Popular Name(s):

Origin:

Location(s): Sungai Tok Gali, Patani (1235/1819), Kampung Lengkandi, Patani (1236/1821), Terengganu (1236/1821), Temangan (1261/1845), Yala, Patani (1262/1846), Kampung Pusing, Yala, Patani (1270/1853, 1291/1874), Mecca (1277-8/1861).

Biographical Details: Patani’s most accomplished scribe. Little else is known of this obscure figure other than the manuscripts he left behind. He founded a pondok in Kampung Pusing, Yala, Patani, which drew students from Terengganu and the nearby area. He was particularly mobile, moving up and down the peninsula, scribing copies of manuscripts he came across, eventually assembling Patani’s first great Islamic library in Kampung Pusing. It seems that no other figure played a greater role in the spread of the writings of Shaykh Da’ud al-Fatani prior to the printing press. He also studied in Mecca.

A daughter of his married Lebai Ahmad b. ‘Abd al-Shukur (fl. 1885).

Teachers:

1. Tuan Bukit Bayas (c. 1790-1864), Bukit Bayas, Terengganu
2. Shaykh Wan ‘Ali b. Ishaq al-Fatani (fl. 1828), Mecca
3. Tuan Hassan Besut (d. c. 1864), Mecca
4. Shaykh Ahmad Khatib Sambas (Mecca)
5. Shaykh Da’ud b. ‘Abd Allah al-Fatani (1769-1847), Mecca
6. Shaykh Muhammad Salih b. ‘Ibrahim Ketua Madhhab Shafi‘i (Mecca)
7. Saiyid Ahmad al-Marzuqi (Mecca)

Students:

Writing(s):

1. IAM 218A – Sharh Manzuma, 9 Rajab 1277 AH [21 Jan 1861 CE]
2. IAM 218B – al-Mukhtasar al-Shafi’i ‘ala matn al-kafi, 17 Jumada al-awwal 1278 AH [20 Nov 1861 CE]
3. IAM 299A/724A/724B – Munyat al-Musalli, bef. 5 Jumada al-akhir 1261 AH [11 Jun 1845 CE]
4. IAM 299B/724C – Bahja al-Mardiyya, 5 Jumada al-akhir 1261 AH [11 Jun 1845 CE]
5. PNM 1136 – Ward al-Zawahir, 13 Shawwal 1262 AH [4 Oct 1846 CE]
6. PNM 1240 – Kanz al-Minan, 1 Shawwal 1291 AH [11 Nov 1874 CE]
7. PNM 1292 – [kitab tib], 6 Rabi al-awwal 1235 AH [23 Dec 1819 CE]
8. PNM 1439 – Jawahir al-Saniyya, 15 Safar 1270 AH [17 Nov 1853 CE]
9. PNM 1688 – Furu’ al-Masa’il, 1268 AH [1851/2 CE]
10. PNM 1747 – Ghayat al-Taqrib, 1237 AH [1821-2 CE]
11. PNM 2014 – Idah al-Bab, 27 Rabi al-akhir 1236 AH [1 Feb 1821 CE]
12. PNM 2270A – Manhal al-Safi, 28 Rajab 1246 AH [12 Jan 1831 CE]
13. PNM 2270B – Durr al-fara’id bi sharh al-‘aqa’id, 1 Sha’ban 1257 AH [18 Sep 1840 CE]
14. PNM 2276 – Risala pada menyatakan hukum jual beli dan menyatakan pula hukum riba, 19 Dhu’l Hijja 1236 AH [17 Sep 1821 CE]
15. PNM 2768A – Bahja al-Saniyya, 4 Rabi al-akhir 1261 AH [12 Apr 1845 CE]
16. PNM 2768B – Munyat al-Musalli
17. PNM 2768C – Bahja al-Mardiyya
18. PNM 2768D – Bahja al-Saniyya
19. PNM 2768E – [syair nasihat]

References:

1. Abdullah, Hj. Wan Mohd. Shaghir. Penyebaran Islam & Silsilah Ulama: Sejagat Dunia Melayu, vol. 13. Kuala Lumpur: Khazaniah Fathaniyah, 2000: 24-35.
2. ________. “Tuan Guru Haji Mahmud bin Muhammad Yusuf Raman-Terengganu: Ulama dan Penyalin Pelbagai Manuskrip Melayu.” Dakwah 15, no. 185 (Oct 1992): 44-47.