Pemikiran Ibnu Sahnun Tentang Belajar Mengajar Al-Qur’an 193 PEMIKIRAN IBNU SAHNUN TENTANG BELAJAR MENGAJAR AL-QUR’AN Ahmad Ubaedi Fathuddin* Abstract: Ibn Sahnun was the first Islamic leaders in which his thoughts was concentrated in the areas of education, especially teaching the Qur’an to early childhood. The highlighting of Sahnun’s was based on the notion that the Qur’an is the source of knowledge, and learning at an early age would be so attached and rooted in the child. Through Adab al-Mu’allimin, it is known that the thought of Ibn Sahnun seemed complete and programmed well, especially for the classical era in which only a few leaders who pursued the field of education. And of those concepts can be found some things that are still relevant for today, especially about the emphasis on methods of reading, memorizing and understanding in studying the Qur’an, as apparent in the method of iqra ¸ qira’ati, and amtsilati, and the permissibility of a Qur’an teacher to receive, take or set wages from his students Kata kunci: Ibnu Sahnun, belajar-mengajar, al-Qur’an. PENDAHULUAN Perkembangan pendidikan Islam jika ditinjau dari sejarahnya, terkesan terlambat pertumbuhan dan perkembangannya dibanding dengan disiplin ilmu- ilmu keislaman lainnya seperti fiqih, ilmu kalam, tafsir, hadits, dan sebagainya. Hal ini disebabkan karena kurangnya aktivitas penelitian dan kajian bidang ilmu pendidikan Islam, dan juga selama ini pendidikan Islam lebih tampak *. Jurusan Tarbiyah Sekolah Tinggi Agama Islam (STAIN) Pekalongan e-mail:
[email protected] 194 FORUM TARBIYAH Vol. 8, No. 2, Desember 2010 sebagai sebuah praktek pendidikan bukan sebagai ilmu dalam arti ilmu yang memiliki struktur bahasan dan metodologi penelitian tersendiri (Nata, 2000: 1).