Zakaria bin Muhammad Amin

Haji Zakaria bin Muhammad Amin (March 1913 – January 1, 2006) was an Indonesian ulama, politician, and writer. He was the first generation of charismatic ulama in Bengkalis Regency, and was the first person to be appointed as the head of Islamic religious administration in Bengkalis.

Born in March 1913 in Bangkinang, Zakaria was the first child of Muhammad Amin and his first wife Taraima, he began his education at Tweede Inlandsche School, and continued his study in Mecca, along with her maternal aunt, Fatimah.

He performed hajj at the age of 10, and continued his education by studying with the scholars in Mecca like Ali Al-Maliki, Syekh Umar Al-Turki, Umar Hamdan, Ahmad Fathoni, and Syekh Muhammad Amin Quthbi. Zakaria studied various of islamic knowledge such as Interpretation of the Quran, Hadith, Tawhid, Arabic literature using Halaqa method.

After completed his study in Mecca, Zakaria moved to Temerloh, Pahang, and continued his islamic study for six years to Muhammad Saleh. He then studied Matan Jurumiyah, an arabic science book, and moved to Kuala Lipis, Pahang, until it flooded in late 1929. After Kuala Lipis was flooded, Zakaria with his friends moved to Bengkalis, the capital city of Bengkalis Regency, Riau. He then continued his islamic study to Tuan Guru Haji Ahmad, the first ulama in Bengkalis Regency. He then married to Ahmad's daughter, Mariah, in 1933, and later moved to Bagan Datuk, Perak. They had seven children:

• Nashruddin Zakaria (1934–1999)
• Aminah Zakaria (1938–2011)
• Zaharah Zakaria (1942–2007)
• Ulfah Zakaria (b. 1943)
• Azra'ie Zakaria (1947–2019)
• Hanim Zakaria (b. 1950)
• Syakrani Zakaria (b. 1952)

During Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies, he led the resistance movement in Bengkalis. On Dutch Military Aggression II, Zakaria led the resistance movement in Bengkalis as a captain. After the soldier moved to Dumai, he joined and continued to lead resistance movement, and later received the titular mayor title.

Sources

• Wikipedia

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