Abstract
Educating is the main act of worship in Islam, Allah himself calls himself the educator of the prophets and apostles, the prophets and apostles become educators for his people, parents and teachers are educators too. To achieve educational goals that are in accordance with what is expected, reliable educators are needed, appropriate teaching materials and the right methods to apply. The purpose of this study is to find out in depth how Islam provides guidance in the world of education based on the authentic hadith number 4027 in the book Sahih al-Jami' ash-Shagir. This research method is qualitative with a library research approach. And it was found that there are three important things in the hadith, namely: first, what is the personality of a good educator. Second, how is the method in educating and third, the subject (students) in accordance with the intended method.