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INTRODUCTION
Since we were in elementary school, or even in kindergarten, the teachers
always taught us to have good behavior towards ourselves, teacher, parents,
friends, and to other people (society) around us. Those kinds of behavior are in
form of respect, help each other, discipline, be nice, and still many examples of
good behavior. If we implement those behaviors continuously, then it becomes
good habit in our life and we do not feel struggle to do that. After we graduated
from University, of course we will look for a job. As we had implemented good
behavior from we were child, whatever our job or profession is, we will do our
job very well with good ethics, good habit, discipline, and others. In our work
environment we have some friends, work partner, boss, and we can treat them
very well because we used to it. Our teachers from kindergarten until university
taught us to have such kind of attitude. Having good behaviors as mentioned
above means we have good ahklak.
Etimologically, the word akhlak is derived from Arabic language in plural
term ( )أخالقand the singular term is khuluq (ٌ ) ُخلُقwhich means attitude, manner,
or behavior.1 Akhlak is the other term of moral and ethics. According to Al-
Ghazali, khuluq is a character that someone owns which make he or she can do
something easily without any hard thinking activity.2 Moreover, according to Ibnu
Miskawih in holy book Tahdzibul Akhlak that khuluq is a condition that the
willingness of soul to do certain activity without thinking.3 Therefore, akhlak can
be categorized as manifestation of iman, Islam, and ihsan that represent someone
which not need much consideration to act and become habit.
1
SIDIK TONO, et al., Ibadah dan Akhlak Dalam Islam, AUNUR RAHIM FAQIH and AMIR MU’ALLIM
(ed.), UII PRESS, Yogyakarta, 1998, p. 81.
2
Id. p. 82.
3
Id.
In Islam, akhlak is divided into several kinds for example akhlak towards
Allah SWT, akhlak towards Rasulullah SAW and his angels, parents, teacher,
friends, even akhlak towards our profession or job. In this paper, the writer will
focus to explain akhlak in profession and friendship which will include the
definition of profession and friendship, principles and ethics in working, and
principles and ethics in building a friendship.
4
Oxford Dictionary, [website], https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/profession, (accessed
March 3, 2018).
5
R. RIZAL ISNANTO, Buku Ajar Etika Profesi, The Study Program of Computer System Faculty of
Engineering, Diponegoro University, p. 6.
In surah Az-Zumar verse 39:
َ َ َ َ َ َ ِّ ُ َ َ ََ ُ ْ َ َ ُ
39:39 - َل َمكان ِتك ْم ِإ ين ع ِام ٌل ۖ ف َس ْوف ت ْعل ُمون
ٰ ق ْل يا ق ْو ِم اع َملوا ع
The meaning: Say, "O my people, work according to your position, [for] indeed,
I am working; and you are going to know.
Those three verses are the representative at once the evidence that Islam is a
religion that order all its believers to work, eventhough the destiny of the believers
already determined but it is not a reason that they being lazy.
Friendship is a relation which involve joy, trust, respect, support, care, and
spontanious.6 According to Oxford Dictionary, friendship means ‘The emotions
or conduct of friends; the state of being friends’ or ‘A relationship between
friends’.7 On the other side, according to Agnor, friendship is a relation where the
social and emotional needs are fulfilled such as emotional support, help, and
intellectual stimulation.8 Zimmermann added that a friendship relation is marked
by love, intimacy, an alliance can be relied on, and emotional support.9 Al-quran
also mentions about friendship in some verses, for example in surah Az-Zukhruf
verse 67:
َ َّ ْ َّ ٌّ ُ َ َْ ْ ْ ُ ُ َ َ ْ ُ َ َّ َ ْ
43:67 - ض عدو ِإَّل ال ُمت ِق َي
ٍ اْل ِخَّلء يوم ِئ ٍذ بعضهم ِلبع
The meaning: “Close friends, that Day, will be enemies to each other, except for
the righteous.”
In surah Al-Furqan verse 27-29 also mention that our friends during we live in
Earth is having impact to us in hereafter. Those verses talk about the regret of
someone who makes a friend which cannot bring him to goodness. In conlusion,
6
ANGELA, ‘HUBUNGAN ANTARA KUALITAS PERSAHABATAN DENGAN PRIVASI PADA
REMAJA AKHIR’, Faculty of Psychology Gunadarma, p. 4. (quoted from Davis, Hall 1995).
7
Oxford Dictionary, [website], https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/friendship, (accessed
March 3, 2018).
8
DEWI ANGRAINI and HIJRIYATI CUCUANI, ‘Hubungan Kualitas Persahabatan Dan Empati Pada
Pemaafan Remaja Akhir’, Jurnal Psikologi, vol. 10, no. 1, 2014, p. 20.
9
Id.
the meaning of friendship is a relation among friends that have impact
emotionally, usually those who engage in a friendship have specific treatment
towards each other such as support, cares, and even same feeling of certain stuff.
Most of people misunderstood that Islam is a religion which not really put
attention on work, they think that Allah already determined the destiny of
everyone including wealth, couple, and death then why do we still have to work?10
That is the real question for people who think that way which not supposed to do
by them. Al-Quran regulates about what people deserve in this Earth, surah Hud
verse 6:
َّ َ َ ه
ُّ اَّلل ر ْز ُق َها َو َي ْع َل ُم ُم ْس َت َق َّر َها َو ُم ْس َت ْو َد َع َها ۚ ُك ٌّل ف ك َت َْ َ
-ي
ٍَ اب م ِب
ٍ ِ ِي ِ ِ َلع َّل إ ض
ِ ِ رْ اْل َو َما ِمن د َّاب ٍة ِ يف
11:6
The meaning: “And there is no creature on earth but that upon Allah is
itsprovision, and He knows its place of dwelling and place of storage. All is in a
clear register.”
Someone who thinks that work is not necessary because Allah had set up the
destiny of his creation, uses the verse above as the basis of his or her argument.
However, in another verse Allah SWT said, specifically surah Ar-Ra’d verse 11:
َ َ َ َ َ ُ ُ َ ِّ َ ٌ ِّ َ ْ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ ْ َ ْ َ ُ َ ُ ْ َ ْ ه َّ ه
اَّلل َّل ُيغ َِّ ُي َما ِبق ْو ٍم َح َّ ّٰت اَّلل ِإن
ِ ي يدي ِه و ِمن خل ِف ِه يحفظونه ِمن أم ِر ِ َ لَه معقبات من ب
َ ُ ِّ ُ َ َ َ ُ َ َّ َ َ َ َ ً ُ ْ َ ُ ْ َ َ َ َ َ ه ُ َ َ ُ ِّ َ ُ
13:11 - ال ٍ ون ِه ِمن و ِ د ن م م ه ل امو ۚ ه ل درم َّلف اوءس م وق
ٍ ِ ب اَّلل اد
ر أ اذ إ و م ه
ِ سِ نفيغ َيوا ما ِبأ
ِ
The meaning: “For each one are successive [angels] before and behind him who
protect him by the decree of Allah. Indeed, Allah will not change the condition of
a people until they change what is in themselves. And when Allah intends for a
people ill, there is no repelling it. And there is not for them besides Him any
patron.”
10
SIDIK TONO, et al., op. cit., p. 123.
Based on surah Ar-Ra’d verse 11 above, it means that Allah SWT requires us to
work in order to have bless from him in form of wealth and also pray. There are
several principles which are categorized as the background to work in Islam11:
1) Order to work after the pray, Al-Jumu’ah:10
ُ هَ َ ه ه ُْ ه ْ َ َُْ َ َْ َ َ ُ َ َّ ُ َ َ
َّلل ك ِث َ ًيا ل َعلك ْم اَّلل َواذك ُروا ا
ِ ض وابتغوا ِمن فض ِل
ِ رْ اْل ُ ِِ انت
شوا ِ يف ف ِإذا ق ِض َي ِت الصَّلة ف
َ ُْ
62:10 - تف ِل ُحون
The meaning: And when the prayer has been concluded, disperse within the
land and seek from the bounty of Allah, and remember Allah often that you
may succeed.
The points can be taken from the verse above is that after we pray to Allah
SWT, we shall work so that what we do is under the bounty of Allah SWT.
Another point is that, wherever and whenever we work, make Allah SWT as
the reason behind it. That we work because of him, we are doing one of his
order and to own his bounty.12
2) Order to always do the activities (prohibition to do nothing), Ash-Sharh:7
َ َ َ ْ َ َ َ
ْ فإذا ف َرغت فانص
94:7 - ب ِ
The meaning: “So when you have finished [your duties], then stand up [for
worship].”
From the verse above, it is very clear that emptiness (do nothing) is not good.
It is better we do another stuff after finished the others.
3) Prohibition of begging
11
Id. p. 124.
12
Id. p. 125.
Islam prohibits any kind of begging, it is better to work eventhough just a
small occupation. Islam appreciates its believer who prefer to work rather than
begging.
4) Never give up when you face difficulties in doing your work, a true Moslem
definitely has his or her own way to overcome any difficulty. If someone
makes Allah SWT as the reason why he or she does his or her work, he or she
will be able to overcome any difficulty and be patient by facing it. It is not
necessary how hard the difficulties are, Moslems will never quit. They will
keep trying, work harder, and pray eventhough they fail many times. People
who have those characteristics and good mental in facing some troubles and
failures, will constribute to build the society that have high discipline and
good mentality which in the end it will impact to national development and
make human resources in Indonesia better.
13
Id. p. 127-129.
financial profit he or she gets because the most important is that work as a
form of pray to Allah SWT.
2) The second ethics is, that every Moslem shall do the work professionally. This
is what writer had mentioned in previous paragraph. We have a certain
profession, of course it is related to the responsibility that we hold as a worker.
We shall know that everything we do in this Earth, will be accounted for in
hereafter. Responsibility that we hold in our profession, we shall keep it
properly and do the very best. We shall do our job perfectly and seriously, do
not do it carelessly. Islam really appreciates if Moslems do it seriously and do
not set aside the effort of fulfilling our responsibility. A Moslem shall keep it
mind that do the work carelessly is categorized as betrayal and he will get the
revenge in hereafter. Therefore professionalism is really fundamental in
Islam.
3) The last ethics that Moslem shall own is, work with the knowledge represents
the future and ukhrawi knowledge. Means that every Moslem shall consider
what will happen in the future. Therefore, a Moslem when work, he or she not
only looking for the financial advantages, but also think about the loss and
risks that may happen. If someone works only for his or financial advantages,
not rarely, he or she can do anything else to get the advantages, even if other
people are suffering loss. Islam strictly prohibits the happiness that owned by
doing bad things to another.
Ukhrawi knowledge means, every Moslem shall work based on what they
think will get in hereafter. It is prohibited for a Moslem conducts cheating
while working or make other people suffer the disadvantages. This is
regulated in al-Quran surah Al-Hasyr verse 18:
َ َ ه َ َّ ه ُ َّ َ ْ َّ َ ُ ََْ َه
ٌ نظ ْر َن ْف ُ َّ ُ َ َ َ َ ُّ َ ه
اَّلل خ ِب َ ٌي ِب َما س َّما قد َمت ِلغ ٍد ۖ َواتقوا اَّلل ۚ ِإن آمنوا اتقوا اَّلل ولت يا أيها ال ِذين
َ ُ َ
59:18 - ت ْع َملون
The meaning: “O you who have believed, fear Allah. And let every soul look to what it has
put forth for tomorrow - and fear Allah. Indeed, Allah is Acquainted with what you do.”
From those three ethics, as conclusion, Islam regulates that every Moslem shall work
to continue his or her life. Not as simple as work, Moslems shall consider about the acts that
have impact to him or her in hereafter. Islam towards work, not only regulates about life in
this earth, but also life in hereafter as we will live there forever.
One of the most prominent distinguishing features of the true Muslim is his love for
his friends and brothers in faith, a love that is untainted by any worldy interests or ulterior
motives.14 The friendship in Islam is unique because it is based on the sake of Allah SWT,
someone loves his or her friends because of Allah SWT and no other reasons behind it. The
brotherhood of faith is the strongest of bonds between hearts and minds. According to
Bukhari and Muslim, true Muslim will find sweetness of faith:
“There are three things that whoever attains them will find sweetness of
faith: if Allah and His Messenger are dearer to him than anyone else; if he
loves a person solely for the sake of Allah; and if he would hate to return
to kufr after Allah has rescued him from it, as much as he would hate to be
thrown into the Fire.”
َ ُ ُ َ ُ ْ َْ َ َ ْ
فل َينظ ْر أ َحدك ْم َم ْن ُيخ ِال ُل،ال َم ْر ُء َعَل ِد ْي ِن خ ِلي ِل ِه
14
Muhammad Ali Al-Hashimi, The Ideal Muslim, trans. Nasiruddin al-Khattab, International Islamic
Publishing House, Riyadh, 2005, p. 159.
15
Buku Siswa Kelas XII, Akidah Akhlak Kurikulum 2013, p. 73.
“Someone is depend on his or her friend’s religion, pay attention to his or her friends.”
Based on that hadith, we have to selective in making friends. There some criterias that shall
be taken into account during making friends;
The true Moslem, instead of forsake or abandon his or her friends, he will
consider about reconciliation. Talk about the problem and find the best solution
of it.
16
Muhammad Ali Al-Hashimi, op. cit., p. 160.
17
Id. p. 166.
18
Id. p. 169.
19
Id. p. 178.
َْ َ َ َ ْ ْ َ ُ َ ً ِّ َ ه ِّ َّ َ ْ َ ه ُ َ َ َ َ ُّ َ ه
ض الظ ِّن ِإث ٌم ۖ َوَّل ت َج َّس ُسوا َوَّل َيغتب آمنوا اجت ِنبوا ك ِث َيا من الظن ِإن بع يا أيها ال ِذين
ٌ اَّلل َت َّو
اب ُ ب َأ َح ُد ُك ْم َأن َي ْأ ُك َل َل ْح َم َأخيه َم ْي ًتا َف َكر ْه ُت ُم
َ وه ۚ َو َّات ُقوا ه
َ اَّلل ۚ إ َّن ه ُّ َّب ْع ُض ُكم َب ْع ًضا ۚ َأ ُيح
ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ
49:12 - يم ٌ َّرح
ِ
The meaning: “O you who have believed, avoid much [negative] assumption.
Indeed, some assumption is sin. And do not spy or backbite each other. Would
one of you like to eat the flesh of his brother when dead? You would detest it.
And fear Allah ; indeed, Allah is Accepting of repentance and Merciful.”
Gossip or backbite our friends will create hate and conflict in friendship,
therefore it is obligated to avoid such thing to keep the healthy friendship and
blessed by Allah SWT.
IV. CONCLUSION
Islam always order its believer to work, regulates in al-quran surah al-Jumuah
verse 10 that we have to work after we pray. Islam prohibits us to do nothing, it is
way better if we spend our time with doing something useful. In Islam there are some
ethics shall be considered during work such as 1) regard the work as pray, 2) work
professionally, and 3) work with our knowledge and shall consider the future.
ISNANTO R. RIZAL, Buku Ajar Etika Profesi, The Study Program of Computer System
Faculty of Engineering, Diponegoro University.
TONO SIDIK, et al., Ibadah dan Akhlak Dalam Islam, AUNUR RAHIM FAQIH and AMIR
MU’ALLIM (ed.), UII PRESS, Yogyakarta, 1998.
Islamic Rituals and Islamic Ethics
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