The Father's Role as a Child's Educator in the Fight Against the Fatherlessness Phenomena (A Tarbawi Approach Study of the Qur'anic Account of Luqman and His Son)

Abstract

Family education is the best long-term investment that both parents can make. Father's involvement in foster care is not just about the material side, because fostering requires quality and lasting interaction. The emptiness of the father's role in the soul of the child that occurs in Indonesia is caused by the disappearance of the role of father in the process of childcare, the responsibility of father is limited only as a livelihood seeker, the paradigm that is rooted in society also makes the limitation that childcare is only charged to the mother. If the child does not get the ideal role of the child, then there will be a balance between growth and development because the parents only focus on the problem of child growth. This research uses a method of qualitative approach to the type of library study research (library research). The study was conducted by understanding literature related to the Fatherless Phenomena of Islamic Law Perspective from various media sources such as books, journals, mass media, and previous research. The results of research suggest that fathers should remain involved in the process of parenting and educating their children even from a distance or at a time-consuming interval. There are many examples in the Qur'an relating to the father's role in foster care. Islam teaches that the maintenance of a child by nurturing and educating is a duty and is a great sin if it is removed. A father doesn't have to wait for his adult son to do this. It's best done at an early age and continued for the rest of the child's life. the Luqman al-Hakim. He is a wise man, and he is able to educate his sons and his wives to be worshippers of God. It is clear in this verse how Luqman educated and taught his son and the material he taught to his son. With a calm voice, Luqman called his son to his wife. His son was fascinated and enchanted by his calling, so that he accepted his father's teaching. In fact, Luqman not only greets his son with the call of his mother but he can also choose a string of words that is very attractive to the soul of the child when delivering the material. This verse explains what Luqman taught his son. Keywords: Fatherless, Education, Tafseer, Tarbawi, Qur’an