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probably written by Muhammad Nafis formation of ecumenical Islam in the
al-Banjari. archipelago. Through Malay, Muslim
communities in various regions in the
Books composed by the Patani scholar, archipelago became connected to one
Daud al-Fatani (Daud bin Abdullah bin another, and, strengthened through the
Idris al-Fatani) were also included in use of Jawi books, these relationships
Imam Ahmad’s list. Among them were remained within limits derived from
two of his books on jurisprudence: the the universal message of Islam. This
Fara’id ghayat taqrib fi al-irth wa al-tansib gradual and long historical process has
(Statutes of the Final Approximation in become the basis for the formation of
Inheritance and Consanguinity) on the what Anderson called an “imagined
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laws about the division of an inheritance community”. If the colonial government
and the Idah al-bab li murid al-nikah might have inherited the Indonesian
bi al-sawab (Explanatory Chapter state, the Malay language has laid a
for Getting Married Correctly) about solid foundation for the establishment
marriage. Another book in Jawi was the of Indonesia as a nation the process
Sabil al-Muhtadin li al-tafaqquh fi amr when it adopted Malay as the national
al-Din (the Path of the Guided People for language of Indonesia.
Mastering Religious Matters) regarding
the procedure for studying religion written
by Muhammad Arsyad bin Abdullah
al-Banjari and the Hidayat al-Salikin
(Manual for Searching Knowledge)--- a
composition in Malay based on al-
Ghazali’s Bidayat al-Hidayah--- written
by Abdussamad al-Palimbani.

Conclusion
The Malay language and Jawi books
aren ot only important from a historical
perspective ---that they have become a
category in the study of Islamic culture 64. Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities:
Reflections on the Origin and Spread of
in Indonesia--- but also in terms of the Nationalism, (London: Verso, 1991).

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