Hasyim Asy'ari

Kyai Haji Hasyim Asy'ari (14 February

1871 or 10 April 1875 – 25 July 1947)
was an Indonesian ulama, National Hero
and founder of Nahdlatul Ulama.
 Kyai Haji

Hasyim Asy'ari

Hasyim Asy'ari

Born Muhammad Hasyim

14 February 1871[1] /
10 April 1875[2]
Jombang, Dutch East
Indies

Died 25 July 1947 (aged

76/72)
Jombang, Indonesia
Nationality Indonesian

Occupation Ulama

Known for Rais Akbar Nahdlatul

Ulama

Biography
Hasyim Asy'ari was born Muhammad
Hasyim in Gedang, Jombang Regency[3]
on 10 April 1875. His parents were Asy'ari
and Halimah. His grandfather, Kiai Usman
was the founder of Pesantren Gedang
and his great grandfather was the
founder of Pesantren Tambakberas. He
was the third son of ten siblings.[4]

Hasyim Asy'ari's ancestry can be traced

to Sultan Hadiwijaya of Pajang, and
further, to Brawijaya VI
(Girindrawardhana), the last king of
Majapahit.

At the age of twenty, he married Khadijah,

daughter of Pesantren Siwalan Panji
leader. One year later, they went to
Mecca. After seven months, his wife was
dead and also his son, Abdullah two
months later.[5]

In 1899, he founded Pesantren Tebuireng,

which later became the largest pesantren
in Java in the early 20th century having
four thousands students in 1947.[6] The
pesantren also became the center for the
reform of traditional Islamic teaching.[7]
On 31 January 1926, he and several
traditional Islamic leaders founded
Nahdlatul Ulama (Awakening of Ulamas).
During the Japanese occupation era, he
was arrested, several months later he
was released and became Head of
Religious Affairs.[7]

He died suddenly on 25 July 1947 due to

hypertension, after hearing news that
Dutch troops were winning a battle in
Malang.[8]

Personal life
He married seven times and all of his
wives were daughters of ulama. Four of
his wives were Khadijah, Nafisah, Nafiqah
and Masrurah. One of his sons, Wahid
Hasyim was one of the formulators of
the Jakarta Charter and later became
Minister of Religious Affairs,[9] while his
grandson Abdurrahman Wahid became
President of Indonesia.

References
1. "Biography of KH Hasyim Asy'ari: Origin,
Genealogy, Thought, to Struggle" (https://r
egional.kompas.com/read/2021/04/21/2
15543878/biografi-kh-hasyim-asyari-asal-
silsilah-pemikiran-hingga-perjuangan) .
21 April 2021.
2. "The Struggle of KH Hasyim Asy'ari, the
Missing National Hero in the Indonesian
History Dictionary" (https://regional.komp
as.com/read/2021/04/21/081509378/pe
rjuangan-kh-hasyim-asyari-pahlawan-nasi
onal-yang-hilang-dalam-kamus) . 21 April
2021.
3. Online, NU. "Keindonesiaan Kiai: Hasyim
Asy'ari, Wahid Hasyim, dan Gus Dur | NU
Online" (http://www.nu.or.id/post/read/81
211/keindonesiaan-kiai-hasyim-asyari-wa
hid-hasyim-dan-gus-dur) . NU Online.
Retrieved 2018-09-12.
4. Khuluq 2008, pp. 16–18
5. Khuluq 2008, pp. 19–20
6. Naipaul, V. S. (Vidiadhar Surajprasad)
(1999), Beyond belief : Islamic excursions
among the converted peoples, Abacus,
p. 32, ISBN 978-0-349-11010-3
7. "Ulama Pembaharu Pesantren" (https://w
eb.archive.org/web/20160304054824/htt
p://www.tokohindonesia.com/biografi/art
icle/158-biografi/1301-ulama-pembaharu
-pesantren) . tokohindonesia.com.
Archived from the original (http://www.to
kohindonesia.com/biografi/article/158-bi
ografi/1301-ulama-pembaharu-pesantre
n) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved
October 22, 2011.
8. Khuluq 2008, p. 25
9. Khuluq 2008, pp. 20–21
Bibliography
Khuluq, Lathiful (2008). Fajar
Kebangunan Ulama: Biografi K.H.
Hasyim Asy'ari (https://books.google.c
om/books?id=-Y4G6sOKnRMC) .
Yogyakarta: LKiS Yogyakarta.
ISBN 978-979-8966-37-8.

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