Abd al-Rauf al-Fansuri
Syekh Abdurrauf al-Singkili | |
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عبد الرؤوف السنكيلي
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| Personal life | |
| Born | 1615 AD/1024 AH |
| Died | 1693 AD/1105 AH Kuala Aceh, Bandar Aceh Darussalam (present-day Banda Aceh), Sultanate of Aceh |
| Resting place | Tomb of Syiah Kuala, Deah Raya Krueng Aceh, Banda Aceh, Indonesia |
| Nationality | Sultanate of Aceh |
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| Era | Sultanate of Aceh Golden Age |
| Notable idea(s) | Zuhud |
| Notable work(s) | Mir'at al-Thullab Tarjuman al-Mustafid Mawa'iz al-Badî' Tanbih al-Masyi Kifayat al-Muhtajin Daqâiq al-Hurf |
| Known for | The first translator of the Quran in the Malay world The first author of a tafsir book in Malay script |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Order | Sufi |
| Philosophy | Sufism |
| Jurisprudence | Shafi'i |
| Tariqa | Shattariyya, Qadiriyah |
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Amin al-Din Abd al-Rauf ibn Ali al-Jawi al-Fansuri al-Sinkili (Jawoë: أمين الدين عبد الرؤوف بن علي الجاوي الفنسوري السنكيلي) known as Syiah Kuala (spelling variation Abdurrauf Singkil, 1615–1693 CE) was a renowned Islamic scholar, spiritual leader of the Shattariyya tariqa and mufti of the Aceh Sultanate. He was a confidant of Sultana Safiat al-Din and first to spread the Shattari Sufi order in Indonesia and Southeast Asia. Many of his students became disseminators of Islam. He is commonly known as Sheikh Abd al-Rauf al-Sinkili and posthumously as Teungku Syiah Kuala (Acehnese: "Sheikh in the Estuary").
Al-Sinkili was believed to be a native of Singkil, a town on the western coast of Aceh. Beside being called Al-Sinkili, his other attribution (Arabic: nisba) was Al-Fansuri, relating him to the town of Barus. He could be related to another prominent Sufi poet and writer from that town, Hamzah Fansuri.