Aligning Teacher Ethics with 21st Century Character Education; Insights From Al-Qabisi's Perspective

Al-Qabisi is an Islamic education figure who lived in the classical Islamic era. His thoughts are contained in the book al-Risālah al-Mufaṣṣilah li Ahwāl al-Muta'allimīn wa Aḥkām al-Mu'allimīn wa al-Muta’allimīn. This study analyzes al-Qabisi's thoughts about teacher ethics in educating children in the book. The type of research used is a non-interactive qualitative study with content analysis methods. The study results show that teachers in educating children own several ethics. Among them, (1) teachers are required to fulfill obligations before accepting rights to students; (2) caring and always being gentle with students; (3) may not be rude to students; (4) act fairly among them; (5) do not combine male and female students; (6) teachers must always supervise students; and (7) keep them away from bad deeds. It can be concluded that Al-Qabisi's thoughts were strongly influenced by the social conditions that developed at that time, namely the school of jurisprudence of Imam Malik, experts on hadith, and the practice of the people of Medina.