UMMAT DAILY ■ Thousands of congregants attended the Haul Tuan Guru Syekh Abdul Qodir Al Jaelani event packed the Al Istiqlaliyah Islamic Boarding School (Ponpes) area, Cilongok Village, Sukamantri Village, Pasar Kemis District, Tangerang Regency, on Sunday (11/29/2020).
The congregation who attended from various regions both outside and inside the Tangerang Regency, beyond the estimation or limitation targeted by the executor and the Tangerang Regency Government (Pemkab) as many as 1,500 congregations, actually seemed to be booming.
One of the congregation of Haul Syekh Abdul Qodir Al Jailani from Solear Sukadi Regency said, besides being a gathering place for fellow Muslims, he also participates in this annual routine event every year.
"The annual meeting and to increase the brotherhood of Islam, besides that it can also be a place for religious tourism," he said.
But most importantly, he continued, as one of the sunnah worship rituals against Sheikh Abdul Qodir Al Jaelani in the hope of getting the blessing of Allah SWT through his karamah.
Through dhikr and prayer together, the congregation hopes for blessings from Allah SWT as well as blessings and blessings from Tuan Guru Syekh Abdul Qodir Al Jaelani in our lives in the hereafter, he hoped.
Meanwhile, Solihin from Ciamis, West Java, assessed that Haul Syekh Abdul Qodir Al Jaelani was intended to commemorate and emulate his life, which has many exemplary ways of spreading Islam and upholding the values of humanity and civilization.
"The goal is to pray for blessings and get an example by remembering the services and results of the struggles of the sheikhs and scholars who preach to teach the guidance of Islamic law and sharia," said Dadi.
According to him, as a guide or provision for Muslims in facing the life of the world and the hereafter. Moreover, continued the man from Ciamis, Haul Syekh Abdul Qodir Al Jaelani because of his many socio-religious lives.
Among other things, from the social side, building good interactions between communities, both local and outside communities, increasing community solidarity, maintaining friendship and strengthening brotherhood ties.
"It is a motivation to imitate the good behavior or attitude of Sheikh Abdul Qodir Al-Jailani, add knowledge or knowledge of religion and remind us of death," he concluded.
