Construction of Mufassir Authority in Digital Space (Analysis of Tafsir Discourse on Adi Hidayat Official's YouTube Channel)
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.32332/dc3ve321Keywords:
Mufassir authority, digital space, critical discourse analysis, tafsir, youtubeAbstract
This study examines how the authority of a mufassir is constructed and maintained in the digital space through critical discourse analysis of Qur'anic interpretation on the YouTube channel Adi Hidayat Official. The emergence of digital platforms has significantly transformed the landscape of Qur'anic. This study aims to analyze the discursive strategies employed by Adi Hidayat in building, sustaining, and asserting his authority as a mufassir within digital spaces. Using a qualitative approach and Norman Fairclough's three-dimensional critical discourse analysis model encompassing text, discursive practice, and socio-cultural practice the study analyzed ten purposively selected tafsir videos from the Adi Hidayat Official YouTube channel during the 2020-2024 period. The findings indicate that Adi Hidayat’s authority as a mufassir is constructed through four interconnected discursive strategies These four findings are synthesized into a new theoretical framework termed the Digital Mufassir Authority Construction Model, which simultaneously operates across epistemic, semiotic, social, and techno-material dimensions. The study concludes that the pluralization of religious authority in the digital sphere does not erase classical Islamic scholarly hierarchies but rather superimposes a new layer of capital algorithmic literacy upon them.
Downloads
References
Ahnaf, M. I., & Salim, A. Digital Islam and the Politics of Religious Identity among Urban Indonesian Muslims. Asian Journal of Social Science, 52(1), 1–14 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajss.2023.11.002.
Aisyah, N., & Fatimah, S. Visual Capital and Symbolic Authority in Indonesian Digital Dakwah. Indonesian Journal of Islam and Muslim Societies, 13(2), 215–244 (2023). https://doi.org/10.18326/ijims.v13i2.215-244
Alfaqi, M. Z., & Musyaffa, M. Epistemic Bridging Strategies in Indonesian Digital Preaching: A Case Study of YouTube Ulama Content. Studia Islamika, 29(3), 491–526 (2022). https://doi.org/10.36712/sdi.v29i3.26354
Anderson, B. Imagined Communities in the Age of Social Media: Religion, Nation, and Digital Solidarity. New Left Review, 128, 55–82 (2021).
Brown, J. A. C. Hadith: Muhammad's Legacy in the Medieval and Modern World (3rd ed.). Oneworld Publications 2023.
Bunt, G. R. Hashtag Islam: How Cyber-Islamic Environments Are Transforming Religious Authority. University of North Carolina Press (2022).
Burhani, A. N. Pluralism, Liberalism, and Islamism: Religious Outlook of the Muhammadiyah. Studia Islamika, 27(3), 481–520 (2020). https://doi.org/10.36712/sdi.v27i3.15098
Echchaibi, N. Critical Muslim Studies and the Decolonial Option. Critical Muslim Studies, 1(1), 145–170 (2020). https://doi.org/10.13169/critmlim.1.1.0145
Fealy, G. Indonesian Muslim Publics and the Challenge of Religious Authority in the Digital Era. Asian Studies Review, 47(2), 289–307 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1080/10357823.2023.2187045
Hadiz, V. R. Pan-Islamic Populism and the Post-Arab Spring: Indonesian Islamism and Its Dilemmas. South East Asia Research, 29(2), 175–192 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1080/0967828X.2021.1893434
Hamayotsu, K. Beyond Faith and Identity: Mobilizing Islamic Youth in a Democratic Indonesia. Pacific Affairs, 93(1), 5–27 (2020). https://doi.org/10.5509/202093105
Hasan, N. The Classical Kitab and Its Digital Avatars: Ulama Authority and the Politics of Islamic Textual Production in Contemporary Indonesia. Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 54(1), 1–20 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1017/S002246342300012X
Hilmy, M. The Politics of Reorientation: Nahdlatul Ulama and the Contested Fields of Islamic Authority. Asian Journal of Social Science, 49(4), 199–212 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajss.2021.07.003
Kailani, N., & Slama, M. Accelerating Islamic Charities in Indonesia: Zakat, Sedekah and the Immediacy of Social Media. South East Asia Research, 28(1), 70–86 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1080/0967828X.2019.1691238
Mir, M. Contemporary Tafsir and Its Challenges: Text, Context, and the Demands of Modernity. Islamic Studies, 62(1), 5–28 (2023).
Muhtadi, A. S. Komunikasi Dakwah: Teori, Pendekatan, dan Aplikasi. Simbiosa Rekatama Media 2020.
Muhtadi, A. S., & Anshori, I. Platform Power dan Wacana Islam di YouTube Indonesia: Analisis Kritis terhadap Distribusi Konten Dakwah. Al-Balagh: Jurnal Dakwah dan Komunikasi, 9(1), 1–28 (2024). https://doi.org/10.22515/balagh.v9i1.7842
Nasrullah, R. Media Sosial: Perspektif Komunikasi, Budaya, dan Sosioteknologi (Edisi ke-5). Simbiosa Rekatama Media 2021.
Qodir, Z., & Burhani, A. N. The Landscape of Contemporary Indonesian Islam: Pluralism, Polarization, and the Politics of Religious Authority. Al-Jami'ah: Journal of Islamic Studies, 60(1), 1–36 (2022). https://doi.org/10.14421/ajis.2022.601.1-36
Rahmat, M., & Firdaus, A. Bourdieusian Analysis of Religious Capital in Indonesian Islamic Preaching Digital Platforms. Millati: Journal of Islamic Studies and Humanities, 8(1), 45–68 (2023). https://doi.org/10.18326/millati.v8i1.4521
Riddell, P. G. Islam and the Malay-Indonesian World: Transmission and Responses (2nd ed.). University of Hawaii Press 2020.
Syamsuddin, S. Metodologi Tafsir Kontemporer: Kajian Kritis terhadap Perkembangan Tafsir Al-Qur'an Abad XX–XXI. Lembaga Penelitian UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta 2020.
Wahid, A., & Azra, A. Ulama Digital dan Institusi Keagamaan Formal di Indonesia: Antara Kompetisi dan Komplementaritas. Islamica: Jurnal Studi Keislaman, 15(2), 241–268 (2021). https://doi.org/10.15642/islamica.2021.15.2.241-268
Wodak, R., & Meyer, M. (Eds.).. Methods of Critical Discourse Studies (4th ed.). SAGE Publications 2022.
YouTube Analytics. (2024). Channel Statistics: Adi Hidayat Official. Data diakses pada 15 Februari 2024.
Zamhari, A., & Burhanudin, J. Digital Islam and the Reconfiguration of Religious Authority in Southeast Asia. Studia Islamika, 29(1), 1–34 (2022). https://doi.org/10.36712/sdi.v29i1.25017
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2026 Muhammad Kholiluddin, Yusuf Baihaqi, muslimin
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
