Islam gives regulation for woman to deal with her life in this world. Islam provides some orders and prohibitions to woman in her life. But, then, since Islam was getting larger spreading through nations, countries even oceans, the role of culture becomes important. Culture is shaped by the custom and condition of certain society. That case happened in Javanese culture. The importance role of culture, gives a unique color in religious life in Java.
Islam through it canon that are Qur’an and hadith give several ways and regulations for woman to behave as a wife. Wife is an important element in running a household. That’s why the role of woman, in Islamic studies, takes a particulary place to be discussed. And in its understanding, culture becomes one way to helpit applied in the real life.
One way to keep our culture is through pursuing its core that placed inside a cultural heritage. The literature of Serat Wulang Putri is one of heritage of Javanese society. It taught us how a woman behaves in as a wife. Serat Wulang Putri was written by Pakubuwono IV in the time when he ran the palace of Kasunanan Hadiningrat Surakarta.
In this research, Serat Wulang Putri is discussed to dig out the moral messages of Pakubuwono IV to his daughters based on the background of the time. To gain a final result, this research uses content analysis method in researching of the text of Serat Wulang Putri. The origin of this serat is written in Javanese letter. Then it is transliterated into roman letter. Since the text is in java language, this research then translated into English. After that, this research tries to correlate the value with some verses of Qur’an and hadith.
It can be concluded that a Javanese wife should keep her faith in the cultural value and religious value to gain the real happiness in the world through serving her husband and children. Obeying husband, keeping the household, and worshipping god become the major messages in Serat Wulang Putri.