The Hijaz Committee In The History Of Nahdlatul Ulama

he Hijaz Committee is probably still a person who does not know about it yet, that is a very legendary committee in the history of NU. Just imagine, when Indonesia was not independent from the Dutch colonialism, in the difficult circumstances of Aswaja clerics in Java still had a close look at what is happening in Hijaz (saudi arabia). At that time in Hijaz was in the early days of the founding of Saudi Arabia's kingdom.
At that time, the Javanese chaplains and clerics were troubled by the news that the Prophet's tomb would be razed to the ground or dismantled by a Saudi ruler supported by Wahabi advisers. The Javanese scholars of that time sought to find ways to prevent the rulers of the Hijaz from dismantling the tomb of the Prophet Muhammad
Upon its foundation, the Hijaz Committee met King Ibn Suud in Hijaz (Saudi Arabia) to deliver some requests, such as asking Hijaz to give Muslims freedom in Arabia to worship according to their adherents. Because to send this envoy it required a formal organization, then established Nahdlatul Ulama on January 31, 1926, which formally send a delegation to Hijaz to meet King Ibn Saud. The five applications submitted by the Committee on Hijaz, as written on the website www.nu.or.id are:
• appealed to freedom of expression in the land of Hijaz in one of the four schools, namely Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi'i and Hanbali. On the basis of freedom bermazhab should be a turn between the imam-imam Jum'at prayer in the Grand Mosque and should not be banned also the entry of books based on the school in the field of tasawuf, aqidah and fiqh into the land of Hijaz, as by Imam Ghazali, Sanusi and others who are famous for their truth.
• begged to remain enlivened the famous historical places because the places are diwaqafkan for mosques such as the birthplace of Siti Fatimah and buildings Khaezuran and others based on the word of God "Only people who enliven the mosque of God those who believe in God" and His words "And who more persecuted than those who prevented others from calling on the name of Allah in his mosque and trying to break it
Thus the person who will perform the pilgrimage can provide enough supplies for his return and so that they will not be asked for more than the government.
• request that all applicable laws in the land of Hijaz, be written in the form of law in order to avoid violations of the law.
• Jam'iyah Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) requested a reply from His Majesty explaining that both his delegations actually delivered his mandate and NU requests to His Majesty and the letter should be submitted to the two delegates.
From the above explanation, it can be concluded that the Hijaz Committee which is a response to the development of the international world is the most important factor of the establishment of NU organization. Thanks to the persistence of the kiai who are members of the Hijaz Committee, the aspirations of the Ahlussunnah wal Jamaah Indonesian Muslims are accepted by King Ibn Saud. The tomb of Prophet Muhammad to be demolished was not