103 Inter-subjectivity of khalwat (suluk) members in the tarekat Naqsyabandiyah Khalidiyah Ponorogo S. Maryam Yusuf State Islamic Institute (IAIN) Ponorogo E-mail: maryamyusuf@iainponorogo.ac.id DOI: 10.18326/ijims.v10i1.103-126 Abstract Naqshbandiyah is one of the names of tarekat that still exist in the Islamic world for 8 centuries (12-20 AD) because it has successfully carried out Islamization using a cultural approach. Khalwat dar anjuman or ‘seclusion from the crowd’ is the main method of training and spiritual discipline to defend Islamic beliefs and values from the various crises of modern human life, which leads to spiritual emptiness. An assumption on khalwat causing someone to behave exclusively towards his/her environment is very interesting to study. Phenomenological research using Max Weber’s sociology of religion approach is used to find motives and symbolic meanings of student behavior (salik) that follow khalwat (suluk) in Tarekat Naqshbandiyah of Durisawo Ponorogo. The results of research show: First, belief in kharisma murshid of Tarekat Naqsyabandiyah Khalidiyah is a gift from Allah SWT that can assist students in enhancing their spiritual experience (religious motives) and overcoming various problems that interfere both physical and psychological states, making them be more socially and morally intelligent in their lives (individual motives). Second, khalwat (suluk) has a subjective Indonesian Journal of Islam and Muslim Societies Vol. 10, no. 1 (2020), pp. 103-126, doi : 10.18326/ijims.v10i1. 103-126