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Hasyim Asy'ari was born Muhammad Hasyim in Gedang, Jombang Regency [3] on 10 April 1875. His parents were Asy'ari and Halimah. His family was deeply involved in the administrations of pesantrens (local Islamic boarding schools).
Sunan Drajat was born in 1470 CE. He was one of the Wali Songo or "nine Saints", along with his brother Sunan Bonang and his father Sunan Ampel to whom is attributed the establishment of Islam as the dominant religion amongst the Javanese, Indonesia's largest ethnic group.
In this he was opposed to moderate Islamists also belonging to the Wali Sanga, such as Siti Jenar who proned a more mystical approach of sufism, [2] called pantheist sufism (union of man and God, wujûdiyah, manunggaling kawulo gusti); or Javanese Sunan Kalijaga (or Kalijogo) who wanted to spread Islam in Java while respecting Javanese customs ...
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.
Mahmud Shah III of Johor, 15th Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Johor and Pahang and their dependencies, National Hero of Indonesia; Sayyid Abdullah Al-Aidarus, religious leader; Syed Sheh Hassan Barakbah, a prominent judge in Malaysia; Syed Hamid al-Bar, politician and former Malaysian Minister of Home Affairs
Malik Ibrahim (died 7 April 1419), also known as Sunan Gresik or Kakek Bantal, was the first of the Wali Songo, the nine men generally thought to have introduced Islam to Java. [1]: 241 His habit of placing the Qu'ran on a pillow led to him receiving the nickname Kakek Bantal (lit. Pillow Grandfather). [2]
His main mentor was Sunan Bonang, another of the Wali Sanga. Kalijaga's beliefs and teaching are more sufistic than salaf, applying arts and culture as a medium for his dawah. He was also tolerant of local tradition. His exegesis from the Quranic perspective led him to believe that people will keep away from dakwah if their personality is ...
Sunan Gunungjati was the only one of the Wali Songo to have assumed a sultan's coronet. He used his kingship — imbued with the twin authority of his paternal Hashemite lineage and his maternal royal ancestry — to propagate Islam all along the Pesisir, or northern coast of Java.