Fatimah in Nusantara

Mukherjee, Wendy, (2005) Fatimah in Nusantara. Sari (ATMA), 23 . pp. 137-152. ISSN 0127-2721

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Australian National University, Faculty of Asian Studies.

Abstract

Fatimah, the daughter of the Prophet, wife of Ali and mother of Hasan and Husain presents the perfect traditional model of a Muslim woman. Politically, she continued the Prophet’s blood line and is the mother of the imams of Shi’ism. She is also held up as a spiritual example for her virtues of patience and compassion to those around her. Most Islamic manuscript literatures of Malaysia and Indonesia contain texts which tell of these virtues.
The texts entered the archipelago with Islam itself and were preserved up to the beginning of print culture around 1920. This article describes the history of texts dealing
with Fatimah in Nusantara.

Tokoh Fatimah, anak Nabi Muhammad, isteri kepada Ali bin Abi Talib dan ibu Hasan dan Husain adalah contoh unggul tradisional bagi wanita Muslim. Dari segi politik, Fatimah adalah anak keturunan Nabi dan ibu kepada imam-imam
mazhab Shi’ah. Beliau juga disanjung sebagai contoh kerohanian kerana sifat penyayang dan belas kasihan kepada orang di sekitarnya. Sehubungan itu, banyak teks manuskrip Melayu dan Indonesia mempunyai cerita tentangnya.
Teks-teks itu ditulis semasa Islam disebarkan ke Kepulauan Melayu sehingga bermulanya tradisi cetak pada sekitar tahun 1920. Rencana ini akan menceritakan perkembangan teks-teks mengenai Fatimah di Nusantara.

Item Type:

Journal

Keywords:

Fatimah, women’s ethics, Malay manuscripts, Shi’ism, Islam, Muslim women, women in Malay literature Fatimah, etika wanita, sastera manuskrip, Shisme, Islam

Subjects:

B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion, Islam

ID Code:

6961