Splashed by the saint : ritual reading and Islamic sanctity in West Java / Julian Millie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Millie, Julian, 1967-

Series:

Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 262.

Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, 1572-1892 ; 262

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

ʻAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī, -1166--Cult--Indonesia--Jawa Barat.

ʻAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī.

Sufism--Indonesia--Jawa Barat--Rituals.

Sufism.

Sundanese (Indonesian people)--Rites and ceremonies.

Sundanese (Indonesian people).

Holiness--Islam.

Holiness.

Prayer--Islam.

Prayer.

Jawa Barat (Indonesia)--Religious life and customs.

Jawa Barat (Indonesia).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (230 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden : KITLV Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Sanctity is a concept recognized by Muslims throughout the Islamic world, and often motivates observances with highly localized characteristics. Julian Millie spent a year attending a supplication ritual in which Muslims of West Java directed their prayers to Allah through ‘Abd al-Qadir al-Jaelani (d. 1166). This man, whose tomb even today is a popular pilgrimage site in Baghdad, is widely considered the most powerful intercessor of all the saints of Islam. The supplication takes the form of reading or singing the narrative proofs of ‘Abd al-Qadir’s saintliness in a ritual context. The ritual has deep roots in the Sundanese culture of West Java. The book captures the variety of understandings that participants bring to the ritual when it is held in various contexts, including Java’s largest Sufi order, religious schools and private homes. This first, book-length study of intercession through ritual reading in Indonesia will be of interest to scholars of Indonesian religions, Sufism and the anthropology of Islam. It expands our knowledge of Sufism and sanctity, and seriously considers the liturgical forms of village Islam, paying special attention to the use of Arabic supplications in localized ritual practice.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction

CHAPTER I ‘Abd al-Qadir al-Jaelani and ritual reading in West Java

CHAPTER II Situating tales in ritual: Graves, ancestors and karamat tales

CHAPTER III Karamat in Bandung: Four practitioners

CHAPTER IV Pangaosan Layang Seh: Prayers are solemn; Tales are fun

CHAPTER V Nguningakeun maksad: Seeking mediation from urang luhung

CHAPTER VI Tawassul: Seeking mediation from wasilah

CHAPTER VII: Ritual tale-telling

CHAPTER VIII Talking about karamat: Khāriq al-‘āda anecdotes

CHAPTER IX Reading karamat in public: The manakiban besar of Suryalaya

CHAPTER X PLS and the Sundanese canon: Rustana performs wawacan

Conclusion

APPENDIX A Tanbih: A translation

APPENDIX B Wawacan Layang Seh: Hikayat 53

Glossary

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-210) and index.

ISBN:

90-04-25381-5

OCLC:

855969920

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004253810 DOI