Getting to Know Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jema'ah in Context Nahdlatul Wathan

The social development of Muslims in Nahdlatul Wathan (NW) in the aspects of theology, shari'ah (fiqh), and Gnosticism (mysticism/tasawuf) is inseparable from the internal (scientific) and external (experience) dynamics and dialectics of its founder, TGKH. Muhammad Zainuddin Abdul Madjid so that scientific discourse is needed to understand the history, substance, and existence of doctrines in Nahdlatul Wathan as an effort to affirm, reconstruct and the dialectic of Nahdlatul Wathan in the understanding of Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama'ah. This article is a response to this discourse in filling the literature and scientific treasures, especially among the generation of Muslims who are not very familiar with the teachings of Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama'ah. The understanding of Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama'ah in the historical context or its birth background, when it was first introduced by its two great figures (Imam al-Asy'ari and Imam al-Maturidi) and brought to the surface, is important to know together, especially the understanding of Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama'ah in the context of aqidah, Nahdlatul Wathan through its founders has determined to be oriented towards the aqidah formula formatted by Imam al-Asy'ari. In this paper, the author uses a multi-literacy comparative approach to understand the format and dialectical model of the Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama'ah understanding in the context of aqidah in general, while to understanding Nahdlatul Wathan in the dialectical understanding of Ahl al-Sunnah wa al- Jama'ah in this case, the author uses a special literacy approach, namely the Testament of Reflections on New Experiences (written by the founder of Nahdlatul Wathan). These two persuasive steps are characteristic of this paper which distinguishes it from related writings.