After the ups and downs of the cabinet during the parliamentary democracy or often referred to as liberal democracy, Soekarno implemented a new concept and model of democracy since 1959 called guided democracy. KH Idham Chalid who at that time served as chairman of PBNU issued his political ijtihad that guided democracy was in accordance with Islamic teachings. The purpose of writing this article is to find out the ijtihad of KH Idham Chalid, especially his thoughts on the concept of guided democracy. The method used in the preparation of this article uses the historical method, namely heuristics (search for sources), the main primary sources are the Islamic fire magazine published in 1965 and the book Islam and Guided Democracy, both primary sources written directly by KH Idham Chalid. Criticism (source selection), interpretation (interpretation) and historiography (writing). The results of this study are known that KH Idham Chalid accepts the concept of guided democracy because it is in accordance with Islamic teachings, namely syuro or deliberation, apart from that the politics of the Sunni Nahdlatul Ulama are flexible, accommodating. and choose to cooperate with the authorities.
