Puasa (1): Definisi Umum

Refleksi 1 Minute

Jejak Pemikiran dan Refleksi

Secara Kebahasaan

Puasa adalah kata benda (Arab: shiyam, ism masdar) yang berarti kemampuan menahan diri dari apa saja yang membatalkan: makan, minum, merokok, berhubungan secara seksual, dsb. Tambahan awalan “ber” menjadikan kata puasa menjadi kerja (Arab: shaama, fiil madhi). Sebagai kata kerja puasa berarti upaya untuk menahan diri untuk tidak melakukan apa yang kita sukai. Kemampuan menahan diri adalah khas manusia yang memungkin mereka menjadi memiliki keadaban (civilized) dan secara kolektif membanguna peradaban (civilization).

Secara Istilah

Dalil

Umat Islam, semua bentuk ibadah dilarang kecuali yang memiliki dasar hukum atau dalil (syar’i). Dalam konteks puasa, dalilnya adalah QS (2:183): “Wahai orang-orang yang beriman! Diwajibkan atas kamu berpuasa sebagaimana diwajibkan atas orang-orang sebelum kamu agar kamu bertakwa”.

Niat

Secara istilah (syari), puasa harus diniatkan dalam arti dilakukan secara sadar (intentional). Dalam Islam, unsur niat sangat penting  bahkan menentukan nilai suatu kegiatan: “Semua amal (nilainya)…

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Published by Uzair Suhaimi

Statistics and religion. This is perhaps an unusual combination for many. The first is dealing with the empirical world, the second with that beyond that world. However, that is my reflection regarding myself. As a statistician, I spent 30 years (1981-2011) serving BPS-Statistics Indonesia. After that my professional services were dedicated to TNP2K office (an office under the vice president office) for a few months and to ILO-ROAP as a senior statistician for half a year. Since 2012 most of my time is dedicated as an independent consultant on statistics-related work, mostly for ILO and on some occasions for some government offices Indonesia. My recent work (2019) was on estimating child labour in Indonesia for ILO Country Office Jakarta. As for personal interest, since young, I've been fascinated with the basic principles of religious thought, especially on its esoteric dimensions, essentiality, and universality. Sufism and perennial philosophy are of my special interest. On this subject, I have posted a number of short articles in my personal blog: https://uzairsuhaimi.blog.

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