Taqolid al-Zuwaj fii al-I'tiqad al-Jawiy (al-Dirosah al-Naqdiyah)

Abstract

This research focuses on solutions to the Javanese Muslim community in order
to be able to carry out marriages with Javanese customs which are suitable with
Islamic values and avoided from shirk. This research is a qualitative research
with a cultural antrolopology approach. The data is taken from the library as
library research, such as books and articles that explain the procedures for
marriage with Javanese customs. By using descriptive-analytical method, the
researcher analyzes the procedures of marriage with Javanese customs which
are in accordance with Islam and which are contrary to Islamic sharia based on
theory ‘urfin Islam. The results showed that there were six kinds of rituals and
symbols that contained elements of shirk and violated the Islamic shari'a, those
are 1) the ritual of determining the good day to carry out the marriage; 2) the
ritual of choosing a mate by counting weton; 3) wear claw patterned fabric when
installing tarub; 4) the splash ritual; 5) midodareni, and 6) betel throw.