MANAKIB DALAM PANDANGAN MASYARAKAT JAWA

Manaqib is literature work that contains the sacred stories of the saints. One of the famous manaqib in Javanese society is Manaqib of Syaikh Abdul Qadir Jailani. Manaqib of Syaikh Abdul Qadir Jailani related about the personal life of Syaikh Abdul Qadir Jailani from his childhood until his death with the miracle stories of the figure. Manaqib of Syaikh Abdul Qadir Jailani in the culture of Javanese society regarded not only as an ordinary literature work. In the culture of Banten society, the reading of Manaqib Syaik Abdul Qadir Jailani supposed to be beneficial to protect the readers from jeopardizes � due to karamah SAQJ-. In the culture of littoral society of Java, Manaqib Syaikh Abdul Qadir Jailani read in a reciting tradition that full of sanctity. The research to Manaqib Syaikh Abdul Qadir Jailani addressed to find out the reception of the people of Wareng village, Butuh, Purworejo to Manaqib Syaikh Qadir Jailani both as personal and communal. To achieve the aim, researcher used theory of literature reception and theory of literature sociology. Reception approach used to investigate the response of the society to Manaqib Syaikh Abdul Qadir Jailani, while the approach of literature sociology used to find the functions of Manaqib Syaikh Abdul Qadir Jailani in the society. As for the reception method that had been used in this study is experimental method. The experimental method carried out by distributing questioners to 33 people who carried out the tradition of reciting Manaqib Syaikh Abdul Qadir Jailani and using structured interview to five readers of Manaqib Syaikh Abdul Qodir Jailani in Wareng village, Butuh, Purworejo. From this study could be concluded that the first teaching congregation of teachers affects the reception the actors of the tradition of reciting Manaqib Syaikh Abdul Qadir Jailani. This is evidenced by the fact that the majority of actors of the tradition of reciting Manaqib Syaikh Abdul Qadir Jailani not understand what they read, but judging manakib as a book that contains many faidah. Belief in faidah, obtained from teachers their order. Second, the ritual reading of Manakib Syaikh Abdul Qadir Jilani by the actors of tradition of reciting manakib aligned with worship. Third, the miracle story that related in the Manaqib Syaikh Abdul Qadir Jailani by the actors of the tradition of reciting of manaqib in Wareng village regarded true and believed as the karomah of SAQJ that given by Allah the Almighty. Fourth, Manaqib Syaikh Abdul Qadir Jailani by the Javanese society especially the people of Wareng Villlage, functioned as ritual means, as biographical-historical.