The Report of Book Discussion on Rejecting Wahabi’s Textualism

“Moqsith reminded that an acculturation of tradition is an absolute necessity in da’wah (religious mission). Rigidity toward tradition will make a da’wah concept unacceptable. Look at how Muhammadiyah in previous eras was so strict on tradition. The position of tradition in da’wah, for Moqsith, is analogized to the need of body for nutrition. Refusing to compromise with tradition means to allow the body to be nutritional deficiency. However, it should also be remembered that too many compromises with tradition, such as NU’s da’wah, can spend the energy before getting to the original sources: the Qur’an and the Sunnah. If da’wah with so strict on tradition is analogized by malnutrition da’wah, da’wah with so many compromise with tradition is obesity da’wah, and this also means that the two is equally bad.”
For people who have explored Islamic thoughts, the term ‘Wahabi’ is not a new one. For the context of Islamic thoughts in Indonesia, Wahabi, the name is attributed to Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab, at least became popular in the 80s era. However, due to unfavorable political conditions at that time, the Wahabi da’wah was widely heard in post reformation era.