L yulyadi Arnakim

In Islam, Muslims should not put wealth above everything,especially the sustainer, Allah WEALTH IN ARABIC is al-glwi a, which means "no needs or needs less", and wealthy is known as al-ghaniyu, which means "self-sufficient", one of attributes of God. As Allah said, " To Him bel ongs all that is in the heavens and on the earth: for verily God - He is free of all wants, worthy of all Praises" (Quran: 22:64). In another verse (Quran: 6:133), Allah said, "Thy Lord i s self-sufficient, full of mercy..." From the above verses, wealth in Islam basicall y con sists of two elements of life; physical and spiritual. The first dimension depicts the possession of material things, which i s known as maal ( pl ural: amwaal), which means "property, assets or whatever mankind possesses". The spiritual dimension refers to knowledge and virtue that reside in the soul of man.

Before elaborating on the liberal ideas of Indonesian Muslim, it is worth to note that the secularization and liberalization of Islam is not geographically confined to Indonesia. As will be proven, the sources of secular-liberal ideas are not independent of the hegemony of western secular-liberal worldview. Applying an alien worldview and epistemology, the Liberal Islam Network (Jaringan Islam Liberal) activists formulate secular-liberal ideas which deify Man and humanize God, equate religious truth with esoterism, deconstruct the Uthmanic Mushaf and the shariah. They promote a new paradigm shift to replace an existing one. Before delving further, it is worth to begin with the meaning of Liberal Islam.