The Urgency of Loyalty to the Masyayikh Al-Ghazali's Perspective

Abstract

This research focuses on analyzing the urgency of students' and alumni's loyalty to their teachers as an important foundation for achieving blessings, success, and true happiness from Imam Al-Ghazali's perspective. The research aims to identify and describe the philosophical and ethical foundations in Al-Ghazali's view that establishes complete obedience and faith in the teachers as an absolute obligation for the salvation of this world and the hereafter. This research uses a qualitative method with a qualitative approach. library research(literature study). Data were obtained from primary sources of Al-Ghazali's thought and analyzed descriptively and analytically. The results of the study indicate that loyalty to the Masyayikh is a non-negotiable obligation, manifested in obedience and compliance with every instruction. The Masyayikh acts as a spiritual guide who shows the path to salvation. This obedience is the foundation for obtaining the blessings of knowledge and leading students to success and true happiness in this world and the hereafter. Specifically, in Imam al-Ghazali's view, even though the Masyayikh's guidance sometimes seems inappropriate, it is still better and more beneficial than taking steps based on the student's personal views, because the teacher's guidance is based on more mature spiritual experience.