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Halal certification plays a crucial role in ensuring that a product is safe for consumption and complies with Islamic principles. Additionally, halal certification can also enhance a product's competitiveness. This study aims to provide understanding and knowledge to the community, particularly to Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), about the importance of halal certification for a product in supporting sales growth, especially for food products. Using a qualitative approach, interviews and observations were conducted with MSME operators. The research findings indicate that limited access to information and low public awareness about halal certification are major barriers to implementing halal certification in the village. In this context, the government has appointed the Halal Product Assurance Agency (BPJPH) of the Ministry of Religious Affairs (Kemenag) of the Republic of Indonesia to intensify halal certification for food industry producers. The requirements and procedures for obtaining halal certification need to be socialized to the broader community, particularly MSME operators. Thus, the KKN Team of UIN Walisongo, together with BPJPH, aims to assist the government program by providing information and understanding to the Rejosari village community about the importance of holding a halal certificate, which can help enhance the economic value of the village.

Broadly speaking, there are three theories about the arrival of Islam to Indonesia, namely the Gujarat theory, the Arabic theory and the Persian theory. The arrival of Islam to various regions in Indonesia did not occur simultaneously. Likewise, the various regions and kingdoms he visited had opposing socio-cultural and political conditions. Historians agree that Sumatra was the region where Islam first visited. The word wali songo is a combination of "wali" and "songo". The word wali is a form of the word waliyullah and comes from Arabic which means someone who loves and is loved by Allah. Then songo comes from Javanese which means nine. With this, wali songo is interpreted as wali nine, namely nine people who love and are loved by Allah SWT. Wali Songo has had a big influence in various fields in the process of spreading Islamic teachings in Indonesia, especially in Java. These fields include education, politics and da'wah.    

The expansion of Islam in Indonesia started in the middle of the 7th century AD. The expansion of Islam cannot be separated from the role of Walisongo as the guardian and assembly of Sufism experts in Indonesia, especially in Java. Sunan Ampel became one of the figures who made a major contribution to spreading Islam in East Java. The aim of this research is to find out the background of Sunan Ampel to Java and how Sunan Ampel spread Islam with his preaching in East Java. This research aims to understand the strategies used by Sunan Ampel while spreading Islam in East Java. This research uses a historical research method with a qualitative research model. The main sources used in carrying out this research are several books, journals, and babad that are relevant to the research topic studied. The results and discussion of this research concluded that Sunan Ampel's da'wah strategy through marriage, relatives, and building mosques and Islamic boarding schools, as well as teaching Islamic knowledge to the surrounding community seemed still not practical and was still considered difficult to accept by the surrounding community at that time.   Keywords: Sunan Ampel; Preaching; Surabaya; East Java.  

Lembaga pendidikan pertama yang lahir dalam sejarah kehidupan bangsa Indonesia adalah pesantren. Awal mula pesantren muncul dan berkembang pada masa Walisongo di Jawa, ketika Sunan Ampel mendirikan sebuah padepokan di Ampel Surabaya dan menjadikannya sebagai pusat pendidikan. Pesantren merupakan lembaga pendidikan tradisional berbasis agama Islam yang dapat dijangkau oleh masyarakat Indonesia saat itu. Pesantren kemudian berkembang tidak hanya khusus untuk pendidikan agama, tetapi juga pendidikan umum, bahkan tokoh-tokoh dari pesantren pun turut serta memerangi penjajah guna mewujudkan nasionalisme. Pendidikan merupakan modal utama bagi setiap bangsa untuk membuka pintu ilmu pengetahuan guna meningkatkan kualitas hidup. Secara historis, pesantren tentunya telah memenuhi tugas luhur pendidikan yang melahirkan para intelektual Islam di Indonesia hingga saat ini. Pesantren juga dapat diharapkan menjadi lembaga yang mampu melahirkan santri sebagai pelaku utama pembangunan bangsa dengan memadukan beberapa muatan pembelajaran seperti ilmu pengetahuan, teknologi, seni, nilai, dan lingkungan dalam proses pembangunan individu masyarakat. Peranan pesantren dalam pendidikan yakni pesantren harus memerankan diri sebagai pengawal dan pelestari nilai-nilai agama. Pesantren sebagai lembaga pendidikan, tentu juga dituntut untuk memerankan diri sebagai pembaru pemahaman keagamaan dan sebagai lembaga pendidikan keagamaan dan pendidikan sosial-kemasyarakatan, pesantren juga dapat mengemban peranan, tugas, misi, dan fungsinya sebagai inspiratory, motivator, dan dinamistor pelaksanaan pembangunan pada tingkat lokal dan regional di daerahnya masing-masing.