PEMIKIRAN ISLAM DAN PERANAN POLITIK K.H.R. ASNAWI BAGI PERKEMBANGAN SAREKAT ISLAM DAN NAHDLATUL ULAMA DI KUDUS (1916 sampai dengan 1959)

Abstract

By using historical method, this research discusses the Islamic thought and political role of K.H.R. Asnawi to develop Sarekat Islam and Nahdlatul Ulama in Kudus (1916-1959) in the intellectual history framework. Theoretical approach used in this research is social hermeneutics, namely interpretation to personal side and his social action. This research expresses any kind of Islamic thought, how the political role of K.H.R. Asnawi to develop SI and NU in Kudus, and also why that Islamic thought and political role of K.H.R. Asnawi are identical and become model of Islamic religiousness in Kudus. K.H.R. Asnawi was born and grew in merchant environment as well as in jelly pesantren’s tradition. Since young age, he studied from various ulamas and pesantrens, such as pesantren Tulungagung, and pesantren Mangunsari, Mayong. He have learnt and taught in Mecca for 22 years (1894-1916). In Mecca he learnt to the various ulamas from Java and Arab, such as K.H. Saleh Darat, Syaikh Mahfudz At-Tirmisi, and Sayyid Umar Shata. Known as a smart student, he was lifted as teacher in Mecca. His students became prominent ulamas in Nusantara such as, K.H. A. Wahab Chasbullah, K.H. Bisri Syansuri from Jombang, K.H. Saleh from Tayu, K.H. Mufid from Kudus, K.H. A. Mukhit from Sidoarjo, and K.H. Dahlan from Pekalongan.