Traditional Gold Mining In Buwun Mas Village, Sekotong Sub-District From The Perspective Of Masalahat Mursalah

Abstract

Traditional gold mining in Sekotong, West Lombok, has become one of the main livelihoods of the local community. This activity is carried out independently and in groups by residents in traditional ways. This research aims to find out how the mining mechanism, the factors that encourage people to do mining and to find out that the activity contains greater benefits than favors.

This research uses qualitative methods, primary data obtained through interview methods and secondary data obtained through books, journals, theses, and other sources related to this research, data collection techniques used by researchers using unstructured interview techniques, documentation and observation. While data analysis techniques use inductive techniques.

The results showed that traditional gold mining is carried out in a simple way, people do mining because of economic limitations and employment opportunities. In the review of maslahah mursalah, this mining contains maslahah and mafsadat but in practice this mining is permissible because it contains more benefits than mafsadat in accordance with sharia principles, so it is permissible.