Ajudikasi dalam Hukum Islam: Konsep, Kelembagaan, dan Praktik Kontemporer

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  • Eka Wahyu Hestya Budianto Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik Ibrahim image/svg+xml Author

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ajudikasi, qaḍā', peradilan agama, ekonomi syariah, penyelesaian sengketa islam

Abstract

Adjudication as a dispute resolution mechanism through examination and decision by a competent institution is a fundamental concept in the Islamic legal system, articulated through the institution of qaā' and the role of the qāī. This article aims to examine the concept of adjudication in the Islamic legal tradition, its various institutional models, its relationship with alternative dispute resolution mechanisms (ul and takīm), and its implementation in the context of Indonesian religious courts—particularly in Islamic economic disputes. Using a systematic literature review approach of comparative Islamic law and Indonesian positive law, this article finds that adjudication in Islam does not stand in isolation from peaceful mechanisms, but rather exists within a spectrum of dispute resolution that can be integrated in a court-annexed manner. In the Indonesian context, adjudication is institutionalized in the Religious Courts with substantive legal sources of a hybrid nature between Sharī'ah norms and state norms. The main challenges include the plurality of legal sources, regulatory gaps, Sharī'ah compliance in decisions, and the epistemic capacity of judges. Strengthening judge competence and certification, improving regulations, and integrating modern procedures with Sharī'ah substance are essential prerequisites for adjudication to provide legal certainty as well as substantive justice.

Ajudikasi sebagai mekanisme penyelesaian sengketa melalui pemeriksaan dan putusan oleh lembaga berwenang merupakan konsep fundamental dalam sistem hukum Islam yang terartikulasikan melalui institusi qaḍā' dan peran qāḍī. Artikel ini bertujuan mengkaji konsep ajudikasi dalam tradisi hukum Islam, ragam model kelembagaannya, hubungannya dengan mekanisme alternatif penyelesaian sengketa (ṣulḥ dan taḥkīm), serta implementasinya dalam konteks peradilan agama Indonesia—khususnya dalam sengketa ekonomi syariah. Dengan menggunakan pendekatan kajian pustaka sistematis terhadap literatur hukum Islam komparatif dan hukum positif Indonesia, artikel ini menemukan bahwa ajudikasi dalam Islam tidak berdiri terisolasi dari mekanisme damai, melainkan berada dalam spektrum penyelesaian sengketa yang dapat diintegrasikan secara court-annexed. Dalam konteks Indonesia, ajudikasi terlembaga di Peradilan Agama dengan sumber hukum materiil yang bersifat hibrida antara norma syariah dan norma negara. Tantangan utama meliputi pluralitas sumber hukum, celah regulasi, kepatuhan syariah dalam putusan, serta kapasitas epistemik hakim. Penguatan kompetensi dan sertifikasi hakim, pembenahan regulasi, serta integrasi prosedur modern dengan substansi syariah merupakan prasyarat penting agar ajudikasi mampu memberikan kepastian hukum sekaligus keadilan substantif.

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