Tahfiz Legitimacy and the Institutionalization of Islamic Education: The Transformation Of the Bani Jinan Foundation in Babelan, 1983–2024
Abstract
This article analyzes the transformation of the Bani Jinan Foundation in Babelan District, Bekasi Regency, from the beginnings of Qur'anic education in 1983 to the opening of a Madrasah Tsanawiyah in 2024. Its main question is how the founder's religious authority, tahfiz achievements, community support, formalization of educational units, and family succession interacted to sustain the institution. The study uses the historical method through heuristics, external and internal criticism, interpretation, and historiography. Primary sources comprise a 1983 Media Pembinaan clipping, family and foundation archives, school legal documents, photographs, and retrospective interviews with the founder's family, caretakers, unit heads, and alumni. The findings show three phases: the formation of tahfiz legitimacy and a pesantren community (1983–2000), the institutionalization of formal education through RA/TK and MIT (2004–2014), and institutional consolidation and leadership succession (2015–2024). Nurbaeti's achievement at the 1983 thirteenth National MTQ offers contemporary evidence of the family's tahfiz reputation, but the foundation's continuity depended on a combination of the talaqqi-tahfiz tradition, family work, community participation, and the ability to meet legal and administrative requirements. The article's novelty lies in its causal explanation of how a household-based Qur'anic institution became a multilevel Islamic educational complex without severing its local pattern of religious transmission.
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