Tatkala Sains Bertemu Agama di Pesantren:

Sebuah Studi atas Haul Virtual pada Masa Serangan Virus Corona

Abstract

This study aims to look at the relation between science and religion in two traditional pesantren in the implementation of the haul akbar which is usually attended by many people in the two pesantren. This research specifically wants to find how pesantren people relate religious advice with scientific findings related to the Covid 19 pandemic. The method of  this research is a comparative qualitative research, the primary data is field data’s from Pesantren Langitan Tuban and Pesantren Al Fithrah Surabaya. Data obtained by conducting observations, interviews, group discussions, and documentation, analyzed using data reduction, data presentation, verification, and conclusions. This research are written by phenomenology approach, and take Ian G. Barbour's theory of the relationship between religion and science as theory for this research. The finding of this research are The motivation for carrying out virtual haul in both Islamic boarding schools is to avoid madness. Avoiding mafsadatan (damages) among pesantren people takes precedence over achieving goodness as stated in their fiqhiyah rules and People in both pesantren believe that there is no tension between religion and science. Everything can complement each other. This religious flexibility can be applied under certain conditions, including when the Covid-10 pandemic occurred. As long as it is within the door of ijtihad or the area of ​​dhanniyat (unclearly and indefinitely), religious matters can change.