Mengapa pribadi kiai sangat menentukan keberhasilan pondok pesantren?

Penelitian ini hendak membahas faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi keberhasilan kyai KH.M. Hanif Muslih dalam memimpin Pondok Pesantren Futuhiyah. Hasil pembahasan menunjukkan bahwa kyai selaku pimpinan pesantren telah mampu melakukan berbagai kegiatan seperti pembangunan fisik pengajaran kitab-kitab Islam klasik, pengajian thoriqah, peringatan hari besar Islam, khoul pendiri pondok, tawajuhanakbar, temu alumni, haflahakhiris sanah. Kegiatan-kegiatan tersebut berjalan lancar karena dipengaruhi oleh: (1) caramemimpin kyai yang baik (kharismatik etis), (2) wibawa keturunan, (3) jejaring yang dimiliki, (4) penguasaan kyai terhadap kitab-kitab Islam klasik, (5) keshalihan kyai dan (6) karismanya.

This study discusses the factors that influence the success of Kyai, KH. M. Hanif Muslih,in leading Pondok Pesantren Futuhiyah.The results indicate that as pondok pesantren leader, Kyai has been able to performa variety of activities such as performing physical development, teaching traditional Islamic textbooks, giving thoriqah sermon, commemorating Islamic memorial days, conducting annual commemoration (khoul) of Pondok Pesantren founder, gathering the thariqoh practitioners, conducting alumni meeting, and holding inauguration ceremony. Those activities run smoothlyas they are influenced by: (1) good leadership of Kyai (ethical charismatic), (2) descent authority, (3) owned networking, (4) Kyai’s mastery toward classical Islamic textbooks, (5 ) Kyai piety and (6) his charisma.