REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- KH. Sahal Mahfudz, Rais Aam PBNU, passed away on his age of 76 years.
Based on information obtained from NU Online, (@nuonline), KH. Sahal Mahfudz passed away at his residence in Islamic boarding school complex of Mathali'ul Falah, Kajen, Pati, Central Java at 1:05 AM early days.
"According to the family, his corpse will be buried on Friday (24/1) at 09.00 AM in the morning at his birthplace in Kajen, Pati, Central Java," quoted from NU Online, Friday (24/1).
Mbah Sahal, as he was called, was born in Kajen, Pati, Central Java, December 17, 1937.
Mbah Sahal was Chairman of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) since 2000 until today.
He was also known as a leading expert of Islamic Jurisprudence (Usul Fiqh) and leading cleric in Indonesia.
His phenomenal works in the science used as reference and guidelines for the boarding school student's throughout Indonesia.
Some of his work, among others, Intifakh al-Wadjin, Faidh al-Haja ala Nail al-Raja Mandhumah Safinat al-Naja, Thariqat al-Hushul ala Ghayat al-Wushul dan a-Bayan al-Mulamma' 'an Alfadh al-Luma' (al-Syairazi). Lets recite Al-Fatihah..
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