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out. Because the two have merged, such as deliberation,

both customs and religion support each other.
From the explanation above, we can draw an understanding

that Minang customs are very accepting of the presence of Islam,

because of the similarity of basic concepts, so that customs can
accept ideas that come from Islam. So the essence of Minang

customs is Islamic teachings.
The unification of customs and religion forms the

distinctive features, attitudes and behavior of the Minang people in
religion. This attitude arises, because the Minang traditional

teachings are sourced from natural philosophy which contains the

law of causality (cause and effect), then these teachings focus on
rational educational values, so that Minang people in their religious

attitude tend to be more rational than mystical; myths and cults.
Meanwhile, belief in Allah, angels and the unseen last days is still

accepted by their minds because of the clear affirmation of the
Shari'ah, because the main sources of religious thought for Minang

people are the Qur'nul Karim, sunnah and ijtihad.

The similarity of the doctrine of the two elements of adat
and Islam, where adat originates from the real world, namely the

takambang realm as a teacher, requires Minang people to study and

investigate nature. And religious doctrine, Allah commands His