Mawlana Malik Ibrahim is one of the eldest among the 9 saints (Wali Songo). Many narrations claimed that he was from Morrocco. Another version would probably from Yemen. He was the younger brother of Sultan Malikussalleh from Pasai, Aceh. His famous story was before he reached the land of Java, he was from Gujerat, doing dakwah. The refutation arise when we know in Yemen, they dont address their scholars or sufi masters as "Mawlana". Hence, some historians believe he's not from Yemen. Another possibility could be, he had the "Mawlana" title when he was at Gujerat. The indians usually refer to the scholars or sufi masters as "Mawlana".
Regardless of the various narrations on his background, Mawlana Malik Ibrahim had done a concerte contribution in performing dakwah with love to the Javanese Society whom were staunch hindus during that period of time. may Allah bless him for his noble effort in spreading the teaching of Islam by following the example of our beloved Prophet Muhammad s.a.w.
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