Tradisi Hagiografi Sufi Yasawî: Relasi Tasawuf dan Politik

Asmawi, Asmawi

ISLAMICA: Jurnal Studi Keislaman
Vol 1, No 1 (2006): Islamica

Every method and approach in Islamic Studies currently available to us hasweaknesses in looking at religious data. For that reason, efforts to find better and moreintegrative method are needed. One of the approaches that might be useful for IslamicStudies is historical approach. Sufism in the meantime, has become an important partof the history of Islam. Nonetheless, it is only recently that Sufism–as well as its origin,change and development- become a subject of historical study. Hagiography has alsobecome a new trend in the historical study of Sufism. And one of the Sufis whosehagiography has become an important subject of study is that of Ahmad Yasafi, a Sufi of16th – 17th century. Hagiography is a kind of written sources that narrate the life of asupposedly holy man and the legends related to him. According to Devin Dewees, thehagiography of Ahmad Yasawi portrays the man’s personal and communal life, hispatronage with the ruler, the rituals of his tarîqah, and the legends related to him and hisorder. This article –using historical approach- is a descriptive account of Ahmad Yasawi’shagiography.