Riwayat Israiliyyat dalam Tafsir al-Quran: Persepsi Pensyarah Pengajian Islam di IPTA Terpilih di Malaysia

Israiliyyat are ancient tales which are coming from Israelite that are found whether in Quran or Hadeeth. Its have some negative impacts which can be found in the exegesis of the Quran. Various efforts had been carried out to purify the exegesis of the Qur'anic from the awry ideals of that can effect on muslims believe and ethics. This study was conducted to find out the level of understanding of lecturers from Islamic Studies on Israiliyyat, to identify the level of their awareness on the dangers of the Israiliyyat, and to assess the way they presente the stories of Israiliyyat while teaching, especially the Israiliyyat related to muslims believe. Method used in this study is field research which involves 101 lecturers from five public and private institutions of higher learning namely Univesiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM), Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia (UIAM), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Universiti Malaya (UM) dan Kolej Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Selangor (KUIS). The findings show that awareness among lecturers on the dangers of Israiliyyat can be identified, although they find that there are some interest in some of the Israeliyyat stories were supported by Islamic law.