Al-Bukhari (printed in the source as Bukharl or Hukharl, owing to OCR artefacts) was the author of the maulid entitled Maulid sharaful ‘anam (“Birth of the Glory of Mankind”), the most widely used of the three maulids current in Acheh and the one employed especially at official kanduris. The work is called Sarapulanam in Java and Charapha anam (or Charapha anani) in Acheh.
As C. Snouck Hurgronje explains, three maulids are in use in Acheh. Two are in rhyming prose alternating with songs of praise in verse: one was composed by al-Bukhari, the other by Jaʿfar al-Barzanjī. The third, entirely in verse, is also by al-Barzanjī. All three were lithographed at Cairo by Hasan at-Tochi Ahmad and published in a single volume along with other religious formulas; this collection enjoys the greatest popularity both at Mecca and throughout the whole Indian Archipelago.
The Maulid sharaful ‘anam is the maulid recited especially at the official kanduris, including the kanduri Mo’lot — the great feast held in the month of Rabiʿ al-awwal in honour of the birth of the Prophet. The recitation, called meulike (from the Arabic dikr) in Acheh, is performed by the teungku and the leubes of the gampong, who assemble in the meunasah in the forenoon of the feast day. The prose pieces are recited by one person, with others of those assembled taking a turn to relieve the reader; the versified portions are chanted “in a particular fashion” that is very popular. About the middle of the Charapha anam comes a hymn of praise of moderate length, which all the experts present raise in chorus; while singing they rise from their places, and in their midst is placed a vessel containing incense, “the savoury smoke from which blends with the chant in honour of the Apostle of God”. After this hymn of praise, the kanduri Mo’lot closes with a long prayer which is to be found at the end of the Charapha anam.
Snouck Hurgronje observes in a footnote that “according to the publication of at-Tochi; others assign a different name to the author” — that is, the attribution of the Maulid sharaful ‘anam to a certain “Bukhari” is not universally accepted. The author is not to be confused with the great hadith scholar Imam al-Bukhari (d. 870 CE); the name “Bukhari” simply denotes an origin from Bukhara, and the maulid author is a different, much later figure.
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Source
The Achehnese, Vol. I, by Dr. C. Snouck Hurgronje, translated by A.W.S. O’Sullivan, indexed by R.J. Wilkinson. Leyden: E.J. Brill, 1906.
Al-Bukhari (printed in the source as Bukharl or Hukharl, owing to OCR artefacts) was the author of the maulid entitled Maulid sharaful ‘anam (“Birth of the Glory of Mankind”), the most widely used of the three maulids current in Acheh and the one employed especially at official kanduris. The work is called Sarapulanam in Java and Charapha anam (or Charapha anani) in Acheh.
As C. Snouck Hurgronje explains, three maulids are in use in Acheh. Two are in rhyming prose alternating with songs of praise in verse: one was composed by al-Bukhari, the other by Jaʿfar al-Barzanjī. The third, entirely in verse, is also by al-Barzanjī. All three were lithographed at Cairo by Hasan at-Tochi Ahmad and published in a single volume along with other religious formulas; this collection enjoys the greatest popularity both at Mecca and throughout the whole Indian Archipelago.
The Maulid sharaful ‘anam is the maulid recited especially at the official kanduris, including the kanduri Mo’lot — the great feast held in the month of Rabiʿ al-awwal in honour of the birth of the Prophet. The recitation, called meulike (from the Arabic dikr) in Acheh, is performed by the teungku and the leubes of the gampong, who assemble in the meunasah in the forenoon of the feast day. The prose pieces are recited by one person, with others of those assembled taking a turn to relieve the reader; the versified portions are chanted “in a particular fashion” that is very popular. About the middle of the Charapha anam comes a hymn of praise of moderate length, which all the experts present raise in chorus; while singing they rise from their places, and in their midst is placed a vessel containing incense, “the savoury smoke from which blends with the chant in honour of the Apostle of God”. After this hymn of praise, the kanduri Mo’lot closes with a long prayer which is to be found at the end of the Charapha anam.
Snouck Hurgronje observes in a footnote that “according to the publication of at-Tochi; others assign a different name to the author” — that is, the attribution of the Maulid sharaful ‘anam to a certain “Bukhari” is not universally accepted. The author is not to be confused with the great hadith scholar Imam al-Bukhari (d. 870 CE); the name “Bukhari” simply denotes an origin from Bukhara, and the maulid author is a different, much later figure.
See Also
Source
The Achehnese, Vol. I, by Dr. C. Snouck Hurgronje, translated by A.W.S. O’Sullivan, indexed by R.J. Wilkinson. Leyden: E.J. Brill, 1906.