POLITICS AS A PATH TO HAPPINESS (REFLECTIONS ON AL-FĀRĀBĪ’S ISLAMIC SOCIAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY)

Abstract

Islamic politics echoed as ideal ideals in studies of Islam can be applied in various joint life nations and states. In the context of Indonesianness, things thus can be realized using the idea of politics as road happiness initiated by al-Farabi. Although Indonesia is not an Islamic country it will, al-Fārābī’s ideas can become a prototype for building a country to use present happiness in the middle society. Islamic politics al-Fārābī focuses on the position of the ideal leader as a prophet or philosopher—someone who has the capacity and thus can govern the country based on religious wisdom. Therefore, al-Fārābī also classifies countries based on their leaders. The better the leader, the better the country, and things Likewise apply on the contrary. Research This nature is descriptive-analytical based on the study bibliography. The thoughts of Fārābī that colored Islamic studies have a broad impact on the world to create a leading country that can present happiness in the middle to its people through road politics. Reflection on al-Fārābī’s thought can applied to study area in a matter. This is Indonesianness, which presents a leader with character, personality, religion, and peak wisdom at every state leadership level.