Blessings in Khidmah as the Entrepreneurial Ethic of Female Santri to Achieve Perfection and Meaning of Life

Samsul Arifin
Fakultas Dakwah, Universitas Ibrahimy Situbondo, Indonesia
syamsulahasan@ibrahimy.ac.id

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to describe the motivation to hope for blessings in serving (khidmah) by female students (santriwati) who encourage the ethos of entrepreneurship. This paper focuses on the experience (related to integrity and competence) and the meaning of entrepreneurship for women in pesantren (Islamic boarding schools) who are devoted to the business sector of pesantren. The research method uses a phenomenological approach. The research subjects were 20 female students who were selected by key informants and purposive sampling techniques. Data analysis, among others: the stage of describing the phenomenon, the stage of horizonalization, the stage of the cluster of meaning, the stage of essence description, and the stage of report writing. The results showed that the khidmah carried out by female students in pesantren who were considered to bring blessings in life was that there was a balance between shalahiyyah and shalih. Salahiyyah, namely having knowledge and skills; such as building networks, friendly and polite, and active. Shalih, namely having moral integrity; such as sincerity, honesty, qonaah and pleasure (ridha), patience, and trust. The female students interpret the experience of khidmah with: the meaning and perfection of life. By way of khidmah, their lives become meaningful for worship and hope for blessings (tabarruk). With khidmah, they feel they have achieved the perfection of life for the pesantren and society. The meaning and perfection of life are to achieve prosperity and happiness in this world and the hereafter. This research is useful for developing career counseling and the psychology of entrepreneurship in the context of Indonesian culture, which is relatively rare

Keywords

blessing, khidmah, career counseling, entrepreneurship

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