Also known as: Haji Abdul Malik Karim Amrullah, Buya Hamka
Biography
Buya Hamka, whose full name was Haji Abdul Malik Karim Amrullah, (was born on February 17, 1908, in Maninjau, West Sumatra), and passed away on July 24, 1981, in Jakarta. He was an Indonesian Islamic scholar, writer, historian, and politician who had a significant influence on the world of Islam and Indonesian literature.
Buya Hamka came from a family of Minangkabau scholars. His father, Dr. Abdul Karim Amrullah, was a reformist Islamic figure in Indonesia. Hamka studied Islam in depth from a young age, including at Sumatera Thawalib, a modern Islamic school in Padang Panjang. He also expanded his knowledge of Islam through self-study and traveled to Mecca at a young age.
As an Islamic scholar, Buya Hamka was active in Muhammadiyah and served as the first Chairman of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) from 1975 to 1981. He was known as a moderate preacher with broad insights. In politics, he was a member of the Constituent Assembly representing the Masyumi Party before the party was ...
