INSTINCT AS A QURANIC CONCEPT & ITS ROLE IN ISLAMIC PEDAGOGY: A GENERAL OVERVIEW

Abstract

Islamic pedagogy is an approach refers to the influence of Islamic values on the theory and practice of learning and how it is reshaping the relation between learners and Islamic knowledge. Muslim scholars had their contribution in finding and improving an Islamic pedagogy through Maqasid al-Shari’ah and practicing of learning. However, their great effort is not highlighted academically to show the possible application of Islamic pedagogy in the modern schools and how to encounter the challenges of secular philosophical trends and the implications of current educational systems. The researchers followed a descriptive method to analyse and criticise the data collected by induction from the writings of Ibn “Ashur about Maqasid al-Shari’ah and the works of Abdessalam Yassine on Islamic pedagogy. The researchers found that Ibn “Ashur set instinct as a foundation for Maqasid which, through it, many fractions of Islamic law could be regulated, while Yassine utilized his long experience of being a teacher and educational inspector to observe the role of the Quranic instinct in Islamic pedagogy and the development of learning system.