The Role of KH. Abdul Djabbar Ashiry in Fostering Islamic Education at Darul Arqam Muhammadiyah Gombara Islamic Boarding School, Makassar

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This study examines the role of KH. Abdul Djabbar Ashiry in fostering Islamic education at Pondok Pesantren Darul Arqam Muhammadiyah Gombara Makassar. The study is important because pesantren leadership in Indonesia is not only related to institutional management but also to the transmission of Islamic values, regeneration of ulama, character formation, and the sustainability of religious educational traditions. This research employed a qualitative approach using historical and figure-study methods. Data were collected through documentation, observation, pesantren archival tracing, and in-depth interviews with family members, alumni, educators, and figures who understood the legacy of KH. Abdul Djabbar Ashiry. The findings show that KH. Abdul Djabbar Ashiry played a fundamental role as founder, educator, spiritual leader, institutional manager, and initiator of ulama regeneration. His ideas were embodied in visionary, participatory, and exemplary leadership; the integration of religious and general knowledge; transparent financial management; humanistic human-resource development; and progressive infrastructure development. His educational legacy continues through the culture of discipline, teacher role modeling, integrative curriculum, Islamic character formation, alumni networks, and institutional adaptability without abandoning Islamic and Muhammadiyah values. Supporting factors included Muhammadiyah support, community participation, donors, loyal educators, alumni, dormitory-based education, and institutional partnerships. Inhibiting factors included funding limitations, human-resource gaps, infrastructure and technological constraints, resistance to change, managerial complexity, and internal institutional dynamics. This study affirms that KH. Abdul Djabbar Ashiry laid a holistic, character-based, and sustainable foundation for Islamic education in a Muhammadiyah pesantren context