You're Not the First

wali songo

"So, that walisongo really has a bah? Not just a fairy tale?", asked Basofi was curious because he had read a story about Wali songo and he felt strange with the contents that looked far-fetched. The book did not tell about their da'wah side but rather gave rise to the sides of his goib so Basofi concluded that Wali songo is like a fairy tale and myth. Just like the story of Jaka Tarub, Lutung kasaragung and such.

"Lho there is that.... Walisongo does exist. They are the scholars who came from various countries to this archipelago to preach. There was Maulana Malik Ibrahim who came from Azerbaijan. Sunan Ampel, Sunan Giri, Sunan Bonang, Sunan Drajat, Sunan Kalijaga, Sunan Muria, Sunan mountain teak, Sunan Kudus.

These scholars came to Nusantara exactly a century before the colonists came to Indonesia. Therefore for three hundred and fifty years the Indonesian nation can continue to survive and fight against the invaders because of the spirit of Islam to defend the homeland and the nation.

Look at other colonized nations such as America and Australia whose original tribes are only a few left after they are colonized. But not with Indonesia which actually still exists even our ancestors actually united after the invaders left the archipelago.

There are three primary sources of walisongo. The first is the Java Kropak or Ferrara Kropak in the Ferrara museum in Italy. These crontal or whistleblowing sheets contain the minutes of the teachings of Maulana Malik Ibrahim who preached in Gresik.

The second source is Head book Fan Bonang in Leiden Netherlands.

The third source is the Fiber Wali stana in the Yogyakarta Palace.

The first to come to Nusantara was Maulana Malik Ibrahim. He came and landed in Java, precisely in Gresik and found the Majapahit kingdom that was ravaged because of the Paregreg war.

The paregreg war was a civil war that took place between the Majapahit western palace led by Wikramawardhana based in Trowulan Mojokerto against the eastern palace led by Bhre Wirabhumi based in Kediri or some say in Lumajang.

This civil war lasted a very long time and all-out made the people afraid and ran into the mountains. Sawah-sawah was abandoned so Majapahit was hit by a great food crisis. Food is scarce and very expensive.

The first thing done by Maulana Malik Ibrahim is to create a dam and print rice fields and then invite the surrounding community to help him.

In the Majapahit era the rice that was planted was Gogo rice or dry rice and in a year can only be harvested once.

In the rice fields of Maulana Malik Ibrahim rice in a year can harvest twice so that many people are interested. More and more people are joining and getting familiar with Maulana Malik Ibrahim.

Over time they are amazed by the personality of Maulana Malik Ibrahim who is always neat and fragrant. They also saw five times a day he was facing west and the teardrop was doing some movements.

They began to be curious and asked, "Kanjeng wong agung, panjenenenenen with it every time facing west across and then waiting....what is it?"

"Oh. I was worshiping while worshiping".

"Worship to whom?" asked the people who worked for him.

"To the Creator of the universe is called God".

"What religion is that?"

"Islamic religion" replied Maulana Malik Ibrahim.

So those who worked for him accepted and converted to Islam willingly.

At that time Majapahit under the leadership of Maharani Suhita there was a muhibbah named Admiral Ceng Ho and his secretary named Ma huan who was also a pious and great Muslim.

Maulana Malik Ibrahim then met Ma Huan and asked for help to deploy his soldiers, most of whom came from Yun nan area to make rice fields and help the people of Gresik area, Lamongan to Tuban because he knew they were experts in rice crops and had extensive rice fields in their home country, China.

Then came a large, stocky, black skin known as Maulana Morocco (because it comes from the Maghrib or Morocco) who came to Java to meet Maulana Malik Ibrahim.

By Maulana Malik Ibrahim then Maulana Morocco is directed to preach in the field of rukyah because on the island of Java at that time many shamans, sorcerers and haunted places.

Maulana Moroccan who used to eat bread while living in Java then tried to adjust to the situation and eat rice like most people. But his stomach hurt every time he ate rice.

So by the community then made bread derived from rice flour because in Java there is no wheat. Then be a big apem cake. And that's what Maulana Morocco brought to go around doing rukyah.

Defeat the shamans, the sorcerers, and heal those who are sick from being exposed to magic then they one by one recite the creed sincerely.

Then came Maulana Ahmad Rahmatulloh who came from Cempa. He was the brother-in-law of the king of Brawijaya Kertawijaya and got the gift of land in the Ampel Denta Surabaya area.

Maulana Ahmad Rahmatulloh who is an expert and expert in the field of state governance then established a school of state governance and who attended there were princes and sons of Majapahit nobles.

Equally, the old students were amazed by the figure better known as Sunan Ampel then asked about the habits of the Master who several times a day to face the head to the west.

"Oh it's called Salat" replied Sunan Ampel.

"What is kanjeng sunan?"

"Soat is connection, connecting yourself with the Divine. The creator of the earth and everything in it".

Then the princes and sons of the nobility one by one interested and converted to Islam.

The next ones were Maulana Ustman Haji and his son Sayyid Ja'far Sodiq from Palestine.

Arrive and land at Ampel Denta then consult with Sunan Ampel.

Sunan Ampel then wrote a letter to King Brawijaya stating that there was a Palestinian named Maulana Ustman Haji who was a war expert, military expert and soldier. Sunan Ampel recommended him to become the warrior trainer of Majapahit.

Then came Maulana Ustman Haji to Majapahit and he was appointed as the coach of Majapahit army.

His son, Sayyid Ja'far Shodiq, was ordered to preach on the northern coast. Because he misses the land of his birth so when making a mosque he gave it a name like the name of the holy mosque as in his homeland, the Al Aqsa mosque.

The city he built then gave the name like the holy city of Muslims namely Al Quds or Baitul maqdis.

The Javanese call it Ku-dus.

The next ones were Aliyudin and Taqiyuddin who preached on the coasts and ports. Long ago the sailor saw the wind. While waiting for the time to sail, the traders listened to the lectures of the two brothers' scholars.

The next one to come was Maulana Isaac son Maulana Ibrahim Assamamamaski of Samarakand. He preached in the eastern tip of the island of Java namely Blambangan and married Dewi Sekadu then had a son named Raden Paki who later became known as Suna Giri and he preached in the area Gresik.

Sunan Giri was a pious, Fakih and a powerful man . He became a Sultonul cleric at that time.