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Abstract.The article argues the authorship of Tuhfat al-raghibin fi bayan haqiqat al-iman[“A Gift Addressed to those Desirous of an Exposition of the Essence of the Muslim Faith and that which Corrupts It, with Respect to the Apostasy of the Apostates”], one of the works of famous Malay Islamic religious scholar ‘ulama’‘Abd al-Samad al-Palimbani who appeared in the focus of a controversial discussion of contemporary scholars. Some scholars proposed the opinion that Tuhfatwas written by shaykhArshad al-Banjari. First of all, this writing reflects the polemics of different scholars but it is also an attempt to reveal the authenticity of this manuscript as al-Palimbani's work since it obviously contains his original way of thinking and intellectual characteristics. Known as a translator of the famous al-Ghazali treatises he was also attracted much by the mystical ideas of Ibn ‘Arabi. Some of his works represent the synthesis of the two different schools of thoughts. Al-Palimbani's typical characteristic of works is on translation and adjusted adaptation clearly reflected not only in his major works like Sayr al-salikin(“Mystical Path for Travelers”) and Hidayat al-salikin(“Directions for Travelers on the Mystical Path”) but also in Tuhfat al-raghibin. Besides, the article touches on the problems of standards of Islamic writing, precisely Hanafi tradition.

Keywords:Tuhfat al-raghibin, ‘Abd al-Samad al-Palimbani, Sufism in Indonesia, Islamic legal tradition of Hanafism, mujaddid

DOI:10.31250/1238-5018-2018-24-1-3-14

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Received by the Editorial Board:04.09.2017