Muhammadiyah Launches ChatHPT AI Assistant: Here Are Its Features

Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia — Muhammadiyah officially launched ChatHPT, its latest artificial intelligence (AI) assistant, on Thursday (5 November 2026). The technology was unveiled at the opening of the 33rd National Tarjih Conference at Muhammadiyah University of Surabaya.

According to the Muhammadiyah website, the AI has been designed to help the public access religious rulings, fatwas and explanations. The initiative is intended to make it easier for people to find reliable information in official documents produced by the Council for Tarjih and Tajdid.

With ChatHPT, people can ask a range of religious questions in everyday language. The system searches for relevant documents, compiles an answer and provides references to the original texts.

The conversational service has three main functions for users across Indonesia: a religious question-and-answer tool, a digital library and a learning assistant that removes the need to read thousands of pages manually.

In the November 2026 edition of the Complete ChatHPT Guide, Ismail Fahmi said the service had been tested since August. It had received 13,840 questions by 2 November 2026, with prayer the most common topic, accounting for 19.3 per cent.

ChatHPT is supported by a large database containing 1,153 texts of rulings, fatwas and religious answers. The system also includes 2,742 fiqh concepts and 3,855 entities, including the names of figures, hadith transmitters, books and institutions.

The collection comprises 836 Tarjih fatwa texts, 255 Religious Question-and-Answer documents and 62 documents from the Collection of Tarjih Rulings (HPT). The service was developed through close cooperation between the Council for Tarjih and Tajdid, the Council for Libraries and Information (MPI), and LabMu.

Muhammadiyah Central Board chairman Haedar Nashir tried ChatHPT himself and urged members to make use of the digital assistant and become familiar with it.

“All members and leaders should get used to ChatHPT, so that they do not make mistakes in religious matters,” he said.

Haedar said using the service was important to ensure that religious practice continued to refer to the Quran, the sunna and ijtihad. He also praised the initiative for providing detailed conclusions and references to original sources.

“This is an extraordinary initiative by Tarjih, and it will be able to reach more people,” Haedar said.

“My thanks to all the programmers who created this; it is a lasting charitable deed,” he added.

Going forward, ChatHPT is expected to expand its collection of documents, including rulings from the latest National Tarjih Conference and worship guides. The technology is intended to connect today’s generations with Muhammadiyah’s scholarly heritage while fostering a critical reading culture.