Abu Unaisah Abdul Hakim bin Amir Abdate hafidzhahullah is a senior salafi preacher in Indonesia. His lectures have never changed, firm and rich in knowledge. The material discussed is inseparable from aqidah and manhaj. His missionary struggle was very heartwarming, he was ridiculed, insulted, reviled and expelled, but he never responded. All of that has become his daily meal.
Talking about knowledge, he is a sea of knowledge, no one doubts it either from the salafi da'i or his students. He is very productive in writing, as evidenced by his many useful writings, full of knowledge and evidence. He is also an expert in the field of hadith, so it is not surprising that many of his works are related to the science of hadith, so it is not wrong if many say he "hadith expert" Indonesia.
He is with Ustadz Yazid bin Abdul Qadir Jawas became the basis for the development of the Salaf-based da'wah in Indonesia in the 80s. Almost all salafi asatidz studied with them both and had great respect for both of them, as friends, teachers, fathers and good advisers.
Ustadz Hakim bin Amir Abdat once studied with Shaykh Muhammad bin Salih Al-'Utsaimin when he went to Saudi Arabia. However, he once said in the hadith assembly of Shahih Bukhari which he led that the meaning was that he only graduated from S1, namely elementary school because he had only one "S". He didn't go to middle school. He decided not to continue his formal schooling and chose to focus on studying religion. The breadth of knowledge and understanding shows that formal education does not guarantee the breadth of one's knowledge, Ustadz Abdul Hakim is one of the proofs.
Meanwhile, Al-Ustadz Abdul Hakim bin Amir Abdat's initial interest in hadith began with the Sahih Muslim book which his mother gave him, rahmatahallah. It was also the first book he had. From there came his love for the hadiths of the Prophet sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam.
It is said that he spends a lot of time in the LIPIA library. He spent a lot of time studying the books of scholars, taking notes on the merits and assessing the degree of a hadith. His desks are filled with useful scholarly books. What a blessing his time and age are filled with knowledge, knowledge and knowledge.
Sunnah.
Of course our generation, especially the millennial generation, learn from scholars, be careful not to immediately learn the Hadith and the Qur'an, before understanding the scientific procedures, because it can cause misinterpretation. The great scholars of the past have produced a correct understanding of the Qur'an and Hadith so that they provide guidance for us to understand the Qur'an and Hadith through their great works. Now the danger is that ordinary people immediately learn to interpret the Qur'an and Hadith, even though their knowledge is not much, so it is likely to be misleading. Please learn from below through the understanding of scholars with their works, if you have gone through various disciplines of knowledge and are sufficient, then you can go to the Alqu'an and Hadith. That way, so that people become lost.
This means that you don't get lost.