Jam’iyyah Ahli Mujahadah Salawat Ummy (JAMSU) is an Islamic organization for the purpose of unity jama’ahs which have mujahadah salawat ummy rite. It was legally established by a murshid of Tariqah Qadiriyyah Naqshabandiyyah, K.H. Abu Nur Jazuli ‘Ammait al-Karajani al-Hafiz al-Murshid usually called Kyai Jazuli. The simple aim of its establishment is to spread salawat ummy, allahumma salli ‘ala muhammad al-naby al-ummy wa ‘ala alih wa salim taslima and allahumma salli ‘ala muhammad ‘abdika wa rasulika al- naby al-ummy. Both are classified into salawat ma’thurah, (salawat made by prophet Muhammad), and having many noblenesses (fadilahs), for instance when it is recited in eighty times after praying ‘asr, on Friday, before getting up from the place of praying; the sins which have been done during eighty years will be forgiven, and Allah will give reward during eighty years. The reason for choosing of salawat ummy is caused by its origin –the prophet, and by its practicability. It can be recited unlimited time, place, and law (shari’ah). Its practicability is different from Qur’an which is regulated by the law (shari’ah), for example the pronunciation must be correct, the reader must be in clean condition and so on. Salawat is simple word as one of love proving to the prophet. Kyai Jazuli wants to invite muslims to take it as daily practice. There are many activities for his aim such as mujahadah and tawajjuh.
K.H. Abdul Karim Assalawy is one of Kyai Jazuli’s murid. He has duty to lead Tariqh Qadiriyyah Naqshabandiyyah in Semarang, so he has indirectly duty to spread salawat ummy. The activities which are carried out are same as Kyai Jazuli’s command, those are: daily dhikr, mujahadah, and tawajjuh aimed to increase the faith. Those are begun since 2005 after his inauguration as murshid. There are forty persons administered as the fixed members.
Faith (iman) is essential aspect of Islamic teaching, which must be kept and increased. The true faith will be appeared in good acts, acts are in accordance with God’s commands.
The objective of this study is to find out the role of JAMSU in increasing faith in Pondok Pesantren An-Nur Karanganyar Tugu Semarang. The population of this study is all the fixed members of JAMSU in Pondok Pesantren An-Nur Karanganyar Tugu Semarang. The number of population are forty persons. To gain the data, I use some methods: observation, interview, documentation, and questionnaire. The observation method is used to observe the activities of JAMSU. Here I take the participant observation, the researcher becomes the participant in the field of research. The interview method is used to collect data. The questions are divided into two parts, and the respondents are too. The first questions deal with JAMSU and Pondok Pesantren An-Nur including the history of both and process of mujahadah salawat ummy. The respondents who answer the questions are the guide of mujahadah salawat ummy and the leader of Pondok Pesantren An-Nur, K.H. Abdul Karim Assalawy; and the followers of JAMSU there. The second questions deal with the condition of faith of its followers before and after joining JAMSU. The documentation method is used to collect data about the structure of organization of both JAMSU and Pondok Pesantren An-Nur, and its wird. The questionnaire method is used to find out the application of faith before and after joining JAMSU, and their participation in JAMSU. After colleting data, I take the next step, analyzing. I use the qualitative descriptive analysis for describing all of data. The data are processed without statistics.
Based on the data collection, JAMSU’s teaching influences the followers lives including both physical and spiritual aspects. The finding of this study shows that there are many changings in their lives. After joining JAMSU, all perform regularly the obligatory prayers; helping the others who are in calamity becomes their principle; when they do the bad thing, they feel so sinned and fearful. They worship Allah as if they are seen by Him whenever and wherever they are. They aware the obligation as muslim. Those conditions are different from before joining JAMSU; some perform irregularly the obligatory prayers, their awareness of helping the others is lack, and their sinned and fearful feelings are less. Gradually, after practicing JAMSU’s teaching, the condition is changed even there are many advantages that they get, for instance the provision comes from they never could imagine, the problem can be solved quickly, the desires are often granted, etc. Those advantages are believed to be caused by God through their mujahadah salawat ummy. They get many eases in life.