Determining The Beginning Of The Month Of Worshiping According To The Scholars Of The Madhab (Comparative Study Of Mazhab In Islam)

Abstract

The polemic over the determination of the beginning of the month of Worshiping (Ramadan, Shawwal and Dhulhijjah), especially in Indonesia, is a problem that continues to exist and has always been a tough debate in the community because the most prominent impact of these differences is the difference in starting the obligatory worship which is a pillar of Islam, namely fasting and hajj. This difference arises due to the two methods used by the Indonesian people in determining the beginning of the months of worshiping, namely the hisab method and rukyat methods. This paper aims to examine and explain how the opinions of the scholars of the madhhab in seeing differences about the method of determining the beginning of the month of worshiping which generally refers to the same proposition. The method used in the preparation of this paper is the Library Research method in which the author studies the classic books written by previous Islam scholars, especially in the chapter of fasting and Hajj as a chapter where the discussion of the method of determining the month of worshiping is widely discussed.