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August 17, 2025Indonesian Journal of Islamic Educational Review0 citations

Hamka: Character Education's Relevance to Contemporary Islamic Education

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SDSyaiful DinataARAbd RahmanVSVeni Sofia

Key Points

  • Hamka emphasizes character as personality, highlighting traits essential for greatness such as wisdom and bravery.
  • The study identifies ten key traits that define a Great Person according to Hamka, emphasizing moral integrity and self-awareness.
  • A library study focused on Hamka's work reveals the enduring principles of character education in contemporary Islamic education.
  • Contemporary Islamic education must adapt to technological advancements while preserving Hamka's foundational moral values.

Abstract

The gap that occurs regarding the issue of adolescent character continues to be a hot topic in this country. One of the figures who is very strong in paying attention to character education in Indonesia is Hamka, for that reason it is necessary to study in depth the concept of character education according to Hamka. This research uses a library study type of research with the main source of Hamka's book. The results of the study show that Hamka calls character with the term personality. While a Great Person is someone who is able to make himself have a great personality character which includes (a) having charm, (b) being smart, (c) considering feelings, (d) being brave, (e) being wise, (f) having good views, (g) knowing himself, (h) maintaining physical health, (i) being wise in speaking, and (j) believing in oneself. Meanwhile, the relevance of Hamka's perspective on character education to contemporary Islamic education now lies in the instillation of valuable values in humans. Hamka states that personality is a collection of traits and strengths, which show a person's superiority over others. In other words, Hamka also explains that personality is a collection of intellectual traits, will, ideals and body shape. This, according to Hamka, is what sets humanity apart from others. Islamic education today remains anchored in the instillation of noble moral values, and this, of course, cannot be valued by anything. Therefore, it can be said that the current Islamic educational process remains rooted in the same principle: morality, but the difference lies in the challenges of an ever-changing era. Thus, contemporary Islamic education faces significant challenges in technological advancement if it fails to instill the character education championed by Hamka.

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Dinata et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68a36f7d0a429f7973332019https://doi.org/10.58230/ijier.v2i3.409
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