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The exercise of the right to register marriage and divorce frequently has to deal with the complexity of the administrative procedure. Consequently, many marriages and divorces are not registered in state institutions which lead to the next difficulty of registering new marriages for those who unregistered their divorce previously. However, a different fact happens in Lengayang, where local and state authorities collaborated to tackle administrative constraints. This paper sheds light on the shortcut taken by the Lengayang people who falsified the death of their spouses to legally register their new marriages. Data was collected through interviews and document analysis. It is then analyzed qualitatively. This article reveals that the falsification of death was utilized by Lengayang people to wittingly subdue the legal administration. This practice was backed up by the local authorities, such as ninik mamak as a customary institution, wali jorong or wali nagari as the head of the villages. The economy (the high cost), the geography (the distance of the religious court from people's domiciles), and the deadlock of social relationships between spouses foster this falsification. [Abstrak: Pelaksanaan pendaftaran perkawinan dan perceraian seringkali harus berhadapan dengan kompleksitas administrasi. Akibatnya, banyak perkawinan dan perceraian yang tidak dicatatkan di lembaga negara yang mengakibatkan sulitnya pencatatan perkawinan baru bagi mereka yang tidak mendaftarkan perceraiannya sebelumnya. Namun tidak bagi masyarakat Lengayang, di mana otoritas adat (lokal) dan otoritas negara bekerja sama untuk mengatasi kendala administratif tersebut. Tulisan ini menyoroti tindakan administrasi yang dilakukan oleh masyarakat Lengayang yang memalsukan kematian mantan pasangannya untuk mendaftarkan pernikahan barunya secara resmi. Pengumpulan data dilakukan melalui wawancara dan analisis dokumen. Data kemudian dianalisis secara kualitatif. Artikel ini mengungkapkan bahwa pemalsuan kematian dimanfaatkan oleh sebagian masyarakat di Lengayang untuk (secara sadar) menerobos hambatan administrasi hukum perkawinan. Praktik ini didukung oleh penguasa setempat, seperti ninik mamak sebagai kepala suku dan wali jorong atau wali nagari sebagai kepala desa. Mahalnya biaya, jauhnya jarak geografis ke Pengadilan Agama, dan mandeknya relasi (komunikasi) antara suami istri mendorong praktik pemalsuan kematian ini.

This article aims to explore the models of application of Islamic law in Indonesia by the State, ranging from traditional to modern, including aspects of reform. This research found the fact that at the beginning of the entry of Islam to the archipelago, the propagators of Islam had partially applied Islamic law, especially after the establishment of Islamic kingdoms in several areas. However, after the establishment of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia, the model of applying Islamic law underwent renewal with formalistic, religious-ethics, and convergence models. Unfortunately, in the production stage, the implementation encountered many obstacles because it had to enter the realm of practical politics. Therefore, its development continues to move partially, such as the issuance of the Marriage Law, Zakat, Hajj, and so on, including through material review in the Constitutional Court.

This article aims to analyze and explore the tradition of marlojong before marriage in Ranah Batahan, West Pasaman. Marlojong is the act of a couple who is not approved by their parent (wali) for certain reasons by running to the house of the elder of custom (tetua adat) or a respected family. The elopement could reduce the dignity of women and their parents. So, it becomes a reason for the traditional elders to call them. The data was collected by observation and in-depth interviews with couples who did marlojong, parents of each couple, other nuclear families, traditional elders, KUA officials and local scholars. The data was analyzed by reduction, display and verification. The results showed that the meaning of marlojong was actually not only a couple who fled to the house of the traditional elders but also the efforts to overcome the guardian's reluctance (wali ‘aḍal) and reduce the parobanan (brideprice). Therefore, the causes of marlojong were overcoming the reluctant of parents and the high level of brideprice. On one side, the marlojong was seen as negative but on the other hand, it became a customary way to resolve the guardian’s reluctance (wali ‘aḍal) without having to go to a religious court.

The study aimed to analyze the activities and understandings of Muslim women in Sijunjung region accompanying the implementation of Ramadan fasting with salat empat puluh. The Salat empat puluh is the name/term of the activity because it is carried out for 40 (forty) days throughout Ramadan month and added 10 days before or after it. The data were obtained by observing the activity of salat empat puluh in 7 mosques/musallas/suraus in Sijunjung region during Ramadan in 2018 and also by interviewing several imams and women who were the members of the salat empat puluh. The qualitative data analysis was conducted descriptively through reducing, displaying and verification (drawing conclusions). The result of the study showed that the activity was dominantly done by women. These women were at menopause age but economically still very productive. During the days they worked in the fields, farms, and stalls, and in the evening they stayed in mosques or musallas to do salat in congregation, to substitute the congregational salat that were left behind, to read Qur`an, to study fiqh, Qur'an exegesis and to discuss the issues of tauhid. During those 40 days they never left salat in congregation, avoided immoral acts and really brought themselves closer (taqarrub) to Allah. When someone left the salat in congregation and did not replace it in the salat i'adah, then they considered that the salat empat puluh was invalid and no longer had the same value as those who completed it. In those 40 days these women showed the height of their faith and humanity quality in front of God.