Ashura and the Entrance of Sunni-Shia Dialogue

 

Obor carnaval in Madura island

Ashura (10 Muharram) is usually my entry point when discussing how to find a meeting point (kalimatun sawa’) between Sunnis and Shia while I was in Australia. Most of my Iranian frinds would ask, “Are the sunni Muslims in Indonesia celebrating Ashura?” I replied, “yes, we are. We are fasting and increase the dhikr on that day just like you”.

One of them asked, “Do you respect Husayn too?”. I replied, “of course, we majority of Sunni Muslims respect to Husayn as much as you respect to Husayn. We love Husayn as much as you love Husayn”. Usually if I say that, they will comment, “In fact, we are the same, aren’t we?!”. I replied, “we are the same, our shahadat is the same, our Prophet is the same, our Qur’an is the same”. Then some of them asked, “What’s the difference between us?” I replied, “the difference is that you only admit that there were 12 imams after the death of the Prophet and we don’t. But that doesn’t mean that we don’t love your 12 Imams. We love them because they are also the descendent of the Prophet. We just don’t call them Imams. Many of us mantion Hasan Husayn in our salawat.We in the Sunni also call our Prophet as Jaddal (grand father of) Hasan wal Husayn “.

Why Does The Jama’ Tabligh Still Gather in Corona Season

As the alumni of pesantren (traditional Islamic boarding school in Indonesia) who the favorite place when back home is mosque, when I was in aliyah (senior high school) I met Jama’ tabligh when they were in a mosque near my home. Accidentally, they had been doing tabligh in the mosque. There are around ten people in the group. They stayed there for a month. We were the residents welcomed to them due to nir ideology in this community. They only engaged the people too doing prayer together in the mosque. This is totally different thank other ideological Muslim communities like Jamaah Wahabi or salafi.

Reciting Burdah around the Village to Rejecting Corona

reciting Burdah in a village in Madura island

As many scholars said that Islam in Indonesia spread by Sufis. The approach was by culture, by Islamic tradition acknowledge by them. One of the culture is reciting qasidah burdah around the village. The tradition used by many villagers in Indonesia to protect them from pandemic. Now days, they do it for Corona virus. The burdah tradition transmitted by two actors of Islamization in Indonesia; tarekat and pesantren.

Suara di Makam Belanda

“Usht…!! “ Begitu suara seperti bersiul datang dari semak semak saya dengar.

Malam ini, sengaja saya bersepeda angin (road bike) sendirian dari Surabaya Barat ke Surabaya Tengah. Sengaja pula saya tak melewati jalan utama tapi sedikit melingkar melewati Makam Belanda yang dikenal sebagai Makam Kembang Kuning. Memasuki area Makam Belanda dari arah barat. Makam yang biasanya di luar negeri sepi, di sini terlihat menjadi tempat alternatif “tidak wajar” Bagi sebagian orang membuka warung kopi dan rokok.

Terus menuju jalan di tengah makam mulai ada suara suara “usht…!!! Seperti suara memanggil. Mendengar suara memanggil, saya memperlambat sepeda saya, semakin dekat dari Makam semakin terlihat ada gerakan manusia. Semakin dekat terlihat sesosok tubuh berambut panjang dan berok pendek.

Menyusuri Makam Pengarang Kitab Safina

Makam Pengarang Safina

Sejak lama saya ingin sekali pergi ke makam Syaikh Salim bin Abdullah bin Sa’ad bin Abdullah bin Sumair al-Hadromi, al-Batawi, seorang yang saya kenal namanya sejak saya masuk tsanawiyah di pesantren. Saya mengenalnya melalui kitab karangannya berjudul Safinatun Najah. Sebuah kitab kuning yang dipelajari hampir di semua pesantren di Indonesia, Malaysia, dan Thailand Selatan. Di pesantren saya sendiri, kitab ini adalah kitab wajib yang harus dipelajari oleh santri pemula. Saya mengaji kitab ini selama 3 (tiga) tahun selepas salat dhuhur di musallah pesantren.

Gelombang Dangdut Jawa Timur Seri 2

Setelah era Inul Daratista dan Uut Permatasari membentuk gelombang pertama musik dangdut pasca reformasi yang menasional, sekarang kita disuguhkan pada era gelombang kedua musik dangdut Jawa Timur. Jika dahulu ada Inul Daratista dan Uut maka sekarang ada Via Vallen dan Nella Karisma.

Dari Bahasa Arab ke Bahasa Inggris

Bahasa Inggris sangat digalakkan,
Bahasa Arab katanya kampungan.

(Rhoma Irama)

Tulisan ini muncul saat Prof. Sukron Kamil, guru besar bahasa Arab di UIN Jakarta saat mengutip lirik lagu Rhoma Irama di atas yang ditulis oleh seorang kawan, Dr. Mauidlotun Nisa’ dalam sidang promosi doktoral nya di Sekolah Pascasarjana UIn Jakarta.