The Crisis of Sanad in the AI Era: Information Abounds, Scholarly Authority at Risk

Director of Islamic Religious Information at the Ministry of Religious Affairs, Muchlis M. Hanafi, warned that the advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) threatens the Islamic scholarly tradition of sanad, which is the foundation of civilization. In a scientific oration at Al-Qur’aniyyah Islamic Boarding School in South Tangerang, he stressed that AI has no sanad, no teacher, and no moral responsibility, so it can't replace the role of ulama and the tradition of talaqqi. Muchlis called on the younger generation to make the Qur'an the basis of knowledge and morality, following the spirit of earlier scholars like Imam al-Bukhari, who was willing to travel thousands of kilometers to verify hadith. He emphasized that Islamic civilization was born from respect for knowledge, not from instant ease. In the digital era, pesantren are still considered relevant as institutions that maintain a balance between knowledge, character, and spirituality. Muchlis advised the Qur’anic generation to combine the purity of revelation with technological sophistication to build a civilization that benefits humanity. https://mozaik.inilah.com/ibrah/krisis-sanad-di-era-ai-ketika-informasi-melimpah-otoritas-ilmu-terancam-hilang