Abdul Wahid Hasyim (June 1, 1914 – April 19, 1953) was the first Minister of Religious Affairs in the government of President

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of Indonesia, a post he held in 1945, and from 1949 to 1952. He was the son of

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founder Hasyim Asy'ari and went on to lead the organization. In the future his son,

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, also held the same office in NU, and later was elected as

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in 1999. One of the main roads in central Jakarta, Jalan Wahid Hasyim, is named after him.

Early life

Hasyim was born in 1914 as a child of Hasyim Asy'ari and one of his wives, Nafiqoh. Both Asy’ari and Nafiqoh hailed from ulema families in

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. Hasyim is Asy'ari's first-born male and his fifth child. He spent most of his childhood in Jombang, which included attending a

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that his father founded, Pesantren Tebuireng. By 1926, he had finished his schooling in Tebuireng and spent two years continuing his education in various East Java pesantren as was the tradition at the time. Following his

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pilgrimage in 1932 with one his cousins, Muhammad Ilyas, Hasyim spent two more years in Saudi Arabia to further his study of Islamic hadith and

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. On returning to Jombang, he made several education reforms to the pesantren his father owns, including incorporating a general education system alongside the Islamic one. His experience in

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also led him to start learning foreign languages, such as

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, and Dutch.

Personal life

Hasyim married his cousin, Solehah, in 1939. He met Solehah in a wedding ceremony in the same year. From this marriage, the couple had six children:

, Aisyah Hamid Baidlowi,

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, Umar Wahid, Lily Chodijah Wahid, and Hasyim Wahid.

Death

Hasyim died following a traffic accident on April 18, 1953 where the vehicle that he was riding on collided with a truck in Cimindi. His son, Abdurrahman Wahid, and Argo Sutjipto, the secretary of the central board of Nahdlatul Ulama, were also occupying the vehicle during the incident. Hasyim and Sutjipto were severely injured and it took four hours before they were able to be transported to the nearest medical center, Borromeus Hospital. Wahid survived the crash, but Hasyim died on April 19, followed by Sutjipto the very next day.

References

5. https://www.tebuireng.co/kh-wahid-hasyim-dalam-perjalanan-panjang-kemerdekaan/

External links

* 1914 births 1953 deaths Government ministers of Indonesia Indonesian collaborators with Imperial Japan Indonesian Muslims Members of the Central Advisory Council National Heroes of Indonesia People from Jombang Regency Wahid family {{Indonesia-politician-stub