History of Islamic Boarding Schools in Indonesia and Traditions

History of Islamic Boarding Schools in Indonesia and Traditions

History of Islamic Boarding history of pesantren Schools in Indonesia and Traditions – One of the ways in which the spread and pedagogy of Islam in Indonesia is carried out by an educational forum known as pesantren. His role was very grand in the early days of the spread of Islam in the archipelago.

Although the work is so big, until this time it is still unclear since when the Pesantren started in Indonesia. In the book of Atlas Wali Songo by Agus Sunyoto pesantren is allegedly the result of the Islamization of the local education system which originated from the Hindu-Buddhist period in the archipelago.

At that time, local educational institutions in the form of padepokan & duku poly were established to educate the cantriks. Through the proselytizing process pioneered by the wali songo Padepokan-padepokan, acculturation with Islamic values. 

History of Islamic Boarding Schools in Indonesia

The material taught was replaced as sciences that breathe Islam. Along with the increasingly widespread teachings of Islam in the archipelago, the padepokans changed their names to pesantren. The Origins of the Term Pesantren

The word pesantren contains the meaning of being a place for students or students who study at pesantren. When dissected further, pesantren originated according to the term santri.

Therefore, to understand it, we are obliged to dissect from the proposals & meanings of students in itself. Related to the eyes of students there are several sources that explain different meanings as well.

The word Agus Sunyoto the term santri is an adaptation according to the words sashtri which means people who look at the holy book or literature. Meanwhile, based on other origins, it says that it is originally according to the Javanese cantric language which means a person who follows his teacher wherever he goes.// History of Islamic Boarding Schools in Indonesia

In the journal Al-Tadib History of Islamic Boarding Schools in Indonesia written by Herman, he revealed that we are able to know that pesantren have at least 3 elements, namely:

• Students
• Kyai or teacher
• Dormitory or cottage

Many people who interpret it solely use the physical building form of the pesantren itself. "Pesantren is often identified in the form of traditional buildings inhabited by students with a simple life & very obedient to the kyai," Herman wrote.

On the other hand, there are not a few who know pesantren according to a broader perspective, namely its role in the spread of Islam in Indonesia.

Starting from creating and maintaining a socio-cultural life of religion to politics. Furthermore, the term pesantren comes from the term santri with the affixing of "pe-" at the beginning and "-an" at the end, which can be interpreted as a place of residence for students.

The term pesantren is basically a traditional Islamic education workshop in which there are still dormitories for students or students. In other terms, the students live together & learn religious knowledge under the guidance of a teacher who is known to use the name kyai. 

Born by Place of Kyai Settled

Usually, a boarding school is established starting according to a kyai or cleric of Islamic faith who settled in a place. Then came the students who wanted to learn various kinds of beliefs to him.

Not infrequently students who want to learn come from distant areas. For this reason, a place to live for the students was also built around the kyai residence earlier. This method then became a method of educating children in Islam which we know today.

The more students who want to study, the more cottages will be built. In the later period, porto life & education in pesantren was provided together by the students.// History of Pesantren in Indonesia

Under the leadership of the kyai, the citizens claimed the land of property and other objects. Up to the energy to create a pesantren.

This opinion is if pesantren is rooted in the islamic tradition itself, namely the tradition of the order. This is because pesantren has a very close relationship with educational places for Sufis.

In Islamic broadcasting in Indonesia itself, initially it was only known as tarekat which was marked using the exit of hordes -groups of tarekat organizations called kyai.// History of Pesantren in Indonesia

Then When did the emergence of Islamic boarding schools in Indonesia?

Some Opinions State that:

• The first Islamic Boarding School was found on the island of Sumatra along with the beginning of the arrival and entry of Islam in Indonesia, the Dayah Cot Kala Islamic Boarding School appeared in Aceh.
• The first Islamic Boarding School was in Indonesia in the Java region, precisely in the village of Gapura, Gresik, East Java which was founded by Sheikh Maulana Malik Ibrahim. Furthermore, Sunan Ampel, the eldest son of Sheikh Maulana Malik Ibrahim, founded the Islamic Boarding School in Ampel Denta, &- several Walisongo also began to establish Islamic Boarding Schools in various areas. For example, Sunan Giri in the Giri area, Sunan Bonang in the Tuban area, Sunan Derajat in the Lamongan & Raden Patah area in the Demak area.

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