TEXTUAL AUTHORITY, HADITH VALIDATION, AND IDENTITY CONTESTATION: THE DEBATE OVER MAWLID AL-DIBA’IY BETWEEN TRADITIONALIST AND REFORMIST MUSLIMS IN INDONESIA
This study examines the debate over salawat recitation in the Mawlid al-Diba’iy as a site of contestation over religious authority and identity formation among traditionalist and reformist Muslims in Indonesia. In addition to assessing the validity of isnad and matn as the basis for establishing legal authority (hujjah...