Remembering Hamka, one of the most political Indonesian ulemas in 20th century
JAKARTA – In this article, we give some profiles from one of Indonesian national heroes. This time is Buya Hamka , an Indonesian ulema who also involved in political cases. This year in 2024, Hamka should turn 116 years old, but he had left his beloved Indonesian moslems in July 1981. - Early life Hamka was born Abdul Malik on 17 February, 1908 in Agam, West Sumatra, the eldest of four siblings. Raised in a family of devout Muslims, his father was Abdul Karim Amrullah, a clerical reformer of Islam in Minangkabau, also known as "Haji Rasul". His mother, Sitti Shafiyah, came from a lineage of Minangkabau artists. His paternal grandfather, Muhammad Amrullah, was a member of the Naqshbandiyah. Prior to his formal education, Hamka lived with his grandmother in a house south of Maninjau. When he was four years old, Hamka and his family moved to Padang Panjang, where he learned to read the Qur'an and recite prayers under the guidance of his half-sister Fatimah. At the age of sev...