History of Islamic Culture: From the Past to the Present and the Future

Kaummuslim.com - Have you ever thought, how can Islam spread to all corners of the world as it is today? How did the Prophet Muhammad SAW fight in the past so that the teachings he brought could be accepted by the wider community? What was the state of the Islamic government and its people after the death of prophet Muhammad SAW? Who took part in the dissemination of Islamic beliefs throughout the world and what are the ways it takes? What is the cultural pattern of Islamic society from time to time? All of these questions can be found answers if we examine the History of Islamic Culture.

The History of Islamic Culture is one of the disciplines taught in Indonesia, especially in Islamic madrassas and universities. In the subject or course of Islamic Cultural History, various stories of later times are presented about how Islam, society, civilization, and culture have been since the time of the Prophet Muhammad SAW, khulafaur rasyidin, the ruling dynasties of the completion of the rasyidin khhulafaur, until the latest era.

By investigating the History of Islamic Culture, poly benefits and advice that we can get. First of all, by investigating the History of Islamic Culture, we can reach for wisdom according to events that occurred in the past that can increase our piety to Allah Almighty. By knowing the history of Islam, for example how prophet Muhammad SAW, khulafaur rasyidin & muslim figures afterwards fought to develop and maintain the teachings of Islam until we reached this time, we will appreciate their efforts more, so that we will always raise our piety to Allah Almighty as a form of appreciation and respect for them.

Second, we can break down lessons from history to consideration when we want to make decisions about something. Not sporadic things that happened in the past come home happening in the present . By knowing what happened in the past, we can reach into a decision about what happened in the present using perfection, for example, if something happens that the same or almost the same problem occurs in the present and in the past, then in the past sitting the matter turned out to be resolved in the right way &positively impacted, then in the present it may be able to use the same method of resolution so that it ends up using it well.

And on the contrary, if in the future it turns out that the method of solving it is not perfect & has a negative impact, then in the present this method can be avoided so that the problem does not end up using not good too. With this, the mistakes that occurred in the later period can be anticipated so that they will not occur in the present & the future that will come.

Third, be able to know and emulate the good stories of ancient times. There are many stories from ancient times that we should understand and model. For example, the story of how beautiful the morals of prophet Muhammad SAW, how noble the nature he has, how his leadership is & how big the struggle he did, the story of the obedience and obedience of friends to Allah & His Messenger, their loyalty to the Messenger of Allah SAW, as well as the magnitude of their sacrifice in fighting for Islam, as well as the story of the people behind the success of spreading Islam throughout the world, and many other stories.

Fourth, fostering a sense of love for Islamic culture which is the fruit of the work of later Muslims. The Muslims of later times, in addition to leaving valuable stories that we can model, also left poly cultural results based on their time. When we know the history of a culture that was obtained by Muslims in the past using all its challenges &difficulties, we will love and appreciate the output of that culture more. if this love for Islamic culture has grown, then automatically, we will always participate in maintaining these cultural relics by studying & taking advantage of these relics.

Fifth, understand the many outputs of thoughts & works of scholars to be exemplified in everyday life. There are poly works of earlier scholars that still survive today, such as books of interpretation, hadith, fiqh, philosophy, Islamic history &so on. if we want to study the output of these thoughts & works, we will receive a lot of knowledge that we can exemplify in everyday life. These works are the ones that brought the teachings of Islam to survive today, & of course they are needed to remain permanent until the time that will come.

Therefore, investigating the History of Islamic Culture is very important, especially for Muslims. Because using historical checking, there are poly implicit messages and benefits that we can take, for example those outlined above. In essence, by examining the History of Islamic Culture we can reach into ibrah or lessons according to the past to face life in the present > future. Therefore, like the slogan uttered by Ir. Soekarno "JAS MERAH. Never leave history behind", moreover the history of Islam, a religion that we must always believe in, we must not forget its history and culture, in order to survive from time to time.