Puasa: Kedalaman dan Keluasan Makna

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Umat Muslim siap berpuasa Ramadhan tahun ini yang menurut Sidang Itsbath Kementerian Agama RI dimulai pada Hari Minggu 3 April 2022. Bagi Mohammad Chtatau, seorang cendekiawan Maroko, Ramadhan di atas segalanya adalah “penglihatan hati” (vision of the heart) yang memungkinkan manusia untuk kembali ke pusat dirinya, bulan pengendalian diri agar terus berjuang melawan kelemahan dan hawa nafsunya agar menjadi manusia seutuhnya, dan bulan berbagi serta membangun ikatan solidaritas dengan orang-orang terpinggirkan agar mampu melepaskan diri dari situasi kemelaratan dan kesengsaraan mereka. 

Pandangan cendekiawan ini menyiratkan kedalaman dan keluasan makna Puasa dalam perspektif Muslim. Kedalaman dan keluasan maknanya dicoba dijabarkan dalam sembilan tulisan berikut ini. 

  1. Definisi Puasa
  2. Puasa: Tujuan dan Adab
  3. Substansi Puasa
  4. Puasa dan Perjuangan Spiritual
  5. Berpuasa dengan Ihsan
  6. Puasa dan Kebaikan Sempurna
  7. Puasa: Pelajaran dan Tindak Lanjut
  8. Catatan Puasaku
  9. Setelah Lebaran Apa?

Masing-masing tulisan ini dapat dibaca secara terpisah dan dapat diakses dengan cara mengklik judulnya.

Selamt membaca! 

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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