Blessings in Khidmah as the Entrepreneurial Ethic of Female Santri to Achieve Perfection and Meaning of Life

<div>The purpose of this paper is to describe the motivation to hope for blessings in serving (khidmah) by female <span style="font-size: 1rem;">students (santriwati) who encourage the ethos of entrepreneurship. This paper focuses on the experience </span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">(related to integrity and competence) and the meaning of entrepreneurship for women in pesantren </span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">(Islamic boarding schools) who are devoted to the business sector of pesantren. The research method uses </span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">a phenomenological approach. The research subjects were 20 female students who were selected by key </span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">informants and purposive sampling techniques. Data analysis, among others: the stage of describing the </span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">phenomenon, the stage of horizonalization, the stage of the cluster of meaning, the stage of essence </span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">description, and the stage of report writing. The results showed that the khidmah carried out by female </span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">students in pesantren who were considered to bring blessings in life was that there was a balance between </span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">shalahiyyah and shalih. Salahiyyah, namely having knowledge and skills; such as building networks, friendly </span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">and polite, and active. Shalih, namely having moral integrity; such as sincerity, honesty, qonaah and </span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">pleasure (ridha), patience, and trust. The female students interpret the experience of khidmah with: the </span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">meaning and perfection of life. By way of khidmah, their lives become meaningful for worship and hope for </span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">blessings (tabarruk). With khidmah, they feel they have achieved the perfection of life for the pesantren and </span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">society. The meaning and perfection of life are to achieve prosperity and happiness in this world and the </span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">hereafter. This research is useful for developing career counseling and the psychology of entrepreneurship </span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">in the context of Indonesian culture, which is relatively rare</span></div>