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(d. 875), the Sunan al-Sughra by al-Nasa’i   possess expertise in the field of Hadith.        Library (Cod.Or. 3301) and the second   Lebai Abdul Mubin Pauh Bok al-Fatani’s    Pondok Pesantren
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                                   (d. 915), the Sunan by Abu Dawud (d.    This weak conclusion is in need of re-                in the Perpustakaan Negara Malaysia    Tanbih al-Ghafilin which was completed     Mojosari, Nganjuk, East
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                                   888), the Sahih by al-Tirmidhi (d. 892),   evaluation because a number of books on            (MS 1314). 59                          in 1184 A.H./1770 A.D.  It is a translation   Java
                                   and the Sunan by Ibn Majah (d. 886).    hadith existed before al-Tarmasi’s time, as           In addition to the aforementioned book,   of a Hadith book in Arabic by Abu Layth   Source: Directorate of
                                                                           will be explained below.                                                                     al-Samarqandi. Abdullah bin Lebai
                                   The tradition of writing books on Hadith                                                      some scholars mention al-Mawa’iz       Abdul Mubin Pauh Bok al-Fatani himself     History and Cultural
                                   among Indonesian ‘ulama was also not    As briefly touched upon above, the first              al-Badi’ahas a book on hadith written   was the son of Lebai Abdul Mubin bin      Values, Ministry of
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                                   quite as peaceful as was perceived until   book on Hadith in Malay was al-Raniri’s            by Abdurrauf al-Fansuri.  However,     Muhammad Jailani Pauh Bok al-Fatani,       Education and Culture
                                   recently. Although they are lessin number   Hidayat al-Habib fi al-targib wa al-tarhib        after careful reading, it should rather be   a cleric from Patani in Southern Thailand   of the Republic of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Indonesia
                                   than any other field of Islamic studies,   also known under its alternative title             listed as a book on ethics, because it   who lived at the same time as Abdurrauf
                                   especially Islamic mysticism and law,   al-Fawa’id al-Bahiyyah ‘an al-ahadith                 mostly - but not exclusively - comprises   al-Fansuri (1615-1693).
                                                                                                                                 of religious advice, or what the author
                                   local works on hadith mostly written in   al-nabawiyyah. The lack of studies about            called “teaching” (pengajaran) taken
                                                                                                                                                                                th
                                   Malay consist either of complete Hadith   the tradition of writing books on Hadith,           from the hadithqudsi,the revealed      In the 18 century, Dawud bin Abdullah
                                                                           including on the Hidayat al-habib was
                                   compilations or as mere translations of   apparently due to restricted access to              divine sayings uttered by the tongue of   al-Fatani (born 1718), whom most sources
                                   Arabic books.                           primary sourcesas most were still in the              Muhammad revealed out of the Qur’anic   mention as the author of writings in
                                                                                                                                                                        the fields of Islamic mysticism and law,
                                   The scarcity of sources and because     form of hand written manuscripts.                     verses). In fact, the attribution of this   in fact also produced some works on
                                   scholarly research about Indonesian Islam   Beside al-Raniri, Abdurrauf ibn Ali al-           work to Abdurrauf al-Fansuri is yet to   Hadith. Fara’id al-fawa’id al-fikr fil imam
                                   was too focused on Islamic mysticism and   Jawi al-Fansuri (1615-1693) is another             be supported by convincing data asno   al-mahdi, which was completed in 1215
                                   law are two of the deciding factors why   Indonesian 17  century ‘alim who                    authentic source has been found that   A.H./1800 A.D., is one of his works of
                                                                                        th
                                   studies on Indonesian Islam usually do   produced a book on Hadith. His book,                 clearly states that the text was written   which a manuscript copy is preserved in
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                                   not address Hadith. Moreover, this quiet   Sharh latif ‘ala Arba’in Hadithan li al-           by Abdurrauf.  Thus, the definitive    the Perpustakaan Nasional Malaysia (MS
                                   academic climate was also weakened      Imam al-Nawawi is a Malay translation                 attribution of this work to Abdurrauf al-  652) while a second copy is part of the
                                   bythe sorely mistaken assumption that   of Sa’d al-Din Mas’ud bin Umar al-                    Fansuri clearly needs further research.  private collection of the late Hj. Wan Mohd.
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                                   the historical transmission of Hadith in   Taftazani’s Sharh al-Arba’īnwhich                  Another book on hadith composed by a   Shagir Abdullah.  It is a Malay translation
                                   the Malay-Indonesian archipelago only   contains commentaries on circa forty                  Malay Indonesian ‘ulama is Abdullah bin   of a book with a similar title by in Arabic
                                   started in the 19  century with Mahmud   Hadiths composed by al-Nawawi. So                    59.  See H.W.M. Shagir Abdullah, Khazanah   written by Shaykh Mirghani ibn Yusuf. As
                                                 th
                                   al-Tarmasi (d. 1919/1920). Accordingly,   far, the search for manuscripts of this             Pusaka Asia Tenggara (Kuala Lumpur: Khazanah   62.  H.W.M. Shagir Abdullah, Penyebaran Islam
                                                                                                                                 Fataniyah, vol. 1, 1991), pp. 42-61; Hoesein
                                   it seems that the Indonesian ‘ulama     text has resulted in only two copies,                 Djajadiningrat, Tinjauan Kritis tentang Sejarah   dan Silsilah Ulama Sejagat Dunia Melayu vol.
                                                                                                                                                                        6, Introduction to the Series-7, (Kuala Lumpur:
                                   before al-Tarmasi like Nuruddin al-     one preserved in Leiden University                    Banten (Jakarta: Djambatan, 1983), p. 59.   Persatuan Pengkajian Khazanah Klasik Nusantara
                                   Raniri, Abdurrauf al-Jawi al-Fansuri,   58.  See Muhajirin, “Transmisi Hadits di Nusantara:   60.  See for example Azra, Jaringan Ulama…;   & Khazanah Fathaniyah), p. 28; and vol 13 (2000),
                                                                                                                                                                        p. 37.
                                                                                                                                 Oman Fathrrahman & Munawar Holil, Katalog…,
                                   Nawawi al-Bantani were ignored as       Peran Ulama Hadits Muhammad Mahfuzh                   p. 21.                                 63. Shagir Abdullah, Penyebaran…. (vol. 13, 2000),
                                                                           al-Tarmasi”, Ph.D. dissertation, UIN Syarif
                                   research concluded that they did not    Hidayatullah Jakarta, 2009.                           61. Shagir Abdullah, Khazanah…, p. 173.   p. 17.

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