Tariqa and Prosperity: investigating Shiddiqiyyah Tariqa experience in empowering communities in Jombang, East Java, Indonesia

This article describes the struggle of the Shiddiqiyyah to become a nationalist tariqa that teaches a balanced way of life. The research was conducted qualitatively. Data was collected by interviewing the murshid, three caliphs, and 20 tariqa followers, observing their activities, and documenting the doctrine and community empowerment activities. The collected data were analyzed using reflective-inductive thinking techniques to produce a systematic narrative about the movements of the Shiddiqiyyah tariqa. The results show that Shiddiqiyyah is a native Indonesian tariqa founded by Muchtar Mu’thi in Jombang, East Java, who struggled the tariqa to become a tariqa teaching the love of the motherland and dhikr of work. To realize this, first, the murshid of Shiddiqiyyah develops the doctrine of ‘unity of faith and humanity’ so that the tariqa adherents become humanity who are close to Allah through dhikr kautsaran and work creativity; second, holding training to cultivate local resources into goods of economic value such as bags, mats, and wallets.