Measurement of Religiosity in Islamic Perspective

Abstract

The study of religiosity has continued to develop over the last five decades and is associated with various aspects of life, including personal (psychological), social, economic, and so forth. The study shows that religiosity is predicted to have many impacts on human life individually or in organizations, thus attracting the attention of researchers to dig further, including Muslim scholars. However, with their limitations, they are still trapped in the basic ideas of previous researchers whose rationale was not based on Islamic concepts. As a result, the religiosity measurement cannot describe the religiosity measure as characterized by Islam and is relative in nature. Therefore, this study was proposed to formulate a concept of measuring religiosity that is in line with Islamic values. This study is based on an Islamic epistemological approach in which Revelation (wahyu) is part of the source of knowledge. The study was carried out with a qualitative approach using literature and exploring sources of Islamic values, namely, the Holy Qur’an and Hadith, which were then consulted with the expert and continued with field tests. The results of the study found that religiosity measurement is based on the concept of Taqwa which is divided into five dimensions, namely, Faith (belief), special worship (mahdhoh), muamalat and social worship, morality, and religious knowledge. The five dimensions are interrelated in a unit that strengthens one another. The total number of indicators obtained is 20 items.