The Basic Principles of Islamic Education

Principles derived from the principle that meaningful origin, basic, basic principles as the views and beliefs, such as the establishment of opinionated, has a strong base or principles. The basic principle can be interpreted, the principal or the base (something the opinion rule and so on). Thus the basic principles of Islamic education means a basic overview of the main things that it becomes a source of concepts, values ​​and principles of Islamic education building.


Achmadi, stated that the basic purpose of education is the view that underlies all educational activities in the framework of theory development, planning and implementation of education. Because we speak of Islamic education, the worldview that underlies the entire educational activity is the Islamic worldview or philosophy of life that Muslims are essentially noble values ​​that are transcendent, universal, and eternal. With the values ​​of the position that Islamic education both normatively and conceptually different from other educational sciences.

The source of value in Islam is the Quran and Sunnah Rasul. Since the number of values ​​contained in the source, the elected and appointed some of which are considered fundamental and can encapsulate a variety of other values​​, namely monotheism, humanity, oneness of humanity, balance, rahmatan lil'alamin.

Thus, Islamic education is ideal mainly due attention togetherness, self improvement, society, promoting science, done humanely, thorough and always trying to improve.

The basic principles of Islamic education are fundamental aspects that describe the basis and purpose of Islamic education so he distinguishes non-Islamic education. Principles of the basic principles of Islamic education that includes:
1. Islamic education is part of the process God rububiyah
2. Islamic education is trying to form a whole person
3. Islamic education is always associated with religion
4. Islamic education is an open education.

M. Chabib Thoha states that when God introduced a human mission to the earth by making mediami caliph caliph mission on earth is not the mastery of man over man, but also the task of education as a consequence of the intellectual responsibility to uphold the truth. Because the nature of Islamic education is not aiming to merge the properties and potential Insani so as to raise awareness and truth. Based on that it is argued that the principles of Islamic education is as follows:
1. Islamic education as a creative process
2. The principle of self-reliance
3. Islamic education gives the freedom to choose and
4. Value oriented education.

This characteristic that distinguishes and reflects the existence of Islamic education in the midst of other education. Islamic education has direct ties to the values ​​and teachings of Islam to govern all aspects of human life.

Zakiyah Daradjat when discussing Islamic Education began its discussion of Islamic views on man stated that the discussion of Islamic education is not possible to break away from the target object is human to be discussed philosophically in the view of Islam. In this case stated that humans are creatures of God and He was not born with the universe happen by itself, but by God's creation