Dating and place: There is no date, but the manuscript is believed to have been copied by villagers or ancestors of Mama Ajengan Satib
Scribe: -
Owner: Mama Ajengan Satibi, Pamijahan, Tasikmalaya
Script: Pegon
Dimension: 21 x 29 cm
Paper: locally made paper or dluwang
Pages: 9-71 = 62
Lines per page: 10
Colour: black and brown
Comments:
On the first page, the name of the current owner is written: Satibi of Pamijahan. According to Satibi, he inherited the manuscript from his grandfather. Ajengan Endang often borrows it. The first to ninth pages comprise a collection of favourite prayers assembled over generations, quite separate from the Shattariyyah content. This manuscript is therefore a collation of texts.
The Shattariyyah kitab itself is in Javanese. It begins with a line of transmission beginning from Muhammad and ending with Shaykh Abdul Muhyi of Safarwadi and his sons. (pp. 9-10). Interestingly, in this silsilah section, after the name of Muhyi’s son, there is an unfinished sentence which reads “The son Kiahi Mas Nida Muhammad Muhyi in the village of Karang and in Safarwadi and he taught...” (Kang putra kiahi Mas Nida Muhammad Muhyi ing Karang desane lan ing Safarwadi padukuhane lan ia iku amuruk maring...) The empty space at the end of this sentence is to be used by other followers who have obtained the ijazah and who are allowed to inscribe their names there. This raises the possibility that this manuscript was copied from manuscripts dating from the period of Kiahi Mas Nida Muhammad Muhyi, who is believed to have lived some time in the late 18th or early 19th century as the grandson of Muhyi.[4]
On page 13, in bold letters, there is the phrase “There is no God but Allah” (la ilaha illa l-lahu) and the Sufi interpretation of this testimony to instruct the disciples. The doctrine of the Shattariyyah begins on page 14 with:
“In the name of God the Compassionate and Merciful... this is the reality of God at the level of His mysteriousness. We tell of the time of emptiness before the universe had been created.”
Bismi l-lah r-rahman r-rahim, punika martabat Allah Ta’ala tatkala ingdalem ghoib sang karihin cinaritaken tatkala awang-awang uwung-uwung bumi langit durung ana.
A full diagram portraying the metaphysical doctrine of the Shattariyyah is given on page 14 and the way Shattariyyah chant (dikir) should be performed is set out on pages 50, 52, and 55.