Kiai Ali's tolerance

 

Kiai Ali's tolerance

One day, a santri reported to Kiai Ali Maksum that he was asked by Kiai Zainal to remove pine trees from near the mosque. Kiai Zainal saw that the fir tree was identical to the tree used for Christmas celebrations.

Our two figures from Krapyak Jogjakarta have different characters. Kiai Ali was looser, had strong aqli arguments , and was somewhat out of the ordinary of the kiai, both in terms of reading his book or his attitude and behavior in dealing with problems.

Meanwhile, the almagfurlah, Kiai Zainal Abidin, brother-in-law of Kiai Ali, is well-known as a kiai who adheres to the Syafiiyah fiqh tradition, who tends to be careful ( ihtiyath ). Especially in matters of faith, kiai Zainal was absurdly strict. If you want to find a law to make a statue, for example, you are on the wrong target if you face Kyai Zainal. Because, he definitely punish illegitimate. Never mind statues, evergreen trees are abstruse in front of him.

Receiving the report of his students, kiai Ali infallible responded lightly. “Trees are not synonymous with a particular religion. Don't cut it, "that was about the response of the cleric Ali.

The story above is actually light. The story of differences and even louder dynamics is a daily story in Islamic boarding schools. However, if it is not handled properly, it can lead to long tails. And Kiai Ali Maksum is good at dealing with religious problems like the one above.

Not to mention the case above, the thorny problems that Gus Dur had faced were also solved by Kiai Ali lightly and without fuss.

When Gus Dur was protested by many kiai because he often lectured at the church, Kiai Ali also responded in a relaxed manner. At that time, you can count the kiai openly protesting against Gus Dur. Apart from Gus Dur, he is the grandson of Hadrotusy Shaykh Hasyim Asy'ari, as well as the taboo on protesting against the kiai, even the head of state, in public. This is a matter of ethics, manners, or morals.

The target was Kiai Ali Maksum, because he was considered to be closer and considered capable of advising the Gus named Abdurrahman Wahid. What was Kiai Ali's response to the protest?

"If Dur Rahman preached there, then when did the priests listen to the recitation of the holy verses of the Koran?" replied Kiai Ali Maksum as told by Kiai Bukhori Masruri in the recitation commemorating Kiai Ali Maksum's haul.

That was the late Kiai Ali Maksum, a charismatic cleric born in Lasem, Rembang on March 2, 1915. So he solved complex religious problems in an Islamic manner, with a sense of tolerance, in a timely manner, and no less importantly, in a relaxed manner. What is the key to Kiai Ali being able to deal with all matters easily?

The answer is none other than knowledge, in-depth knowledge, knowledge that is animated, knowledge that is practiced. Kiai Ali is known as a kiai whose reading crosses borders, crosses schools of thought, as well as his associations. One of those who influenced Gus Dur's cosmopolitanism was Kiai Ali Maksum, who died in Jogjakarta, 7 December 1989.