At-Ta`Dîb as the Education Punishment: an Analysis of Reasons for Beating the Children in Islamic Law (A Case Study Junior High School in Indonesian)

This paper examines how Hadith of Prophet Muhammad S.A.W allow the right of parents to educate their children by beating (fadhribûhum) when they are reluctant to establish prayers. Therefore, education is often used as a justification to hit students whether parents to their children or teachers to their students. Researchers have attempted to interpret the fadhribûhum's pronunciations in many meanings such as light blows, harmless, blows / hearts and others in order to suggest if Islamic education does not tolerate beatings. Apart from the various understanding of the pronunciation of beating the child in the hadith, it is undeniable that the spell of hitting in education is indeed presented in the Qur'an and the traditions that Muslims believe as the source of the teachings. Although results of the study mentions that the Prophet Muhammad S.A.W never hit the child and his students but the appearance of the verse and the hadith is not without the purpose of goodness. The phenomenon of children's involvement in criminal acts such as theft, murder, drug abuse and even rape indicates that the hadiths that legalize beatings on the child are apparently necessary to educate (ta`dib) those who deserve such an education. This paper is explored by library research thorugh collecting literature materials related to the topic of study, separating, reading, analyzing and drawing a conclusion.