Neo-sufism is the recent Sufi movement that actively develops society. Historically, sufism has brought forth arif billâh individuals who have great faith and devotion to Allah, excellent pedagogical competence, as well as social and professional skills. This study aims to construct the meeting point between neo-sufism character and school counselor competence. It was carried out using a qualitative approach with the Hermeneutic analysis from Paul Ricoeur. The data was obtained from documents

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... d interviews. The results reveal the meeting point between neo-sufism character and four counselors competencies. Makrifatullah (depth comprehension of God) character is linear with pedagogical and personality competence. Prioritizing other people (itsar) and noble (futuwwah) character are in line with social competence; meanwhile, creative-productive (intajiyyah) character is in accordance with professional competence. Therefore, neo-sufism character transforms counselors' competencies to be more significant and meaningful. Abstrak: Neo-sufisme adalah sebuah gerakan sufi baru yang aktif membangun masyarakat. Dalam sejarahnya, sufisme telah melahirkan pribadi arif billâh, yang arif-bijaksana karena Allah, yang atas nama Allah mampu sebagai penyembuh. Sementara itu, salah satu kompetensi kepribadian konselor adalah beriman dan bertakwa kepada Tuhan, di samping kompetensi pedagogik, sosial dan profesional. Tujuan artikel ini adalah mengkonstruksi titik-temu karakter neo-sufisme dengan kompetensi konselor sekolah. Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif, melalui penggunaan analisis hermeneutika dari Paul Ricouer. Data dikumpulkan dari dokumen dan wawancara kasus. Hasil menunjukkan bahwa terdapat