Asy-Syekh Muhammad Nawawi Al-Jawi: His Life and Writings

Abstract

This is research entitled: "Asy-Syekh Muhammad Nawawi Al-Jawi: His Life and Writing" through which we wanted to focus on the life of the pious scholar Asy-Syekh Muhammad Nawawi Al-Jawi, as the man combined several sciences; such as Jurisprudence, Sufism, Interpretation, and Credendum – and his efforts had a great impact in teaching Islamic sciences. Likewise, his scientific project had a profound impact on scientific life in the Hijaz, and its surroundings in the Arab countries; reflections of this Lord-Worshipper scholar have remained in religious schools in Indonesia, and Malaysia until now. Despite being non-Arab; he mastered the language, which gave him high skill, and rare accuracy in reading the Islamic heritage. Research Problem: Many researchers – especially Arabs – believe that the greatest effort in the service of Islamic studies belongs to Arab scholars; ignoring a major fact, which is that the utmost effort in the service of Islamic studies fell on the shoulders of many non Arabs who served the religious sciences with great services; including the scholars of Southeast Asia. Reasons for Choosing the Topic: To get acquainted with the character of this honorable scholar and his efforts; and among the reasons also is to highlight the efforts of scholars in general, and non-Arabs, in Islamic studies in general. Research Goals: This study comes as a recommendation to the nation to follow the illustrious biography of the devoutly religious scholars, in order to trace their influence in establishing religion on earth, empowering it, preserving it by spreading its truths, showing its virtues, and facilitating its resources. In this study, we used the descriptive analytical approach. Among the results of this research: The production of the right scholar who specializes in linguistic and legal sciences requires special preparation characterized by moderation.