HARMONIZING AL-QABISY’S VIEW AND PRACTICE OF J-QAF PROGRAMME IN MALAYSIAN PRIMARY SCHOOL

Studies on the ideas of previous Muslim scholars can give some insight to the modern educational practices. Among the famous previous Muslim scholars who have contributed to the development of educational field is al-Qabisy. The purpose of this study is to analyze al-Qabisy’s ideas presented in his work (al- Risala al Mufassilah li ahwal Mutaallimin wa al - Ahkam al- Muallimin wa al ? Mutaallimin) and the similarities with the j-QAF programme. Specifically this study is designed, to identify al-Qabisy’s ideas insides his book, to examine main characteristic of al-Qabisy’s ideas in teaching Quran and lastly to identify some similarities and differences between al-Qabisy’s ideas and j-QAF programme. In this study, the researchers used content analysis method. The researchers explore in depth the original texts of al-Qabisy. As a result, this study discovered that his book place a great emphasis on topic in education. This structure of educations can be categorise into four main parts; vision and missions, curriculum, classroom management and school system. In addition, result from this study revealed, al-Qabisy explains five important components of teaching Quran; read, know, memorize, write and understand. Lastly this study successfully ascertains numerous similarities between al-Qabisy’s ideas and j-QAF programme. However further improvement is needed towards j-QAF programme in order to reach the aims of Quranic education which is ‘Maarifatul Ad Din’.