Ortodoksi Sufisme K.H. Shalih Darat
Abstract: The subject of this
paper is the orthodox nature of KH Shalih Darat’s Sufism. He is an Indonesian
Muslim thinker of the 19th century. The paper argues that the man is behind the
dissemination of not only Islam but also of Sufism on the Javanese island.
Despite his high standing knowledge and piety however, the man is not yet known
especially in the academic circle in Indonesia. It is this reason that the
paper is interested in exploring his ideas and intellectual biography. The
paper tries to show that Muslim community during his lifetime was polarized
into the elites and the laymen. K.H. Shalih Darat targeted the latter while not
forgetting the former. But the most striking question would be how does his
orthodox religiosity fit into the laymen and work for the elites? The paper
will try to answer this question by emphasizing first that for the man,
orthodoxy is a must for people of the Javanese outlook. And second, it will try
show that while orthodoxy and heterodoxy are always at odds with one another,
the tension between the two does bring a good implication for the course of
dakwah on the island.
Keywords: Orthodoxy; sufism;
elites; laymen
Penulis: Ali Mas’ud
Kode Jurnal: jpperadabanislamdd120002
