SACRED SPACE OF TRADITIONAL WEDDING PROCESSION AND CEREMONY FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF ISLAMIC LEGAL THOUGHT

Abstract

The tradition and culture of marriage are very popular in society, which in terms of its implementation can be categorized as simple or festive. Talking about the sacredness of marriage in Islam, it has a religious element because there is a very broad and great gift from Allah for the bride and groom. However, its sacredness is not only in Islamic matters, but is also closely related to customary law. Therefore, the ceremonial procession of this traditional marriage is very solemn and is still carried out today. It is not surprising that local and Islamic cultures synergize with each other because Indonesia consists of a pluralistic society from various races, tribes, nations, religions and has a wealth of cultural treasures of the archipelago. Therefore, an explanation and critical view of the study discussed is needed in order to add to the treasury of thought. The presence of this study is to see the existence of the process and ceremony of traditional marriage in society and a series of arguments in looking at the traditional marriage. This research is a library research with a descriptive qualitative approach method to the topic of study. The purpose of this study is to reveal various ceremonial activities in traditional marriage. While the results of the study; First, the ceremony in traditional marriage against Islamic legal thinking studied in terms of marriage for Islamic and customary law is very different. Because the marriage ceremony in Islam is more efficient and there are no fines. Second, the correlation between customary law and Islamic law in the Bima traditional marriage ceremony as a symbol of local culture, especially in the tradition of traditional marriage. Third, traditional marriage in Bima contains elements of descent from ancestors which is proven by their customs they must carry out ceremonies until now. In addition, there are also those who carry out traditional ceremonies to be remembered and told to their children in the future.