Ahmad Khatib al-Minangkabawi | |
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| Born | Ahmad Khatib bin Abdul Latif bin Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Minangkabawi al-Jawi al-Makki asy-Syafi'i al-Asy'ari 26 June 1860 |
| Died | 9 October 1915 |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
| Creed | Shafi'i |
| Main interest(s) | Islamic Jurisprudence, Hadith, Islamic Reform |
| Notable idea(s) | Reconciliation of Minangkabau matrilineal system with Islamic inheritance laws |
| Notable work(s) | Hasyiyah An Nafahat ‘ala Syarhil Waraqat lil Mahalli, Al Jawahirun Naqiyyah fil A’malil Jaibiyyah, Ad Da’il Masmu’ ‘ala Man Yuwarritsul Ikhwah wa Auladil Akhwan Ma’a Wujudil Ushul wal Furu’, Raudhatul Hussab, Mu’inul Jaiz fi Tahqiq Ma’nal Jaiz |
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Shaikh Ahmad Khatib al-Minangkabawi (26 June 1860 – 9 October 1915) was a Minangkabau Islamic teacher. He was born in Koto Tuo, Dutch East Indies, and died in Mecca, Ottoman Empire.[1] He served as the head (imam) of the Shafi'i school of law at the mosque of Mecca (Masjid al-Haram). He was known for being a teacher of Islamic reformist leader Ahmad Dahlan, who founded Muhammadiyah Society and Hasyim Asyari, who founded Nahdlatul Ulama in the early 20th century.[2]
Although Ahmad Khatib was an orthodox Sunni Muslim, he still hoped to reconcile the matrilineal system in Minangkabau with the laws of inheritance prescribed in the Quran. Through his Minangkabau students who studied in Mecca as well as those he taught in Indonesia, he encouraged a modified Minangkabau culture based on al-Quran and the Sunnah.