The Transformation of Hadith Education in Indonesia: A Historical-Comparative Synthesis of Surau, Pesantren, and Higher Education Traditions

Muhammad Rijal Mushthofa; Syamsudin

doi:10.24256/jiis.v6i1.12950

Authors

Muhammad Rijal Mushthofa UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya, Indonesia
Syamsudin UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya, Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24256/jiis.v6i1.12950

Keywords:

hadith education, scholarly transmission, surau, pesantren

Abstract

Hadith education in Indonesia did not originate in the academy; it grew out of community-based Islamic educational institutions that later underwent institutional and epistemological transformation. This article maps the transformation of hadith education in Indonesia across three institutional phases surau, pesantren, and higher education and analyzes the patterns of continuity and change among them. It is a library research study using a historical-descriptive approach and comparative analysis of journal articles published between 2020 and 2026. The findings show that (1) the surau laid the foundation of hadith transmission that was oral, personal, and oriented toward moral formation and religious practice; (2) the pesantren strengthened this transmission through Haramain sanad networks, graded hadith texts, and the sorogan, bandongan, and memorization methods, although hadith often served to support jurisprudence and ethics; and (3) universities academized hadith studies through independent study programs, methodological curricula, and scholarly outputs, yet research remains largely dominated by textual approaches. The transformation is evolutionary and selective rather than substitutive, making the three institutions better understood as complementary links within a continuous tradition of hadith education. Based on a comparative synthesis of the literature, this article outlines a tentative conceptual framework for the future development of hadith education.

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