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Sunang Bonang Sayyid Makdum Ibrahim[1] | |
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Born | Raden Makdum Ibrahim 1465 |
Died | 1525 |
Era | Demak Sultanate |
Organization | Walisongo |
Title | Kangjeng Susuhunan Bonang |
Father | Sunan Ampel |
Sunan Bonang (born Raden Makdum Ibrahim)[2] was one of the nine Wali Songo (lit. "Nine Saints"), along with his father Sunan Ampel and his brother Sunan Drajat who are said to have established Islam as the dominant religion amongst the Javanese, Indonesia's largest ethnic group.
He was a descendant of the Majapahit nobility in Tuban and a Chinese captain named Gan Eng Cu.[3] However, another source stated that he was a son of Sunan Ampel and female noble, Nyai Ageng Manila.[4] After becoming a prominent ulama, he tried to make ordinary Javanese familiar with Islam. He is known as teacher of Raden Patah, ruler of Demak Sultanate.[4][5]
According to the manuscript of Het boek van Bonang, which is also known as Lontar Ferrara, Bep Schrieke has recorded that some views from Sunan Bonang that criticize forms of Bid'ah (Heresy) and favor orthodoxy of Islamic teaching.[6][7][8]
Sayyid Makdum Ibrahim ( Sunan Bonang ) Tuban 5. R. Said ( Sunan Muria ) Gunung Muria 6. Syech Ja'far Shodiq ( Sunan Kudus ) Kudus 7 . R. Sahid ( Sunan Kalijogo ) Kadilangu , Demak 8. R. Fatah ( Sultan Demak ) -Demak
... bid'- ah , meningkatkan iman dan taqwa melalui thoriqot sesuai dengan yang diajarkan oleh Rasulullah Saw , dan ... Kropak Ferrara . Kropak Ferrara yang terdiri atas 23 lembar rontal itu merekam sebuah sarasehan Walisongo , dan di ...
... bid'ah dan kesesatan ( dhalalah ) , sebagaimana terekam dalam dokumen Het boek van Bonang , " E Mitroningsun ? Kerono siro iki apoposihono sami - sami niro Islam lan mitroniro kan isih ing siro lan anjegoho siro ing dholalah lan bid'ah ...
yang translasinya: "wahai saudaraku! Karena kalian semua sama-sama mualaf dalam Islam, maka hendaklah kalian saling mencintai saudaramu yang mencintaimu. kalian semua harus mencegah kesalahan dan bid'ah."