A Critique of Cancel Culture from a Hadith Perspective: A Study of Islamic Social Ethics in the Digital Era
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https://doi.org/10.18326/millati.v11i1.4028Keywords:
Cancel Culture, Islamic Social Ethics, Hadith of the Prophet, Islah, TabayyunAbstract
The phenomenon of cancel culture reflects a disruption of social control mechanisms, shifting from a deliberative process of clarification to instantaneous mass judgement that often disregards the principles of procedural justice and moral proportionality. This study responds to the dominance of sociological analyses by filling the gap in normative Islamic ethical perspectives for examining this phenomenon more comprehensively. Using a qualitative approach through non-participatory observation of the Ahmad Sahroni case and library research on Sunan Abī Dāwūd, this study compares the dynamics of digital interaction with prophetic values that constitute the foundations of Islamic social ethics. The findings indicate that the reactive nature of cancel culture contradicts the Islamic principle of gradualism; conversely, the Hadith tradition offers tabayyun (verification), satr al-ʿuyūb (concealing faults), and iṣlāḥ (reconciliation) as constructive ethical antitheses. The study concludes with the urgency of shifting from a punitive culture to a culture of ethical improvement to cultivate a more civilized, inclusive, and restorative digital public sphere.
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