Ritual on Nisfu Sha’ban Hadiths Informed in Indonesian Online Medias: Study on Muslim Practices in Certain Mosques in South Tangerang, Banten-Indonesia

M. Ikhsan Tanggok

2018

Abstract

Nisfu Sha’ban is the middle of Sha’ban month. It is taken as an occasion by some Indonesian Muslims to perform certain rituals at mosques and mushollah (small mosques), such as sunnah prayers (non-obligatory prayers), recitation of the Quran (especially Chapter 36 Ya-Sin), and using water as a medium to pray to God. These acts of worship have become a part of the culture of many Indonesian Muslims who perform them at this time each year. They are not concerned whether these activities have a legal basis in the Quran and the Hadiths. Likewise, although there is still a debate between scholars over the authenticity of the Hadiths pertaining to Nisfu Sha’ban, mosques fill up every Nisfu Sha’ban night and the number of activities Muslims carry out then increases each year. This paper seeks to explain this tradition of celebrating Nisfu Sha’ban practiced by Indonesian Muslims, especially those in South Tangerang and the role of some Indonesian online medias in informing these activities.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Tanggok M. (2018). Ritual on Nisfu Sha’ban Hadiths Informed in Indonesian Online Medias: Study on Muslim Practices in Certain Mosques in South Tangerang, Banten-Indonesia.In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Recent Innovations - Volume 1: ICRI, ISBN 978-989-758-458-9, pages 1919-1927. DOI: 10.5220/0009937319191927

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icri18,
author={M. Ikhsan Tanggok},
title={Ritual on Nisfu Sha’ban Hadiths Informed in Indonesian Online Medias: Study on Muslim Practices in Certain Mosques in South Tangerang, Banten-Indonesia},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Recent Innovations - Volume 1: ICRI,},
year={2018},
pages={1919-1927},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009937319191927},
isbn={978-989-758-458-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Recent Innovations - Volume 1: ICRI,
TI - Ritual on Nisfu Sha’ban Hadiths Informed in Indonesian Online Medias: Study on Muslim Practices in Certain Mosques in South Tangerang, Banten-Indonesia
SN - 978-989-758-458-9
AU - Tanggok M.
PY - 2018
SP - 1919
EP - 1927
DO - 10.5220/0009937319191927