PEGANGAN AKIDAH TUAN GURU NIK ABDUL AZIZ NIK MAT: SUATU PENILAIAN TERHADAP KURIKULUM AKIDAH SEKOLAH AGAMA PETANG PERLIS (SAPPs) MAIPs

THE CREED OF TUAN GURU NIK ABDUL AZIZ NIK MAT: AN ASSESSMENT OF ISLAMIC CREED CURRICULUM IN SEKOLAH AGAMA PETANG PERLIS (SAPPs) MAIPs

Abstract

Allahyarham Tuan Guru Tan Sri Dato’ Bentara Setia Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat (1931-2015) merupakan Menteri Besar Kelantan ke-17. Beliau turut diberikan kepercayaan menjadi Mursyidul Am PAS (1995-2015), justeru beliau memiliki pegangan akidah Ahli Sunnah wal Jamaah yang diteladani. Di Negeri Perlis, Raja Mudanya iaitu DYTM Tuanku Syed Faizuddin Putra Ibni Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Jamalullail memberi inspirasi suatu inisiatif Pendidikan Islam peringkat sekolah rendah yang dilaksanakan oleh Majlis Agama Islam dan Adat Istiadat Melayu Perlis (MAIPs). Diperkenankan nama Sekolah Agama Petang Perlis (SAPPs) MAIPs, wawasan pendidikan MAIPs ini dilancarkan sejak tahun 2018 bagi melestarikan pembudayaan metodologi Ahli Sunnah wal Jamaah dalam kalangan generasi pewaris Perlis. Dalam kurikulum SAPPs MAIPs, akidah Ahli Sunnah wal Jamaah merupakan komponen yang unik. Oleh itu, makalah ini mengikhtiarkan perbandingan isu-isu terpilih bagi akidah Tuan Guru Nik Abdul Aziz, dengan pengajaran dan pembelajaran akidah dalam kurikulum SAPPs MAIPs.

The late Tuan Guru Tan Sri Dato’ Bentara Setia Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat (1931-2015) is the 17th Chief Minister of Kelantan state, Malaysia. He was also highly trusted as the Mursyidul Am or Spiritual Leader of the Pan-Malaysia Islamic Party (PAS) (1995-2015). Thus, he is widely revered as a scholar professing an exemplary Sunni Islamic creed. Meanwhile in the neighbouring state of Perlis, the Crown Prince His Royal Highness Tuanku Syed Faizuddin Putra Ibni Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Jamalullail inspired a primary level initiative in Islamic education, implemented by the Islamic Religious and Malay Customs Council of Perlis or popularly abbreviated as MAIPs. Assented the name of Sekolah Agama Petang Perlis (SAPPs) MAIPs or Perlis Afternoon Religious School, this education vision of MAIPs was launched since 2018 to sustain the acculturation of the Sunni methodology among the future generation of Perlis. In the curriculum of SAPPs MAIPs, Sunni Islamic Creed is a unique component. Therefore, this paper endeavours to compare selected issues in Sunni Islamic creed between Tuan Guru Nik Abdul Aziz, with the teaching and learning of Islamic creed in the curriculum of SAPPs MAIPs.