Book: Indonesia Ulema Challenge Spurious Lineage: KH. Imaduddin Utsman al-Bantani's Refutation of the Book by Hanif Alatas et al

Book title:  Indonesia Ulema Challenge Spurious Lineage: KH. Imaduddin Utsman al-Bantani's Refutation of the Book by Hanif Alatas et al
Title of Original / Indonesian version: Ulama Nusantara Menggugat Nasab Palsu: Jawaban KH. Imaduddin Utsman al-Bantani terhadap Buku Hanif Alatas dkk
Penulis: KH. Imaduddin Utsman Al-Bantani, pengasuh pesantren Nahdlatul Ulum, Banten
Cetakan pertama: November 2024
Penerbit:  Lakeisha 2024
15,6 cm X 23 cm, 691 Halaman
ISBN : 978-623-119-469-5 
Bidang studi: Sejarah Baalawi, sejarah Nabi, ilmu nasab, sejarah Islam, genealogi, garis keturunan, filologi/manuskrip, Tes DNA 
Publisher of English version: Al-Khoirot Research and Publication 
Fields of study: Ba'alawi history, history of the Prophet, science of lineage, Islamic history, genealogy, bloodline / lineage, philology/manuscripts, DNA testing 

Contents

1. Two lineage Books by Kyai Imaduddin:
1. Assessing the Authenticity of the Habib Lineage in Indonesia
2. The Discontinuity of the Habib Lineage to the Prophet Muhammad PBUH  
2. Back to Buku 

Foreword

Rabithah Alawiyyah, as the organization that records the descendants of the Ba‘alawi in Indonesia, should be held responsible to its members regarding the severed Ba‘alawi lineage. Instead, the organization chose to "assign" a team called the "Team to Guard Ummah Unity" (Tim Pengawal Persatuan Umat) to produce a book titled "Keabsahan Nasab Ba‘alwi Membongkar Penyimpangan Pembatalnya" (The Validity of the Ba'alawi Lineage: Exposing the Deviations of its Nullifiers), without making any mention of Rabithah Alawiyyah. This book serves as a response to the author's thesis that the Ba‘alawi clan are not descendants of the Prophet Muhammad SAW.

The author's thesis is presented in several books and articles written in both Arabic and Indonesian. The author’s books in Indonesian concerning the nullification of the Ba‘alawi lineage are:

1. Menakar Kesahihan Nasab Habib di Indonesia: Sebuah Penelitian Ilmiyah (Measuring the Authenticity of the Habib Lineage in Indonesia: A Scientific Research) – October 2022
2. Terputusnya Nasab Habib Kepada Nabi Muhammad SAW (Penyempurnaan dari Buku Menakar Kesahihan Nasab Habib di Indonesia) (The Broken Lineage of the Habibs to the Prophet Muhammad SAW [A Refinement of the Book 'Measuring the Authenticity of the Habib Lineage in Indonesia']) – May 2023
3. Membongkar Skandal Ilmiyah Genealogi dan Sejarah Ba‘alwi (Finalisasi Keterputusan Genealogi Ba‘alwi Kepada Nabi Muhammad SAW) (Exposing the Scientific Scandal of Ba'alawi Genealogy and History [The Finalization of the Severed Ba‘alawi Genealogy to the Prophet Muhammad SAW]) – February 2024
4. Kronik Perjalanan Ilmiyah K.H. Imaduddin Utsman Al-Bantani Dalam Mengungkap Nasab Palsu Ba‘alwi (The Chronicle of the Scientific Journey of K.H. Imaduddin Utsman Al-Bantani in Uncovering the Fabricated Ba‘alawi Lineage) – May 2024
5. Ilmu Nasab Istilah dan Metodologi (The Science of Lineage: Terminology and Methodology) – 2023
6. Metode Menetapkan Nasab Menurut Kitab Rasa‘il Fi ’Ilm Al-Ansab Studi Case Nasab Ba‘alwi (Methods of Determining Lineage According to the Book 'Rasa'il Fi 'Ilm Al-Ansab': A Case Study of the Ba‘alawi Lineage) – September 2024
7. Literatur Kitab-Kitab Nasab Abad Ke-3-13 Hijriyah Bukti Keterputusan Nasab Ba‘alwi (Lineage Book Literature of the 3rd–13th Centuries AH: Evidence of the Severed Ba‘alawi Lineage) – September 2024
8. Manuskrip-Manuskrip Palsu Ba‘alwi Versi Rumail Abbas (Fabricated Ba‘alawi Manuscripts: Rumail Abbas' Version) – September 2024

Meanwhile, the author's books presenting the thesis on the nullification of the Ba‘alawi lineage written in Arabic are:

1. Al-Mawahib al-Laduniyyah fi Inqita' Nasab Ba‘alwi bin Ubaidillah – Dzulqa'dah 1444 AH
2. I'anat al-Akhyar fi Jawab al-Syekh Muhammad Abdillah Mukhtar – Muharram 1445 AH
3. Kashf al-Fadihah al-Ilmiyyah li nasab wa tarikh Ba'alwi (An Arabic translation of the book Membongkar Skandal Ilmiyah Genealogi dan Sejarah Ba‘alwi) – February 2024
4. Al-Ma'arif al-Rabbaniyyah fi Hifdz Nuthfat al-Nabawiyyah – Rabi‘ al-Awwal 1446 AH

In 2023, the publisher "Oncor Semesta Ilmu" in Jogjakarta published an anthology of the author's books and texts titled: Habaib Keturunan Nabi Benarkah (Politik Identitas-Pengaruh-Keagungan) (Are the Habibs Descendants of the Prophet?: Identity Politics, Influence, and Nobility).

Several books have been written to answer the author's thesis, in both Indonesian and Arabic. Among these books are:

1. Al-Radd fi Man Yunkiru Ansab Sadat Ba'alwi, 5 pages, written by Amjad bin Salim bin Abdullah Abu Futaim bin Syekh Abubakar bin Salim from Tarim – Ramadan 1444 AH
2. Konektifitas Rijalul Hadits Dengan Sejarah Dalam Menelusuri Nasab (The Connectivity of Rijal al-Hadith with History in Tracing Lineage), 77 pages, written by Dr. Ja'far Assegaf – March 2023
3. Risalah Ilmiyah Jawaban Atas Syubhat Imaduddin Utsman Seputar Keabsyahan Bani Alawi (A Scientific Treatise: Responses to the Doubts of Imaduddin Utsman Concerning the Legitimacy of the Bani Alawi), 45 pages, written by Hanif Alatas, Jakarta – Ramadan 1444 AH
4. Bingkisan Lebaran Untuk Imaduddin Utsman (An Eid Gift for Imaduddin Utsman), 20 pages, written by Hanif Alatas, Jakarta – Shawwal 1445 AH
5. Al-Husam al-Maslul Fi ‘Unuqi Man Abthala Silsilat Dzurriyyat Al-rasul Abi Fatimah al-Batul, by K.H. Muhammad Abdullah Mukhtar, Sukabumi
6. Menakar Kesahihan Pembatalan Ba‘alwi (Measuring the Accuracy of the Ba'alawi Nullification), 53 pages, written by Rumail Abbas (Stakof) – December 2023
7. Ihya al-Mawta, by K.H. Qurtubi, Lebak – Muharram 1446 AH
8. Keabsahan Nasab Ba‘alwi Membongkar Penyimpangan Pembatalnya, 521 pages, written by the Team to Guard Ummah Unity: Hanif Alatas et al. (Rabithah Alawiyyah).

This final book appears to be the ultimate stronghold of the Ba‘alawi clan in countering the nullification of their lineage. The book now in the hands of the reader will address the contents of that publication. Many propositions in this volume are intentionally reiterated by the author, response by response, to counter identical propositions repeated in the book by Hanif et al. Happy reading.

Imaduddin Utsman Al-Bantani