Abd al-Rauf ibn Ali al-Fansuri al-Sinkili (spelling variation Abdurrauf Singkil, 1615–1693 CE) was a renowned Islamic scholar, spiritual leader of the Shattariyya tariqa and mufti of the Aceh Sultanate.[1][2] He was a confidant of Sultana Safiat al-Din and first to spread the Shattari Sufi order in Indonesia and Southeast Asia.[2] Many of his students became disseminators of Islam.[3] He is commonly known as Sheikh Abd al-Rauf al-Sinkili[4] and posthumously as Teungku Syiah Kuala (Acehnese: "Sheikh in the Estuary").[5]
Al-Sinkili was believed to be a native of Singkil, a town on the western coast of Aceh. Beside being called Al-Sinkili, his other attribution (Arabic: nisba) was Al-Fansuri, relating him to the town of Barus. He could be related to another prominent Sufi poet and writer from that town, Hamzah Fansuri.[1][3]
- ^ a b Riddell, Peter G. (2001). Islam and the Malay-Indonesian World: Transmission and Responses. Hurst. ISBN 9781850653363.
- ^ a b Sardar, Ziauddin; Yassin-Kassab, Robin (2013). Muslim Archipelago. C. Hurst & Company Publishers Limited. ISBN 978-1-84904-308-3.
- ^ a b Rumadi (2016). Islamic Post-Traditionalism in Indonesia. Flipside Digital Content Company Inc. ISBN 978-9814695954.
- ^ Riddell, Peter G. (2001). Islam and the Malay-Indonesian World: Transmission and Responses. Hurst. ISBN 978-1-85065-336-3.
- ^ Mansur, Teuku Muttaqin; Abdullah, Teuku; Husaini; Harun, Mohd; Sulaiman; Sofia; Mawarpury, Marty; Sulastri; Mawardi (2020-04-12). Universitas Syiah Kuala: Sejarah dan Nilai (in Indonesian). Syiah Kuala University Press. ISBN 978-623-264-029-0.