Yazid bin Abdul Qadir Jawas

Yazid bin Abdul Qadir Jawas (1963 – 11 July 2024) was an Indonesian Salafi scholar and writer. He is also known for writing many religious Islamic books in Indonesian. His lectures which are considered controversial make Yazid often receive criticism from a number of Indonesian Muslims.

Early life
Yazid studied at LIPIA, then he continued his education at Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University. He studied under Muhammad ibn al-Uthaymin and Abd al-Razzaq al-Badr.

Activity
Yazid started his career as a lecturer around the 1990s with other LIPIA alumni. He is also one of the caretakers of the al-Irsyad Islamic Boarding School in Salatiga, Central Java. He was also involved in the founding of Radio Rodja, a Salafi radio station in Indonesia. Since the 2000s, Yazid has become a phenomenal Salafi preacher as a result of his harsh views on heresy and his criticism of Sufism in Indonesia.

Yazid founded the Minhajus Sunnah Islamic boarding school in Bogor Regency. He is a contributor at Radio Rodja, an Indonesian Salafi media platform. He has written Islamic religious books in Indonesian.

Death
Yazid died on July 11 2024 after falling ill during a pilgrimage to Mecca. He was 61, and was buried in Bogor. Yazid's death caused grief for the Salafi community in Indonesia; Khalid Basalamah, one of Indonesia's leading Salafi preachers then expressed his condolences to Yazid in one of his lectures. Other speakers including Abdul Somad, Muflih Safitra, and Firanda Andirja also expressed their condolences and prayers for him.

Views and criticism
Yazid is criticized by some Indonesian Muslims as an adherent of puritanical Islam and is often referred to as Wahhabi. Yazid's critics tend to describe him as puritanical, and a very strict adherent of Islam.

His book Mulia dengan Manhaj Salaf sparked controversy in Indonesia and was criticized by FPI founder and Indonesian Islamist lecturer Rizieq Shihab.

Works
Yazid wrote many books which mainly focusing on Islamic teachings, among his works were: