KH. Abdul Wahid Hasyim was born on 1 June 1914 in Tebuireng, Jombang, East Java (Aceh 1957, 141). His father, Hasyim Asy’ari, was a prominent ulama, the founder of Tebuireng Pesantren, and then established Nahdlatul Ulama in 1926, the biggest Muslim organization in contemporary Indonesia. While his mother, Nafiqah, was the daughter of Kiai Ilyas, a charismatic ulama from Sewulan Pesantren in Madiun, East Java (Zaini 1998, 19). Saiful Umam (1998, 98) states that the original name of Wahid Hasyim was Muhammad Asy’ari that then it was altered to Abdul Wahid due to his physical weakness during his childhood period. However, Abdul Wahid preferred to write his name as Abdul Wahid Hasyim and finally more familiar with Wahid Hasyim.