TY - JOUR AU - Shukri, Abdul Salam Muhamad AU - Arif, Ridwan PY - 2018/07/09 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - THE ROLE OF SHAYKH ABD AL-RA'UF AL-FANSURI IN THE RECONCILIATION OF SUFISM AND SHARI'AH OF 17TH CENTURY THE MALAY WORLD JF - Al-Shajarah: Journal of the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC) JA - SHAJARAH VL - 23 IS - 1 SE - ARTICLES DO - 10.31436/shajarah.v23i1.662 UR - https://journals.iium.edu.my/shajarah/index.php/shaj/article/view/662 SP - 207-245 AB - <p>The tension between Sufism and <em>sharī<sup>c</sup>ah</em>, i.e., the conflict of <em>wujūdiyyah</em> in Acheh in the 17<sup>th</sup> century had led Ṣūfī scholars, particularly <sup>c</sup>Abd al-Ra’ūf al-Fanṣūrī to seek the convergence between Sufism and <em>sharī<sup>c</sup>ah</em>. Therefore, this study is carried out to examine the efforts of <sup>c</sup>Abd al-Ra’ūf to reconcile Sufism with<em> sharī<sup>c</sup>ah</em>. It examines <sup>c</sup>Abd al-Ra’ūf’s approaches of reconciliation of Sufism and<em> sharī<sup>c</sup>ah</em> in the general context as well as in the context of the controversial issue, i.e., the doctrine of <em>waḥdat al-wujūd</em>. It is a qualitative research which employs document analysis. The result of the study shows that <sup>c</sup>Abd al-Ra’ūf had played a significant role in reconciliating Sufism with <em>sharī<sup>c</sup>ah</em> in 17<sup>th</sup> century Malay world. The approaches employed by <sup>c</sup>Abd al-Ra’ūf supported Sufism based on Qur’ān and <em>Sunnah</em>. They were also based on founding Sufism by orthodox (<em>Sunnī</em>) theology, emphasizing the significance of observance of practising <em>sharī<sup>c</sup>ah</em> and integrating good conducts to Sufism. Meanwhile <sup>c</sup>Abd al-Ra’ūf’s approach of reconciliation in the controversial interpreted <em>waḥdat al-wujūd</em> in the orthodox sense and criticized the extreme approach in Islamic creed, i.e., passing judgement on Muslims as infidels.</p> ER -