his book. The question is, does the basics of his thinking is based on the principles and practices of scholarship? To what extent his interpretation and moral judgement can be held accountable? Does his thoughts contribute to his pure ambition of taqarib al-mazahib? In the process of re-evaluating at-Tijani thinking, the present author did not favor of any sect because it believes that every scholar plays a role to seek the truth instead of preserving “the truth sect”. To explain the criticism of at-Tijani thinking, the present author works on the specific content (Assessment 1, Assessment 2 and so on).