Penanaman Nilai-Nilai Islam dalam Konstruksi Kemuliaan Intan oleh Pedagang Intan untuk Memelihara Stabilitas Pasar Intan di Martapura Kalimantan Selatan

The glory of diamond as eternal and scarce thing and the symbol of love is a construction made by diamond merchants to stabilize diamond market. For diamond merchants in Martapura, the construction of diamond glory enables them to constantly behave nobly in the process of diamond trade to attain success in diamond trade and perform Islamic values as Muslim merchants. This paper attempts to investigate Islamic values applied as the basis of diamond trade practice and figure out the roles of values implementation in the stability of dynamic diamond market. It is field study making use of qualitative method to obtain depth understanding of social reality. This study took place in Martapura known as diamond city where diamond merchants interact and fifteen of them were interviewed as informants consisting of three big merchants, four middle-scale merchants, four small-scale merchants and four ‘pengempet”. The study revealed that the diamond merchants believe that in order to succeed trading diamond, they need to nobly behave as the form of implementation of diamond construction as noble commodity. As Muslim merchants, they develop values in diamond trade derived from Islam teachings: honesty, no debt, togetherness and the use of respect “hajj”. These values can create the stability in diamond trade.