Manuskrip Melayu Dalam Bidang Pendidikan Islam: Suatu Kajian Awal Di Perpustakaan Negara Malaysia

The Islamic scholars in Malay Archipelago played significant roles in various branch of knowledge. They are committed in developing the Malay-Islamic civilization as well as Islamic knowledge. Their contributions are proved by the existence of around 22,000 copied manuscripts in various fields of knowledge. Therefore, this paper will focus on the contribution of Islamic scholars in Malay Archipelago in Islamic education by studying the Malay manuscripts. The focus is mainly on manuscripts of Islamic education since the previous studies discussed their contributions and the categories of manuscripts in general. The manuscripts of Islamic education are categorized under the field of religion. Data are collected from the descriptive catalogues published by The National Centre for Malay Manuscripts, National Library of Malaysia. There are about 32 manuscripts related to Islamic education, which is 12 manuscripts entitled ‘Adab’ as the term for Islamic education treatises. The selected manuscripts of education will be reviewed and explained in detail. The finding of this paper intended to reveal that Islamic scholars in Malay Archipelago have a significant contributions in the educational field. Therefore, further studies and researches can be done in educational field in relation to the educational thought and the classical works of the early Islamic scholars in Malay Archipelago.