ISSN: 2265-6294

Stories of Imam Mahdi in Local Wisdom of Archipelago Manu-scripts

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Faiz Karim Fatkhullah,Imam Syafei

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Imam Mahdi's story is a story of the influence of Islamic teachings. This story spread throughout the world as the spread of Islam itself, including to the archipelago. These stories are transmitted orally and in writing through recitation in mosques, prayer rooms, Islamic boarding schools, and madrassas. Imam Mahdi has the original name of Muhammad bin Abdullah. He is a figure that awaited his arrival at the end of time. Many signs accompanied his arrival, such as an occult noise in the sky informing him that Imam Mahdi had gone out in Mecca. Imam Mahdi must fight his enemies like Sufyani or King Hurmus. All battles were won by Imam Mahdi because he was assisted by angels. The era of Imam Mahdi is a life that is very blessed, peaceful, just, and prosperous. This study discusses the views of 5 texts about Imam Mahdi's story: the Saifu ad-Darib (SaD) script, Nawadirul ‘Ulmu (NU), Layang Dajal (LD), Fafirru ila Allah (FiA), and Kabar Kiamat (KK). This research is a descriptive qualitative analysis research with five texts intertextuality approach. The steps of this descriptive analysis method: summarize the contents of the manuscript, explain the contents of the manuscript text, and interpret the contents of the manuscript text. The method used, namely the method of philological studies and literary studies, namely reception studies that look at literary works from the reader's side.

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