Born in Tanara, Banten, he settled in Mecca and wrote extensively in Arabic on tafsir, fiqh, tawhid and tasawwuf; many of his commentaries remain standard pesantren texts. He was known as Sayyid ‘Ulama’ al-Hijaz. Birth year is given as 1813 or 1815; he died in Mecca in 1897.
Syekh Nawawi al-Bantani
محمد نووي بن عمر البنتني
Marah Labid; pesantren commentaries
Summary
Banten-born scholar in Mecca, one of the most prolific authors of the Jawi community.
- Born
- Tanara, Serang, Banten, 1813
- Died
- Mecca, 1897
- Fields of expertise
- Tafsir
- Notable works
- Marah Labid (al-Tafsir al-Munir), Nihayat al-Zayn, Kashifat al-Saja, Qami' al-Tughyan
Biography
Works
- Marah Labid (al-Tafsir al-Munir)
- Nihayat al-Zayn
- Kashifat al-Saja
- Qami' al-Tughyan
Sources
- Martin van Bruinessen, Kitab Kuning, Pesantren dan Tarekat (1995)
- Michael Laffan, The Makings of Indonesian Islam (2011)