Biography of Syekh Muhammad Arsyad Al-Banjari

Biography Syekh Muhammad Arsyad Al-Banjari 

       Sheikh Muhammad Arsyad Al Banjari was born in Lok Gabang DistrictAstambul Banjar Regency on Thursday night, three o'clock in the morning the 15th Shafar 1122 H, (to coincide with Thursday night March 19, 1710 AD).Sheikh Muhammad Arsyad Al-Banjari was born of two parents,named Siti Aminah binti Husein and Abdulloh bin Abu Bakar.

      According to H. Muhammad Khotib, zuriat from Sheikh Muhammad Arsyad Al Banjari, in the writings of Sheikh Muhammad Arsyad al Banjari about the brief history of Sheikh Muhammad Arsyad Albanjari, stated: In the article it is cear that Abdulloh is not a native of the banjar,Sheikh Muhammad Arsyad Al-Banjari came from Hindi and settled inLok Gabang until the end of his life.Having expertise in wood carving and art.Sheikh Muhammad Arsyad Al Banjari was among the sultan's loved ones his time.

      In the soul of a person who will become a great leader,sometimes signs have been seen since childhood, both intelligence, expertise, and moral character that is rarely owned by his friends.So,in the childhood of Sheikh Muhammad Arsyad Al Banjari, such signs were already visible.Among the expertise possessed by Sheikh Muhammad Arsyad al Banjari since childhood is in the field of painting and writing, so anyone who sees his work, they will always be amazed to see it.

      The expertise of Sheikh Muhammad Arsyad Al Banjari in this field of painting which made the sultan at that time amazed, so he was pleased to maintain and provide opportunities for learning to him. On the permission and blessing of his parents, Sheikh Muhammad Arsyad Al Banjari settled in the palace to study religion and other sciences in developing his talents and intelligence.In the palace, Muhammad Arsyad grew into a child of noble, friendly, obedient, and respectful to elders.Whole the palace dwellers love him with affection.Sultan is very pay attention to Muhammad Arsyad's education, because the sultan expects Muhammad Arsyad would later become a pious leader.

     When he was 30 years old, he was married to a woman named Mrs. Bajut When his wife was pregnant with his first child, Muhammad Arsyad's heart crossed his mind to study in the Holy Land Mecca. So,he expressed his heart's desire to his beloved wife.Although with a heavy heart, because remembering the age of their marriage which is still young, finally his wife agrees to the sacred intentions of her husband and supports him in achieving goals.  So, after receiving the blessing of the sultan, Muhammad Arsyad departed to the Holy Land to realize his ideals.

      After thirty years Shaykh Muhammad Arsyad Al Banjari struggled and studied in the holy land of Mecca, diligently studied, diligently demanding and diligent in charity, so that Sheikh Muhammad Arsyad al Banjari mastered in various fields of science and obtained his sanad-sanad. Then Sheikh Muhammad Arsyad al Banjari also returned to his homeland in order to carry out the mission's task Islamiah for the people and people in the land of the motherland.

      When he arrived in the homeland, Sheikh Muhammad Arsyad Al Banjari was many activity including:

 1. Open a new village

 2. Making irrigation

 3. Pray intensively

 4. Establish a Shar'ah Court

     According to Dr. Dato  Siddiq Fadzil, Sheikh Muhammad Arsyad Al Banjari is an embodiment of the Malay scientific tradition and a reflection of the scientific tradition of its time and its founder.In Sheikh Muhammad Arsyad Al Banjari has all the features of traditional Malay scholars with mastery of knowledge which is encyclopedic in the sense of mastering all fields of science.Indeed the Shaykh Muhammad Arsyad Al Banjari is more famous as a fiqh expert, but in fact Sheikh Muhammad Arsyad Al Banjari also mastered other scientific disciplines,as is evident from his various written works field.

      According to H. Ershad Zein in his book Maulana Shaykh Muhammad Arsyad Al Banjari, there are 11 kinds of Sheikh Muhammad Arsyad Al Banjari's works, namely:

 1. Sabilal Muhtadin

 2. The Book of Faraidh

 3. The Book of Falak

 4. The Book of Married

 5. Luqthotul "Ajlan

 6. Fatawa Sulaiman Kurd

 7. The Book of Usuluddin

 8. Tuhfaturrogibin

 9. Alqaulul Mukhtasor Fi "Addressil Mahdi        Almuntazor

 10. Kanzul Ma'ififah

 11. Manuscripts of the Qur'an Alkarim

      Sheikh Muhammad Arsyad Al Banjari died at night Tuesday between evening and evening, 6th of Shawwal 1227 H (13 October 1812 M) and is buried in Kalampaian, Astambul District, Banjar Regency.One of the great karomahs from Sheikh Muhammad Arsyad Albanjari, viz his great work Sabilal Muhtadin Littafaqquh Fi Amriddin.  Karomah that the greatness of a scholar is his great work which from the beginning to so on are still being studied.This book is hundreds of years old,but still is studied, not only in the Banjar area, but to remote areas in Indonesia.  The fame of this book also goes to Malaysia, Fathani, Thailand, and Cambodia Brunei.  It even became a treasure trove of libraries big in the Islamic world, like Mecca, Egypt, Turkey and Beirut.

      

      

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