SHOULD THE BRIDE AND GROOM UNDERGO PRE-MARITAL ELIGIBILITY TESTING? A CONCEPT DERIVED FROM THE INDIGENOUS WISDOM OF THE INDONESIAN BUGIS MAKASSAR PEOPLE
This project aimed to establish an instrument for determining the prospective bride and groom's eligibility prior to entering into a marriage contract. The idea was based on a Bugis Makassar philosophy known as MaccenneDapurengWekkaPitu which was interpreted as a surround seven-time kitchen ritual. It contributed to the discussion of the relevance between its philosophical concept and al ba’ah. This study consists of three steps. It first obtained the Muslim divorced data in 2020, second, classifying it into several factors causing the divorce, and third, formulating the examination test employing the essence of "maccennedapurengwekkapitu." This study uncovered that establishment, responsibility, and virility as the main essences of maccenedapurengwekkapitu. These essences are relevant to the concept of al ba’ah in Islamic tradition as the main requirement for marriage. These essences can be employed as a new examination tool before marriage to prevent early divorce
al ba’ah, divorce, bugis tradition, macennedapurengwekkapitu, marriage