Short Story - Kiai Too Early

A very village village. The blinger-blinger is insane . What is wrong because it is done by many is justified. What is right because it is done by a few people is blamed. For example, the case of women who are busy selling themselves to become prostitutes in the city is made something legal. Women who are in demand and rich, are worshiped as inspiration as if women have achievements like queens. However, when there is one young woman who prefers halal by becoming a farm laborer, living with a modest economy, this woman is accused of being the stupidest woman in the world! Very sad, even embarrassing.

“If you are rich, have rice fields to eat, have a lot of money for business capital, you can be insyaf. Allah is merciful, later the sins of prostitution will disappear. By having a lot of money, you can build a mosque and go on a pilgrimage. We will be honorable women, she called Mrs. Kaji! If you don't prostitute first, how can you become Mrs. Kaji!” it is the voice of the devil spoken by the mouths of those who speak well but are not good at controlling themselves from the instigation of the devil. 

"Yes, a large mosque in this village, can be built magnificently in this village, most of the funds from prostitutes. Marbot of the mosque, can eat because there is money from prostitutes. That means children can go to school from kindergarten to college, where does the money come from? Money from prostitution. So the meritorious one is a prostitute!” the more exciting the shifting of thought patterns made by the devil on the human brains in the village. It just gets more and more chaotic when the devil starts to get inside a cleric in the village. First, Satan made him sluggish to talk about immorality in his lectures because the majority of his congregation were parents of prostitutes, which incidentally, they gave money to Darsim. One point of independence of a cleric has been imprisoned, pawned, or bought by money. Ulama are cowardly, as if they do not believe that Allah is the giver of sustenance. Obviously, Darsim's faith is starting to erode. Oh no! It can't be that and it can't be! Darsim's heart denied! But just look at the reality, how the run.

"I want to go home!" Darsimah Darsim's wife finally expressed her wish. In the past, when life was mediocre and even lacking, Darsimah was happy and always ready to be loyal to her husband. Now, while living with enough food and clothing, Darsimah does not feel strong anymore to be Darsim's wife. "Tomorrow morning my children and I will return to Cirebon."

"What will people say then?"

“People in this village are happy and easily fooled. So just lie to them! Why should I always pay attention to what people say. I can't stand to see my husband joking around with Ratna, the madrasa teacher."   

"He's my Koran student who I asked to help teach at the madrasa."

"Shouldn't we joke too much? Smart in religious knowledge, smart in ngutbahi congregants, understand about muhrim and non-muhrim, but embracing!”

Darsimah insisted on returning to her parents in Cirebon. Even decided to work in Taiwan. Darsim and Darsimah's household cannot be maintained. Darsim's intention was to divorce Darsimah and then marry Ratna. It turned out that Ratna had run away somewhere. Ratna's heart is gray. She wants to be a good Muslim woman, she doesn't want to be a prostitute but she is just fun being embraced by Darsim. Ratna became the gossip of the people in the village, and she chose to run away. For Darsim, who is good at talking, how hard is it to defend himself even if he is guilty. In the meantime he is safe. 

Once involved in a case, the ustadz is also a human. It is easy for people to forget the case of the thick-faced ustadz's infidelity. Jger! The second case is more devastating. The gathering of the congregation was darkened. Hundreds of millions. The arisan manager consisting of ustadz accuses each other of blaming each other. Managers who can run away, run irresponsibly. Ustadz Darsim had thoughts of escaping, but the police surveillance was getting tighter. Again, Darsim was saved by his tongue-in-cheek skill. I didn't run away, I stayed here, I faced all the prosecutors, because I didn't embezzle the arisan money. I only collect social gathering in this village and then deposit it to Pak Ustadz Jali in another village. I hope the depositor, namely Karman, does not deposit the money to Mr. Ustadz Jali. Karman who embezzled social gathering money! But he has fled to Kalimantan.

Flammable easily provoked but also easy to forget. That is one of the characteristics of the village people. Because he was helped by Darsimah, who had just returned from Taiwan, Darsim was able to pay the ten million arisan money that he still had to account for. Otherwise, Darsim will still be reported to the police. For the second time Darsim survived. He is still confident to be an ustadz. He can still thicken his face a few inches to fluently talk about religion. Yet he was increasingly plunged into the abyss of the devil.

Now Darsim often returns to Cirebon and spends days at Darsimah's house. The reason is to see children. Darsimah, who has been damaged because of the association in Taiwan, wants to sleep with Darsim but doesn't want to marry in a siri way, let alone marry KUA with Darsim. It's not at the level he said. Want to find a husband who is really a cleric and rich. Well, sometimes people's desires contradict their own behavior, which is starting to become evil. Had a desire to have a husband who was really a cleric, but he himself began to behave like a prostitute. So, according to Darsimah, since Darsim started hanging out with Ratna, Darsim is no longer an ustadz, but a fake ustadz. Fake ustadz who is very good at hurting women's hearts. There is also an element of revenge in Darsimah's heart, wanting to commit adultery with Darsim, so that Darsim's sin will be darker. If necessary, if Darsim follows through on his promise to pay the debt, Darsimah will call Darsim a criminal, not a cleric, and take him to the police station. In fact, Darsim is no longer called an ustadz, but a kiai.

Some villagers call him kiai. There are also those who call him kiai anom because Darsim is still only three years old. It's easy to become a kiai. Does it not defile the kiai's title? Doesn't it reduce the value of the title of kiai? Indeed, the title of ustadz and kiai is from the community. But which society? If the people do not understand properly about ustadz and kiai, then it should not be careless. Of course, Darsim understands the call of the cleric and kiai. He kept quiet. He should have explained what kind of human being deserves a title or being called an ustadz or kiai.

"He deserves to be called a kiai, because he has successfully educated many ustadz!"

“Ustad Jamal, Ustadz Agung, Ustadz Amir, and many other Ustadz. He is the teacher of the ustadz so he deserves to be called a kiai."

Ustadz Jamal has stopped being an ustadz by himself. He fled not wanting to be responsible for impregnating his son, Mang Karno's widow. A few months later he came home and changed professions to become an organ MC. Ustadz Agung is still busy at the mosque and doesn't want to work because he says that Allah is merciful and will give him sustenance even though he is lazy to work. Even though the children at home are often hungry. Ustadz Agung is like a beggar who expects sodaqoh from the congregation of the mosque. Meanwhile, Ustadz Amir became Kiai Darsim's favorite assistant.

"Ustadz Amir multiplied the writings of Arabic letters on white cloth as a talisman as gifts for guests who visited my house. Also write down the practices of prayer on good paper. Don't forget that later, we will invite Ashar to treat people affected by witchcraft in a neighboring village,” ordered Darsim, who nodded and looked like a kiai.   

"Yes kiai."

It's easy to be a teacher. It's so easy to become a kiai. Isn't it too early? Age can be young. How about the science? Maybe the knowledge is not deep because it can be deepened by learning a lot. But what about his behavior, is he worthy of being a cleric let alone a kiai? That's not a very easy fashion to imitate. Behavior is also not a style of speech that can also be imitated. That behavior is a genuine act of deed, not an image. It is too early to become a kiai, that is the judgment of a few people whose brows furrowed at the thought when Darsim was summoned as a kiai.

"Kyai! Have you become a kiai?" very beautiful female voice. Moreover, her lips are red and wearing mini clothes. "Kang Darsim! Klen, eh? Darsim was stunned in disbelief.

"Ratna?"

" We're back. Come home tonight! Quiet, Ma karo father had me gag her mouth with hundreds of millions. I'm so angry, bro!"

"Brush the kiai!" Ustadz Amir suggested.

Darsim smiled meaningfully. His right eye flickered coquettishly. The beauty of a woman, especially since she is a special woman in her heart, makes her very self-conscious. It feels like night will not come soon. How beautiful the intimacy will be, that's the shadow. The immoral shadow of an untimely kiai. Untung Gautara/Sumbermulya , August 28, 2014.