Abstrak / Ringkasan
Kiai Kholil is a scholar of international scale and a pivot of power for the synergy of the
scholars network of santri. Specifically, in the land of Madura and Tapal Kuda ranging from
Situbondo, Banyuwangi, Probolinggo and Bondowoso with the network of Pesantren Sidogiri
Pasuruan and Talangsari Jember. By this coordination he succeeded to gather those social
groups through the Sabilillah-Hizbullah laskar which also connected the kinship line of his
predecessors. He was able to capture the hidden potentials behind the land and Madurese
community, as Snouck Hurgronje had assessed as central to the network of scholars of santri
in Java. This paper intends to trace the life of Kiai Kholil Al-Bangkalani as one of the
influential clerics of his time. The influence was built not only by the kinship line it possesses,
but also pioneered with great soul and expertise in various sciences and studies of social
religious fields of society. His thoughts were contained