Pendekatan Dakwah Nabi SAW terhadap Wanita Menurut al-Sunnah

The approach engaged by the Prophet (PBUH) to preach women were deemed by some as harsh, insulting and a degradation. These responses stem from misconstruing authentic hadiths pertaining to the Prophet’s interactions with women, especially those found in the major hadith compilations. Therefore, this article aims to study the Prophet’s approach to women based on selected hadiths, especially those found in al-Kutub al-Sittah by discussing the views of the hadith scholars on the intent and context of the hadith. To achieve this purpose, a qualitative study was conducted to obtain data from primary sources such as Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim and other Sunans. The data were analyzed based on inductive and deductive methods. The findings of the study show that the Prophet’s preaching approach to women was varied, based on the situation and the suitability. Among those are in the form of encouragement, threats, parables and storytelling each of which has its own certain criteria. In this regard, these approaches practised by the Prophet (PBUH) was foundational in establishing an effective methods of preaching upon women.