Dynamics of Islamic Education During the Muwahhidun Dynasty

Abstract

So far, education that has been identified with Islam has placed more emphasis on the Islamic context. In fact, history provides information that every Muslim leadership reached the civilization phase. On the other hand, this civilization seems far from religious values. So the Muwahhidun dynasty had its own uniqueness in the development of Islamic education, that this dynasty was a religious movement pioneered by Ibn Tumart who was of the Ash'ariah faith. Historians call it the Muwahhidun dynasty when they controlled political power. During the al-Muhawwidun dynasty, education and teaching patterns were carried out very well, this cannot be separated from the figure of Abu Ya'qub Yusuf who was known as a lover of knowledge, able to develop not only educational infrastructure including the construction of the great mosque (al-majid al-kabir ) and buildings of high architectural value in Seville and Morocco, but also encouraged the development of science, especially medicine and philosophy. There were many teaching institutions that this dynasty relied on in establishing sovereignty and spreading culture. Among the established educational institutions are madrasas consisting of Kuttab, Zawiyah and Idariyah madrasas (administrative schools), Thibbiyah Madrasas (health schools) and Fallahiyah Madrasas (marine schools). This educational institution is a forum for cadres of the Muslim generation as employees needed by the state, improving public health and social welfare.