Al-Mada: Jurnal Agama, Sosial, dan Budaya

Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation from the Perspective of Maqāṣid Al-Sharīʿah: An Analysis of Opportunities and Challenges in the Barurejo Village Community, Banyuwangi

Ahmad Ainun Najib — 2026-10-18

Climate change increases rural vulnerability through shifting seasonal patterns, drought, flooding, pest outbreaks, and declining agricultural productivity. This article examines climate-change adaptation and mitigation measures, their implementation opportunities and challenges, and their relevance from the perspective of maqāṣid al-sharī‘ah in Barurejo Village, Banyuwangi. The study employed a qualitative case-study design. Empirical data were drawn from a focus group discussion on local adaptation and mitigation action planning involving twenty participants representing village government, hamlet leaders, community cadres, women’s groups, youth, micro-enterprises, and residents. The data were thematically analysed through familiarisation, coding, theme development, theme review, and interpretation using the dimensions of ḥifẓ al-nafs, ḥifẓ al-māl, ḥifẓ al-‘aql, ḥifẓ al-nasl, and ḥifẓ al-bī’ah. The findings show that proposed adaptation measures include using local springs (belik), improving irrigation efficiency, crop diversification, strengthening farmer capacity, and agroforestry. Proposed mitigation measures comprise village greening, reducing chemical fertilisers, adopting organic fertilisers, and composting organic waste. Implementation opportunities derive from natural resources, local ecological knowledge, social capital, and multi-stakeholder collaboration. Challenges include limited awareness and participation, insufficient resources and infrastructure, weak institutional arrangements, and programme discontinuity. From a maqāṣid al-sharī‘ah perspective, village climate action protects life, livelihoods, knowledge, future generations, and ecological balance. The article proposes a village climate-action model oriented toward socio-ecological public benefit.

The Negotiation of Piety and Gender Relation in Tablighi Jamaat Household on Gajah Street, Medan

Luthfi Habib Nasution — 2026-10-18

This study aims to analyze the negotiation of piety and gender relations within Tablighi Jamaat households on Jalan Gajah, Medan City, during the husbands’ participation in khuruj fi sabilillah. The study is motivated by the dynamics of role distribution between husbands and wives, which give rise to various forms of negotiation in fulfilling domestic, economic, and religious responsibilities. This research employs a qualitative approach with a descriptive-analytical design. Data were collected through in-depth interviews, observations, and documentation involving Tablighi Jamaat wives, husbands, and community leaders selected through purposive sampling. The data were analyzed using the interactive model of Miles and Huberman, supported by Saba Mahmood’s Gendered Piety Theory and Berger and Luckmann’s Social Construction Theory. This study is expected to provide a comprehensive understanding of how piety and gender relations are negotiated within Tablighi Jamaat families while contributing to the development of the sociology of religion and family sociology, particularly in relation to religious practices and household dynamics.

Sustainability of Memorization After an Intensive Tahfiz Program: A Case Study Two Years After Graduation

Herliana Setyaning Pramesti — 2026-11-13

This study analyzes the sustainability of Qur'anic memorization among graduates of an intensive tahfiz program and identifies factors influencing long-term retention. A retrospective longitudinal single-case study with embedded qualitative analysis was employed, focusing on one graduate of a 24-month intensive tahfiz program targeting 20 juz. The participant was selected as an extreme/positive deviance case for maintaining memorization despite the absence of a post-program support system. Data were collected through objective memorization tests (0–4 rubric, two blind examiners, Cohen's Kappa = 1.00; ICC = 1.00), modified Timeline Follow-back (TLFB) interviews, and semi-structured in-depth interviews. Analysis used subjective retention ratio and thematic analysis. Results: the memorization score reached 97.5/100 (objective test), an increase of 17.5 points (21.9%) from the subjective score at graduation (80/100). A subjective retention ratio of 1.00 indicated stability based on subjective reconstruction, while the objective test demonstrated actual improvement. Four main themes were identified: program intensity as foundation; life transition as challenge; routine worship and family support as reinforcing factors; and the absence of a post-program system as a structural weakness. The anatomy of the positive deviance case revealed four unique features of R01: the profession of memorization listener as a natural retrieval practice laboratory; individual agency overcoming structural failure; daily worship as spaced retrieval; and the deconstruction of storage strength vs. retrieval strength dynamics. These findings suggest that intensive tahfiz programs potentially contribute to long-term retention, although post-graduation work environment factors also play a significant role. As a single-case study, this research aims at analytical generalization, not statistical. Its initial contribution is the development of a post-graduation support system integrating cognitive strategies and spiritual approaches to sustain Qur'anic memorization.

Representation of Social Criticism in Al-Hariri’s Poem “Ayaa Man Yadda’il Fahm”: A Roland Barthes Semiotic Analysis

Faiz Abdul Aziz Al Hakim — 2026-11-13

This article explores how social and moral criticism is represented in Al-Hariri’s poem Ayaa Man Yadda’il Fahm through Roland Barthes’ three layers of meaning: denotation, connotation, and myth. It is a descriptive qualitative library study. The data are signs (keywords, phrases, and verses) drawn from the poem’s 48 verses, gathered by listening to a recitation repeatedly and noting down each verse. Denotation was fixed from the dictionary definitions of the keywords in Al-Munjid fi al-Lughah wa al-A’lam rather than from translated verses, and connotation and myth were then derived from them. Forty-two verses were found to carry criticism, grouped into six themes: arrogance and claims of understanding, neglect of death’s warnings, refusal of advice and repeated sin, materialism and love of the world, postponed self-improvement and accountability in the hereafter, and social relations and care for others. The remaining six verses urge self-improvement, and ten representative verses are analysed in a table. At the level of myth, the poem undoes naturalised beliefs that knowledge and status guarantee honour, that wealth measures success and happiness, and that death is distant. The criticism is mainly moral-spiritual, and its social side is clearest in the theme of social relations and care.