At the time of Sultan Zainal Abidin Bahrain Shah ruled about 797 H (1395 AD), the sultan of the Pasai Islamic Ocean Kingdom, has sent a group of Islamic preachers under the leadership of Malik Ibrahim, a professor from the Islamic College in Pasai, to the island of Java , namely Gresik (East Java) with the aim of developing Islam in Java. Malik Ibrahim founded Islamic College in Gresik and Ampel. He started the mission of Islamic development and educated his santri through the boarding school system. Until then this professor is seen as the father of Pesantren in Java and its surroundings.
The teacher at the college or pesantren that he founded it in general comes from Pasai. Among the teachers were young brothers Maulana Malik Ibrahim named Maulana Ishaq, he also became a scholar and Islamic preacher like his brother. It should be noted that Maulana Ishaq has several children, among them two very important people related to his position in the walisanga (nine wali). His two sons are Raden Paku or Sunan Giri named Shaykh 'Ainul Yaqin, and his sister Sunan Gunung Jati whose real name is Syarif Hidayatullah. Two guardians of this other sibling mother. Sunan Giri from the mother of one of the daughters of Duke of Blambangan, a prince of Majapahit. While Sunan Gunung Jati from the mother of a daughter descendant of Quraish nobles from Makkah. Sunan Giri is a disciple and son-in-law of Sunan Ngampel or Sunan Ampel whose first name is Raden Rahmat. He is the son of Maulana Malik Ibrahim from his wife whose mother is of Arab descent in Campa (Cambodia). It is estimated that he only settled in Java in 1413 AD, ie approximately 12 years after his father's death, Maulana Malik Ibrahim. Seeing that Maulana Malik Ibrahim came from Pasai, Sunan Ampel was the son of Maulana Malik Ibrahim's wife at the time he was in Pasai. So sunan Ampel was born in Aceh. And before he went to East Java and settled in Ampel, in the city of Surabaya, he traveled to Palembang to meet the regent of the kingdom of Majapahit, regent of Arya Damar who directly di-Islamkannya. Besides that also because there is a connection with Gresik as one of the trading bands that are very crowded under the prosperity of the kingdom of Majapahit.
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Since childhood Sunan Ampel has inherited the leadership of his parents, Maulana Malik Ibrahim. After his father's death, the students of his father handed him pesantren leadership to Sunan Ampel and he has succeeded in spreading the religion of Islam and instilling a sense of sympathy towards the Majapahit ruler in particular and society in general, so that his name is fragrant as a lover of order and peace. Sunan Drajat named Raden Qasim, according to another narration is the son of Sunan Ampel. Abanya Sunan Bonang whose real name is Maulana Ibrahim. For Sunan Ampel has been taken by the Duke of Tuban (Raja Tuban), Ario Tejo, and the husband of Nyi Gede Manila or Dewi Condrowati. Sunan Qudus known as Raden Amir Haji and named also with Sy. Ja'far Shiddiq is the son-in-law of Sunan Bonang from his daughter, Dewi Siti Rohil. Due to Sunan Qudus's close relationship with Sunan Bonang, he was taken by law, and he was his chosen student. Sunan Kalijaga named Raden Syahid is the siblings Nyi Gede Manila, Wife Sunan Ampel. Then the relationship in law. Thus, the Duke of Wiwatikta or Tumenggung Ario Tejo, Sunan Kalijaga's father, who was the ruler of the northern coastal area of eastern Java island in Tuban, has a biological child and son-in-law who are both waliyullah, the family ties between Sunan Kalijaga and Sunan Ampel more closely because Sunan Kalijaga married Dewi Siti Sarah, Sunan Guru's siblings and other mother's siblings with Sunan Gunung Jati, the three sons and daughters of Maulana Ishak's sister Maulana Malik Ibrahim's father Sunan Ampel.
Sunan Gunung Jati, who when his youth was named Raden Abdul Qadir whose other name is Syarif Hidayatullah, is the son of Maulana Ishaq. Thus he is another sister of Sunan Giri's mother, the daughter of Quraish descend from Makkah. Raden Patah is a santri of Sunan Ampel the closest. He was born in 1455 AD He is the son of Sri Ketabumi, the last King of Majapahit who held between 1474-1478 AD, the most infamous moment of glorification in Southeast Asia. So he is a Majapahit Prince. He used the title of Al-Fatah Alamsyah Akbar, king of Demak or Bintoro kingdom as a successor king of Majapahit. Purchase the forerunner who descended the kings of Java to this day who wear the title of Sultan or Sunan. Although not included in the walisanga he is regarded as a pious Muslim monarch who plays for the benefit of Islam. Sunan Muria, who was then known as Raden Prawoto or Raden Sa'id bin Raden Syahid, married Dewi Siti Sujinah, brother of Sunan Kudus. Therefore, the family relationship between Sunan Muria and Sunan Kudus is brother-in-law. He was a tasauf expert and he was accompanied by his son Raden Santri. The guardians and clerics regard Sunan Muria as a wise and highly respected elder. That is the walisanga, which is a family bond between the guardians, who show us how successful they are to build a generation of grandchildren as the successor cadres for the benefit of Islam and society. And in the origin of the birth or the development of Islam in a broad sense. Directly or indirectly they can not be separated from Aceh.