"GURU SEKUMPUL" AS THE PROPHETICAL MODEL OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION FROM ISLAMIC PERSPECTIVE

Ersis Warmansyah Abbas¹, Sutarto Hadi², Ismi Rajiani³*
¹Prof. Dr., Lambung Mangkurat University Banjarmasin, INDONESIA, ersiswa@ulm.ac.id
²Prof. Dr., Lambung Mangkurat University Banjarmasin, INDONESIA, sutarto.hadi@ulm.ac.id
³Dr, Universitas Muhammadiyah Gresik, INDONESIA, ismi.rajiani@umg.ac.id
*Corresponding Author

Abstract

Though culture is closely related to religion, the role of religion has been mainly ignored in the study of entrepreneurship. In spite of Indonesia is the most populous Muslim country, so rare ulema is modeled as a successful figure in applying entrepreneurship from an Islamic perspective. Guru Sekumpul is an exception as he was successful for the concept in dakwah as well as develops economic base benefitted the community. Delivering a very interesting summon, practicing what is preached and archiving the thought by written works become the keys to create a path for economic growth and development of society for entrepreneurship based religion. Applying a qualitative method to gather data for it generates in-depth information , semi-structured interviews with five (5) key informants were conducted. Comprehending that EIP is worship leading to the concept of Guru Sekumpul that believes preaching does not mean begging including sending a budget proposal to other third parties. Thus, Guru Sekumpul finances dakwah with his own money and also distributes money for various social purposes and needs of the poor. At the same time, Guru Sekumpul teamed up trade with worshipers in running a business, entrusted capital, provided capital and motivate the devotees to strive. The understanding of Islamic economics as an arena of worship becomes the starting point of economic development. Thus, the model of dakwah of Guru Sekumpul should be disseminated within the framework of Entrepreneurship from Islamic Perspective (EIP).

Keywords: Ulema, entrepreneurship, dakwah, economic growth.