The subject of this paper is the orthodox nature of KH Shalih Darat's Sufism. He is an Indonesia Muslim thinker of the 19 th century. The paper argues that the man is behind the dissemination of not only Islam but also of Sufism on the Javanese island. Despite his high standing knowledge and piety however, the man is not yet knownespecially in the academic circle in indonesia. It is this reason…