By MOHAMAD HANAFI ABDUL RAHMAN

Wali songo refer to well known of the nine most prominent preachers in Java. They were Maulana Malik Ibrahim, Sunan Ampel, Sunan Boyang, Sunan Darajat,Sunan kalijaga, Sunan kudus, Sunan Muria dan Sunan Gunung Jati.

There are still disputed among the historians about their family and original background.  Majority of  them concluded that they had an interrelated family whom were progeny of  Maulana Husein jamadul Kubra.  Wali Songo came from different wives oo Mawlana Hussein .

Mawlana malik Ibrahim was son of mawlana Hussein from his first wife Nizamul Muluk, a  prince of Kingdom of Delhi. His early life was in Champa. In Java, he started  his  mission through business and  practicing medical serves. He was granted  a vast land by the queen , after cured her from a stranged maladies. His preaching was not limited in his centre , --fight  against Hindus and implementing the shariah over the land. His death was in 1419M in Kampung Gapura, Gresik, Jawa Timur.

SUNAN AMPEL

He was the first son of Mawlana Abdul Malik. From Champa, he went to Chinese for a couple of years before spent 3 years in  to Sumatra. In 1443, He turned down to Java with his young brother,  Sayyid Ali Murtadho.

In history of Islam in Java, he was entitled as midwife of the establishment of Kingdonm of Demak. The first Islam state in Java. 1475,  He memujuk  Sunan Bunung dan Sunan Darajat to lead  (dari ketirinan untuk menjadi pemerintah di Demak pada tahun 147(lima)dar

His Islamic centre played a role in generating a number of prominent preachers such as Sunan Giri dan Raden Patah .  he passed away in 1481  where his grave is the west of masjid Ampel Surabaya,

SUNAN KALIJAGA

He was a nephew of  Sunan Ampel. His effective  approach of mission  was more on  artal like silat and wayang kulit. Through his effort, he initially met a sort of struggle  because people considered him as a foreigner,but  after long years of struggle, his effort resulted to the influenced of hindu became decline

SUNAN GIRI(GUNUNG)

His father was  Mawlana Ishaq, one of the Mawlana husein brothers  who appointed as advisor for the sultane of Malacca.

Sunan giri studied from Sunan Ampel. ( his cousin) , then he opened Islamic centre in  di Desa Sidomukti, selatan  Gresik.He became more known afer been appointed as mufti for Demak. His Islamic centre remained in serving  to produce preachers  and advisors for sultane in different Islamic kingdoms in southeast Asia for more than 200 years.

His students preached out the Islamic mission over the all areas of Southeast Asia include Bawean, Kangean, Madura, Haruku, Ternate, Sulawesi dan juga semenanjung TM. Among them was Pengeran singosari , a revolutioner leading against Holland imperialism in 18 century

SUNAN BONANG(KUDUS)

He was a son of Sunan Ampel. His master was Sunan Kalijaga. He used the same approach of his master, sunan Kalijaga in mixing the community through artial silat and wayang kulit. He was appointed as  general for Islamic Kingdom of Demak under Sultan Prawata  against Adipati Penangsang

SUNAN GUNUNG JATI(Syarif hidayatullah) of pejajaran (kingdom of Pasungwati)

He was grand son of mawlana husein jamadul kubra. His preaching covered from beach of  Cirebon to the mountains of Pasundan. He set up the Islam kingdom of  Pakungwati.

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