PERAN DAKWAH KH. IDUN SYARIFUDDIN DI SUKABUMI TAHUN 1953-2004

Abstract

This study aims to reconstruct the history and missionary (da'wah) role of KH. Idun Syarifuddin in Sukabumi between 1953 and 2004. As a prominent local ulama, KH. Idun Syarifuddin significantly contributed to shaping the community's religious life by founding the Al-Islamiyyah Islamic Boarding School in 1953. This research employs the historical method, consisting of four main stages: heuristics through the collection of primary and oral sources; source criticism to test data authenticity; interpretation to synthesize historical facts; and historiography as the final writing stage. A qualitative approach is also used to explore the strategies and values applied in his mission. The findings reveal that KH. Idun Syarifuddin conducted a moderate mo derate, adaptive, and systematic da'wah amidst Indonesia's socio-political dynamics from the Old Order to the early Reformation era. His strategy encompassed three main dimensions: bil-lisan through lectures and regular study groups; bil-hal through moral exemplary in daily life; and bil-amal through tangible actions such as providing for orphans and the poor. His influence extended beyond the pesantren environment through formal roles as the Head of the Religious Affairs Office (KUA) and Chairman of the Fatwa Commission of the Sukabumi Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI). The impact of his da'wah was significant in transforming the socio-religious conditions of the Sukabumi community. He successfully changed areas previously known for vice and specific ideological influences into religious and harmonious environments. His missionary legacy persists through the continued existence of the pesantren, the regeneration of students who became preachers, and the values of humility and patience that live on in society. This study concludes that exemplary character and consistency were the primary keys to KH. Idun Syarifuddin's success in community development for over five decades.