Purpose of the study: In general, term bid'ah is easily understood by majority Muslims of the Muslim World including those in the Malay Archipelago. The views often debated in regards to bid'ah revolve around issues of new practice that considered as bid'ah or bid'ah hasanah. This study tried to bridge the two views pioneered by Imam Shafie (150-204AH) and Imam Shatibi (720-790AH). At the end, this study may contribute to reconcile the disputation and arguments within Malay Muslim society.
Methodology:This study was mainly opting the information gathered from Islamic religious books as well as academic journals that discuss the issues of bid'ah. Other than that, this research also referred to both primary sources of al-Quran and Sunnah al Hadith to support the arguments. The related data was accumulated by using the content analyses approach and divided into several themes.
Main Findings:The findings of this study show that the phrase of 'all bid'ah is deviant' is strongly affecting the status of other good practices as deviant or can be classified as good invention or bid'ah hasanah. In this study, to solve this polemics, it is suggested to opt the concept of taqrib ra'yai by using two of Usul al-Fiqh methods.
Applications of this study:Islamic study, especially in the field of Usuluddin and history of Islam in Malay Archipelago and its movement. This study needs to benefitted the whole Muslim community by spreading the importance of bridging these two views either through verbal or written form. By that, the Muslim community, especially amongst Malaysians able to get clarification and solve the disputed issues, especially regarding the bid'ah hasanah.Novelty/Originality of this study: The study suggested Taqrib Ra'yai (bridging two views) method which is intended to bridge the gap of the disputes among the Mujtahid leaders (persons who has been certified and acknowledged as capable of interpreting religious law) as well as among the other Muslims.
Tourism that is using the Umrah package is identified to be on the main contributors to Malaysia tourism industry. Many of tourism agencies are promoting their services by offering various of exclusive package to the future pilgrims. Their satisfaction as clients towards the offered service need to be emphasised hence the business tourism in this field able to be widely flourished. This research aims to identify the level of clients' satisfaction and Umrah management service by Juara Travel and Tours company. This research opted the quantitative approach by distributing the questionnaires to 40 Umrah pilgrims that were choosing the Umrah service package by this respective company. The findings indicate that those Umrah pilgrims satisfied with the early management before performing Umrah and during the Umrah, infrastructure, courses and trainings, appointed mutawwif by Juara Travel and Tours Company. This kind of research is important to upgrade the service quality cum giving the satisfaction and convenience to the future Umrah pilgrims.
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