Jurnal El Tarikh: Journal of History, Culture, and Islamic Civilization
Vol. 7 No. 1 (2026): Islamic Intellectual and Civilization

The Intellectual Legacy of Nuruddin Ar-Raniri and Abdurrauf As-Singkili on Hadith Studies in the Nusantara

Wagola, Zulkifli (Unknown)



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Publish Date
30 May 2026

Abstract

This study examines the intellectual legacy of Nuruddin Ar-Raniri and Abdurrauf As-Sinkili in shaping the tradition of hadith scholarship in seventeenth-century Nusantara. It focuses specifically on the forms, modes of presentation, and social functions of the hadith works they produced. Employing a library-based research method with descriptive-analytical and comparative approaches, the study takes Ar-Raniri's Hidayat al-Ḥabīb as well as As-Sinkili's Syarḥ Laṭīf and al-Mawa‘iẓal-Badī‘ah as its primary sources. The findings indicate that Ar-Raniri bequeathed a rigorous and systematic model of hadith codification, oriented toward the consolidation of state orthodoxy, whereas As-Sinkili offered a more flexible and adaptive mode of transmission, centered on individual spiritual formation. These methodological divergences are rooted in the distinct socio-political circumstances of Aceh that surrounded each scholar. The study thus affirms that the transmission of hadith in Nusantara was not a passive replication of Middle Eastern traditions, but rather a creative adaptation undertaken by local scholars in response to the religious needs of their society.

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eltarikh

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Subject

Religion Humanities

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JHCC covers all areas and periods in Indonesian, Southeast Asia,and World history, culture, and Islamic civilization. It deals with all aspects of the history including of Islamic, Language, Education, Economics, Culture, Politics, Social, Antropologi, Exegesis, Hadits, and Philology. All historical ...