DOI: 10.36347/sjahss.2017.v05i08.011

Pages: 871-877

The renewal of Islamic law in Aceh as a Concept and application of fikh thought of abuya Muhammad Wali became the formulation of the problem to be answered in this research. How is the methodology of the formulation of Abuja Muhammad Wali, and how the contribution of the juristic thought of Abuya Muhammad Wali to the change of Islamic law in Aceh. The method used in data searching is library research by reading the books by Abuya Muhammad Wali (as primary data) and books written about Abuya Muhammad Wali (as secondary data) thoughts, opinions that assess ideas, views, typology Or the legal style of Muhammad Wali regarding the issue of Islamic law reform in Aceh. In analyzing the data, use content analysis. The results of his research are firstly, as a whole, the concept of reform of Islamic law in Indonesia, running somewhat slowly compared to other Muslim countries, especially in the countries of the Middle East, North Africa, India and Pakistan. Secondly, the method of istinbāṭ Abuya Muhammad Wali in formulating a law mostly uses the qawli method, and few use the approach ta'līli and istiṣlahi. In the process of lawmaking, Abuya Muhammad Wali is not always consistent with the istinbāt method he uses. Hence in establishing a law, he sometimes looks at the main source of Islamic law, namely by looking at the direct texts of the Qur'an and Sunnah (nass of Al-qur'an and Sunnah).