THE TRADITION OF READING SURAT AL-FATIKAH
Authors: huda Mmiftahul 
Published: June 2022

Most of the study of the Koran is the object of the text of the Koran, then the study of the Koran whose object of study is in the form of field phenomena, does not have a direct contribution to efforts to interpret the Qur'an which is more religiously charged, but at an advanced stage, the results of social studies, the Qur'an can be useful for religion and its adherents. Living Qur'an in this context is a scientific study or research on various social events related to the presence of the Qur'an or the existence of the Qur'an in a certain Muslim community. Indonesian Muslims, especially among them, many who do the practices by reading the letters of the Koran on a regular basis some even make reading the Koran as a tradition, the letters that are usually used as a prayer, are usually Surah al-Qur'an. -fatikha, al-Wāqi'ah, Yasin, al-Rahman, al-Kahf, and many other letters. As the letter that is most often traditionalized to pray for prayer by Muslims is the letter Al-Fatikah.In general, Surah Al-Fatikah is a community activity that has become a tradition (especially) at certain times such as starting lessons, praying, tahwasul and others, the letter has become a habit of the community which is usually carried out everywhere. The practice of Surat al-Fatikha has been an old tradition in terms of the implementation of wirid both by mothers and fathers and also among teenagers, both young women and young men. The implementation is also different, as there are those who carry it out at night, during the day or in the afternoon depending on their respective agreements. The practice of this tradition for those who do it, it means prayer, for those who read Surah al-Fatikah on the night of Nisfu Sya'ban, it begins with sending tahwasul, to the Prophet, ancestors, great teachers, and to other relatives, it is interpreted as prayer. pray for them so that the term prayer for the soul is very familiar among the students, both personally and communally if they want to pray for their relatives who have preceded them.The interesting thing that is different from the reading of Al-Fatikah letters elsewhere is the reading of the completion of 7000 Al-Fatikah letters at the Ma'hadul Islamiyah Islamic Boarding School Salafiyah Syafi'iyah Hadiul Ulum (MISSHU) Tasikrejo Ulujami Pemalang. Where the prayer for reading Al-Fatikah is carried out every night of Nisfu Sya'ban carried out by students, alumni, sympathizers and led directly by their caregivers. Therefore, researchers are interested in studying the practice of reading al-fatikha which is carried out at the Ma'hadul Islamiyah Islamic Boarding School Salafiyah Syafi'iyah Hadiul Ulum (MISSHU). According to the author, this phenomenon is interesting to be researched and studied and developed as an effort and alternative model for raising awareness of a community group or educational institution and for every santri in Islamic boarding schools to always interact and socialize with the Qur'an.In this case, the author will use the Ma'hadul Islamiyah Islamic Boarding School Salafiyah Syafi'iyah Hadiul Ulum as the object, especially those related to the completion of the reading of 7000 Al-Fatikah in the month of Nisfu Sya'ban. As for what will be achieved in this writing include the history of implementation, objectives, basis, and influence of the practice of reading 7000 fatikah in the month of Nisfu Syaban.