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Monday, January 29, 2024, 7:57 a.m. IWST
PBNU General Chairman Yahya Cholil Staquf. (CNN Indonesia/Adhi Wicaksono)
Jakarta, CNN Indonesia —
General Chairman of the Board of Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU), KH Yahya Cholil Staquf aka Gus Yahya said that the NU organization was founded for the intentions and hopes of the afterlife and therefore must be carried out according to religious guidelines.
“Therefore, from its inception until now, there has not been a single decision of Nahdlatul Ulama unless it was based on religious considerations, Sharia considerations, considerations of what is right, what is wrong and what is good Sharia,” Gus said Yahya in his speech at the Istigasah for the 101st NU Harlah at Sunan Pandanaran Islamic Boarding School, Yogyakarta, in a statement received on Sunday (28/1).
Gus Yahya explained that NU has a management structure called Syuriyah and consists of Shariah experts Kiai, who are specifically tasked with making decisions based on Shariah.
“If the General Chairman of Tanfdiziyah is like me, let alone just the Chairman of PWNU like Kang Zuhdi (Chairman of PWNU DIY, Zuhdi Mudhlor), we are just messengers carrying out Syuriyah decisions,” Gus Yahya said jokingly.
Gus Yahya continued that the authority of the NU leadership is basically legal authority, meaning that Nahdlatul Ulama as Jam’iyah exercises the function of an Imamate with the authority of an Imam.
“What is being said is that hukmul imam yarfa’ul khilaf, regardless of our individual opinion, if there are provisions for a decision of the organization, all differences must be subordinated to the decision of that organization,” continued the head of the Raudlatut Thalibin Islamic Boarding School, Leteh, Rembang, Central Java.
On this occasion, Gus Yahya also stated that this Istigasah marked a milestone in NU’s struggle to achieve benefits for the universe.
This Istigasah itself was led by Katib Aam PBNU KH Akhmad Said Asrori and concluded with a prayer by Rais Aam PBNU KH Miftachul Akhyar.
“We are currently doing this to mark NU’s 101st birthday. After that, we will continue to pray in every possible way for the good of NU, for the good of Islam, for the good of the nation-state of the Republic of Indonesia, for the good of all humanity,” he said.
Gus Yahya also believes that NU’s struggle for 101 years has actually been nothing, even if it seems long enough. Because, he continued, this fight should last forever
“Due to the intention and passion of the Nahdlatul Ulama members, the leaders of the Nahdlatul Ulama shall forever fight alongside the Nahdlatul Ulama. and the end of the world,” he said.
Istigasah ended with KH Miftachul Akhyar cutting the tumpeng. The Tumpeng pieces were handed over one by one to Gus Yahya, Aam PBNU head KH Akhmad Said Asrori and Sunan Pandanaran Islamic Boarding School caretaker KH Mu’tashim Billah.
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