The Power Relations between Mursyid and Murid: Study of the Tarekat of Qadiriyah Wa Naqsabandiyah in the Islamic Boarding School Darul 'Ulum, Jombang

This study aims to examine the power relations of mursyid and murid in the Tarekat Qadiriyah Wan Naqsabandiyah Islamic Boarding School Darul 'Ulum Jombang. This study is important to find out how the relationship between mursyid and students is not only to build a spiritual relationship but also to strengthen their religious authority and political power base. This research uses qualitative methods in which data is gathered through literature studies. The data is analysed through the theory of power by Robert A. Dahl (1957), by selecting two dimensions namely: the dimensions of the power base and the instrument of power. The results of this study found that the power relations between the Mursyid and murid in the Tarekat Qadiriyah Wan Naqsabandiyah, Darul 'Ulum Jombang were strung together through the relationship between mursyid and students in the rituals carried out by this tarekat. The rituals of Seninan and Kemisan which are routinely performed become the basis and instrument for the effective working of power relations between mursyid and students, but it is limited to religious power and not for the political interests of the Mursyid. Power relations are formed through the hope of students to always seek a way of salvation through the intermediary of the mursyid and obey what is ordered or advised by the mursyid, which incidentally is believed to have the advantage of reading the eyes of a student's heart on the one hand and students hoping for blessings and rewards on the other. For Mursyid, the ritual of dhikr which is routinely carried out through Monday and Thursday is the basis and instrument of power to strengthen their religious authority, but it does not necessarily strengthen the basis of their political power.

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