JRSSEM 2022, Vol. 01, No. 9, 1336 – 1344

E-ISSN: 2807 - 6311, P-ISSN: 2807 - 6494

DOI : 10.36418/jrssem.v1i9.146 https://jrssem.publikasiindonesia.id/index.php/jrssem/index

A MODEL FOR DEVELOPMENT OF GUIDANCE FOR

FORMER THUGS BASED ON PIONEERS AT MAJLIS

QUR'AN, DHIKR AND SHALAWAT TA'MIRUL ISLAM

SURAKARTA

Muhammad Yasin

Sugiyo

Mufrod Teguh Mulyo

1,2,3

Program Doktor Pascasarjana UNU Surakarta

e-mail: galsari04@gmail.com

, [email protected]nes.ac.id

, mufrodteguh1983@gmail.com

*Correspondence: galsari04@gmail.com

Submitted: 27 March 2022, Revised: 05 April 2022, Accepted: 16 April 2022

Abstract. Human life is colored by twists and turns of problems and problems that sometimes

make it difficult for humans themselves and others. They perpetuate in his word which is written in

the Qur'an Karim as follows. This, of course, gives rise to the special nature of former thugs, because

in their previous world not all of them wanted to carry it. Various studies to alleviate the problem

of thugs have actually been carried out by the police. This means that Islamic education places

morals as the main foundation before students are given other lessons. This assembly was initiated

by KH. Muhammad Ali or often called Abah Ali. The education is expected to be able to form and

foster good character, it is not enough to give it in schools, but the role of taklim councils is still a

lot that is able to carry out learning and coaching leading to akhlakul Karimah. This research is

categorized as research using a research and development (R & D) approach which begins by

finding the problems that exist in the consciousness of former thugs, then proceeds to explore the

results of relevant research and development problems being studied and then analyze them. The

result of the research is that coaching is a process, regulation, method of fostering, and so on, or

efforts, actions, and activities that are carried out efficiently. Majlis Qur'an, Dhikr, and Sholawat or

commonly called Base-Cam was established around 1995, this assembly started from the call or

recommendation of KH. Idris, who preached his da'wah, all leaned on the Prophet as a role model

when he preached Islam.

Keywords: development of guidance; former thugs based; pioneers at majlis Qur'an; Dhikr and

Shalawat.

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DOI : 10.36418/jrssem.v1i9.146      https://jrssem.publikasiindonesia.id/index.php/jrssem/index 
INTRODUCTION 
 
The journey of humans in the world is 
not all smooth, human life is colored by the 
twists and turns of problems and problems 
that sometimes make it difficult for humans 
themselves  and  others.  Human  problems 
often occur in anxiety when problems arise, 
this  is  as  Allah  immortalizes  in  his  word 
written in the Qur'an Karim as follows "Our 
Lord,  grant  us  goodness  in  this  world  and 
goodness  in  the  hereafter  and  protect  us 
from the torment of hell”. 
Such  indications  do  not  look  at  the 
status, position, and level of education, no 
different from the same thing experienced 
by former thugs who face life problems in 
society. They travel their life in various ways, 
they cover their shortcomings in their own 
way. Even though this method clashes with 
their inner  comfort, that comfort  will also 
be felt by other people, even breaking the 
rules  or  fighting  government  officials, 
especially  the  police. Most  of  them cover 
deficiencies  in  the  economic  field,  for 
example,  by  looting,  asking  forcibly  from 
other people (Misago, 2017), and bullying 
someone they meet. When they fight, this 
group  takes  violent  actions,  even  killing 
them. There are also those who are looking 
for  identity,  for  those  who  have  excess 
courage, their courage is  actually  used  to 
frighten  and  fight  the  apparatus  and  the 
rule of law. Former thugs seek a quieter life 
by  joining  tackle  majlis,  being  active  in 
social  activities,  as  well  as  in  sports  and 
other types of activities. 
Humans  are  complex  and  mysterious 
creatures, this was conveyed by Murtadha 
Muttahari who was quoted by Jalaluddin in 
his  book  "Psychology  of  Religion 
understands  behavior  by  applying 
psychological  principles".  He  explained 
further about humans, that to understand 
humans  needed  more  explanations  and 
interpretations than those needed by non-
humans (Gellers, 2021); (Brabec de Mori & 
Seeger, 2013). 
Religion  has  a  significant  impact  on 
human life, including health. Religion also 
shows  adaptability  and  is  vital  in  various 
aspects of social life, so changes in social 
structure on a large scale often stem from 
an  understanding  of  religion  (Cooley  & 
Rieff,  2017);  (Bolger  &  Ecklund,  2022). 
human relations and religion seem to be a 
natural  relationship.  Religion  is  united  in 
the nature of human creation, manifested 
in the nature of the submission, longing for 
worship,  and  the  nature  of  nobility 
(Ogunnaike, 2016). 
The  development  of  coaching  that  is 
built  through  bonds  and  compassion 
(Wasylyshyn  &  Masterpasqua,  2018); 
(Gilbert,  2019),  creates  an  attitude  of 
change in  one's character  and  attitude of 
submission  and  creates  an  attitude  of 
longing for worship. This, of course, gives 
rise to the special nature of former thugs, 
because in their previous world not all of 
them wanted to carry it. In this case, there 
are at least five criteria that should be met, 
firstly  having  a  goal,  second  having 
harmony with the goal, third having a clear 
systematic,  fourth  having  evaluation 
activities,  and  fifth  carrying  out  a  fun 
coaching  and  learning  process.  Various 
studies to eradicate the problem of thugs 
have actually been carried out by the police, 
but  actually,  they  have  not  stopped  by 
carrying out police activities and operations 
aimed  at  reducing  the  potential  for 

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thuggery criminal disturbances, becoming

the brother of thuggery crime disorders, so

that they do not become real disturbances.

Thugs are a term used to describe the

phenomenon of social deviation that

occurs in (Diaconescu, 2017); (Wenner et al.,

2013).

Dewi, Sumartini with the title "Position

and Duties of the Police to Eradicate

thuggery and its Relation to Criminal Acts of

Violence in the Criminal Code in the Journal

of Lex et Societatis, Vol. I/No.2/Apr-

Jun/2013 page 72 states “The behavior of

thuggery and street crime is a social problem

that starts from the mental attitude of the

people who are not ready to accept jobs that

are considered less prestigious. Thugs in

Indonesia have existed since the Dutch

colonial era, apart from acting as vigilantes,

thuggery perpetrators have also used several

local champions to commit lower-level

thuggery acts, which generally commit

street crimes such as theft with threats of

violence (Article 365). KUHP), extortion (368

KUHP), rape (285 KUHP), maltreatment

(351 KUHP), committing acts of violence

against people or goods in public (170

KUHP), and even murder (338 KUHP) or

premeditated murder (340 KUHP), drunken

behavior in public (492 KUHP), which of

course can disrupt public order and cause

unrest in the community” (Dewi, 2022).

Humans really need education, both

physical education, and spiritual education.

Physical education in the form of physical

or energy, while spiritual education in the

form of religious knowledge, its role is as a

balance for humans when making a

decision. According to Redja Mulyaharjo,

education is dissected into two, first,

education is defined perfectly and with

awareness (Redja Mudyaharjo, 2016: 6).

Education is defined as the learning of

knowledge, skills, and habits of a group of

people passed down from one generation

to the next through teaching, training, or

research. Humans in the development of

life in the world are influenced by several

problems, almost all humans make life

easier and smoother which they consider a

source of happiness. Actually, feelings

cannot be seen with the five senses, but

their presence can be felt by someone.

Islam concludes that moral education is

the soul of Islamic education. This means

that Islamic education places morals as the

main foundation before students are given

other lessons. The educational process is

expected to be able to form and foster

good character, it is not enough to give it

in schools, but the role of taklim majlis are

still many who are able to carry out learning

and coaching leading to morality.

Majlis Qur'an, dhikr, and sholawat

appear as an alternative and at the same

time as a forum for coaching former thugs.

This assembly was initiated by KH.

Muhammad Ali or often called Abah Ali is

actually an effort suggested by his spiritual

teacher, KH. Muh Idris Born April 1, 1913-

died 2002, the son of KH. Amir Hasan and

Nyai Aisyah, he is a teacher / Murshid

Toriqoh Asy Tsadzili, located in the Andong

Boyolali area of Andong Boyolali Village, is

the coach of Tariqoh Syeh Syadzili

teachings. Initially, this majlis did not intend

to accommodate people who fall into the

"Odd" category. It is said to be odd by the

author because they have committed

various crimes, (playing, stealing, madon,

drinking) and all other crimes have been

committed. because the chairman of the

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assembly met someone as a DPO (List of

People Searching) who was alone at the

tomb of Ki Ageng Ngenis Laweyan. This

person was then invited by the majlis

leadership to be fostered and taught how

to live, how to know the world, and how to

know the afterlife, as well as how to know

life more comfortably and comfortably. To

obtain such basic material, the person

spent several years at the assembly. From

this one true story, other friends are

looking for information that the person has

changed a little and is trying to take a good

path.

METHODS

This research is categorized as research

using a research and development (R & D)

approach which begins by finding the

problems that exist in the consciousness of

former thugs, then proceeds to explore the

results of relevant research and

development problems being studied and

then analyze them.

The data were analyzed using a

qualitative descriptive model (Lamb et al.,

2018), this is because in this study there are

various characteristics of qualitative

research, including (1) data in the form of

documents that are natural (natural setting)

sampling is determined purposively, (3) the

researcher as a key instrument in collecting

and interpreting data, (4) inductive data

analysis, and (5) meaning is essential.

Data collection was carried out at the

Qur'an, Dhikr and Shalawat Syadziliyah

Ta'mirul Islam Surakarta majlis, by exploring

critically the development model of

coaching carried out by religious/spiritual

leaders against several former thugs,

exploring their behavior was certainly done

when some former thugs who have realized

himself to change into a person who can be

accepted again by society in general. A very

interesting search was carried out, this

research was carried out because religious

values in the formation of each individual

were clearly carried out by former thugs led

by the leader of the majlis.

Disclosure of data through interview

techniques conducted by researchers orally

to two or more people face to face to listen

directly to information or statements (Jans

et al., 2012). This interview technique is

used by the author to reveal data related to

direct reasons from former thugs who are

interested in the Majlis Qur'an, Dhikr, and

Shalawat. Besides that, the author also uses

triangulation techniques to collect data

that is a combination of various data

collection techniques and existing data

sources (Sugiyono, 2020).

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Thugs come from the Dutch language

(Bridgman, which means free, independent,

and ism = flow) is a term that is often used

to refer to the state of activities of a group

of people who earn their income mainly

from extortion from other community

groups. Human problems if we explore are

very complex, whether personal, group, or

macro issues that exist in that country.

various kinds of economic problems, family,

and peace of life. Human problems in daily

life as described above, there are still life

problems experienced by some people,

namely peace of mind or spiritual needs.

This problem must not everyone wants to

experience it.

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In the midst of people's lives, people

who experience these problems become

isolated, and among law enforcement

officers (police) people who experience

problems (problems) life becomes a

troublesome problem. Of all the problems

of life for the community and law

enforcement (police) is the problem of

"thugs".

The word thug is taken from the English

"freeman" which means free man. In some

Indonesian dictionaries we find there are at

least three meanings, first (thugs mean

non-government, not soldiers), second

(thugs are defined as civilians as bad

people who like to extort and commit

crimes), thirdly preman means coolies who

work in the fields). However, specifically,

the word thuggery is used for the second

meaning of the word, namely traits such as

people who like to blackmail and commit

crimes.

Laws governing the crime of thugs

have been enacted, and violations with

criminal consequences have been enacted.

As stated in Article 368 of the Criminal

Code, which reads that whoever with the

intention of unlawfully benefiting himself

or another person, forces a person with

violence or threats of violence to give

something, which wholly or partly belongs

to that person or another person, or to

make debts or write off receivables, are

threatened with extortion with a maximum

imprisonment of nine years.

Kuntjoro defines thugs as all acts

against the rules, vandalism, brutal acts,

and unintelligent behavior, mostly by using

power (money, influence, mass, etc.) to

achieve certain goals by ignoring the

common consensus.

All actions that are always carried out

by thugs have a treatment target, where the

treatment of thugs is as follows:

a. Thugs who disturb the peace and order

(drinking, disturbing traffic, making

noise in public places).

b. Thugs who harass (begging by force) in

public locations (eg forcibly busking,

selling magazines forcibly, begging by

bullying, pushing cars to break down,

asking for money by force, harassing

people/individuals who raise and lower

building materials in factories,

industrial housing complexes, illegal

parking by asking for money by force,

and others similar.

c. Debt collector thugs (debt collectors by

force, threaten customers, forcibly

confiscate, take hostages)

d. Land thugs (holding/occupying

land/property illegally which is in

dispute by imposing the will of one

party).

Research conducted by Yudhobusono

stated that the number of prisoners who

repeated their mistakes several times

caused the public to give them a negative

assessment (Panjaitan et al., 2019). Likewise,

Besin-Mengla, Mendong Margaret said

that the rejection attitude of some people

towards ex-convicts sometimes made them

feel they were treated less humanely

(Besin-Mengla, 2020).

That is the desire that comes to

someone who is considered capable of

alleviating all problems, as is the life of

former thugs, the same thing as the

teachings of the Prophet Muhammad

conveyed a prayer narrated from al Hasan

ibn Ali as follows O Allah, show me like

those who you have guided, make me

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healthy like those whom you have given

health, make me as your lover like those

whom you have made so, bless me with

what you have given me, and protect me

from the evil of what you have ordained.

verily you are the one who decides, and will

not be determined over you (by anyone).

"Indeed, the people you love will not be

disgraced and the people you are hostile to

will not be honorable. O Allah, Most High

and High Eyes”.

Coaching is a process, regulation,

method of fostering, and so on or efforts,

actions, and activities that are carried out

efficiently and effectively to obtain better

results.

Mangunhajana defines coaching as a

learning process by giving up up rights that

are already owned and learning new things

that are not yet owned with the aim of

helping people who live it to correct and

develop existing knowledge and skills and

gain new knowledge and skills to achieve

life goals. and work that has been done

more effectively (A. Mangunhajana, 1991:

12).

Coaching turns out to have very deep

and broad meaning when the word

"coaching" is associated with the interests

of others, or in other words "coaching" is

associated with alleviating all problems that

exist in humans. More specifically, the word

"coaching”: is intended for people who are

in a lot of problems, so "Coaching",

becomes an alternative as an effort to

alleviate all problems.

Humans live in all the problems they

face, it has become a common concern. If

humans are aware of the origins of human

events, of course, life while in the world will

be used as well as possible, awareness as a

creature of God is certainly more prioritized.

But in reality, it is not as easy as we see

together, the ideal atmosphere certainly

appears in the ultimate goal of life.

Although the ultimate goal has been

formulated in a short and concise goal,

almost all humans, whatever their behavior,

that heaven is the final destination of all

humans. In this case, all creatures in the

form of humans always at the end of their

lives want heaven as a coveted place. Allah

SWT in Surah Al-Qashash verse 77 as

follows:

Meaning: and seek in what Allah has

bestowed upon you (happiness) in the

hereafter, and do not forget your share of

worldly (pleasures) and do good (to others)

as Allah has done good to you, and do not

do mischief in (your face)) Earth. Verily,

Allah does not like those who do mischief.

Another word of Allah, also states that:

Meaning: and I did not create the jinn and

humans except that they serve Me (Q.S.

Dzariyat: 56)

One of the efforts to overcome the

prevalence of thuggery in the city of Solo

and its surroundings is with a religious

approach, as in the opinion of religiosity, it

is a condition that exists within a person

who encourages him to behave according

to his level of obedience to religion

(Rakhmat, 2021).

Syeikh, Abdul Karim, interpreting the

word "Amar Ma'ruf Nahi Munkar", are the

two cases of ushuluddin, with both cases

realizing the goals of the prophets'

decisions (Syeikh, 2018). What is al-

Ghozali's message, each servant of Allah

has a responsibility for the da'wah of Islam.

The Messenger of Allah became a role

model when he preached Islam, he had

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experienced obstacles and hands. The clash

of the Prophet's da'wah, really reminds

people, when the invitation to goodness

and prohibition against evil is always

ordered by the Prophet. Allah SWT,

reminds humans regarding the call to do

good, as His word which means as follows:

Meaning: and let there be a group of

people who call on goodness, enjoin the

right and forbid what is evil, they are the

ones who lucky person.

Majlis Qur'an, Dhikr, and Sholawat or

commonly called Base-Cam was

established around 1995, this assembly

started from the call or recommendation of

KH. Idris. Besides being a mursid in the

science of thoriqoat, he is a spiritual figure

who encourages and guides all those who

learn to recite the Koran to him. It is no

different with H. Muhammad Ali, who is

more famous than Abah Ali, who already

knows KH. Muhammad Idris since around

1994 before he studied in Mecca.

The inspiration for the establishment of

the Majlis, among the basics, was the

teacher's order to be carried out, in

addition to helping people around to

explore religious material, besides that, of

course, Manaqib Syeh Szadzili who he

taught at the Majlis. Of course, it is not as

easy as expected, that the continuity of this

kind of activity is continuous and lasts a

long time. Not to mention the problem of

the congregation changing regularly to

participate in this kind of activity. There are

many studies of this kind and a coherent

scientific lineage is important to become a

reference for members of the assembly. Of

all the efforts to tawadhu 'follow the orders

of spiritual teachers, Abah Ali actually got a

congregation that was not imagined to

follow and ngangsu kaweruh about

understanding religion.

A student or santri or member of the

majlis is one who is experiencing legal

problems, due to various problems of crime

and criminality (Interview with Muhammad

Ali). Of course, it is not as smooth as

someone's response, when managing a

majlis consisting of people with minimal

religious knowledge and backgrounds with

multiple social and economic problems in

the family, it is certainly a challenge.

CONCLUSIONS

Coaching is a process, regulations,

ways of fostering, and so on, or efforts,

actions, and activities that are carried out

efficiently. Majlis Qur'an, Dhikr, and

Sholawat or commonly called Base-Cam

was established around 1995, this assembly

started from the call or recommendation of

KH. Idris, who preached his da'wah, all

leaned on the Prophet as a role model

when he preached Islam.

A student or santri or member of the

majlis is one who is experiencing legal

problems, due to various problems of crime

and criminality (Interview with Muhammad

Ali). Of course, it is not as smooth as

someone's response, when managing a

majlis consisting of people with minimal

religious knowledge and backgrounds with

multiple social and economic problems in

the family, it is certainly a challenge.

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