


Para sarjana tempatan juga tidak ketinggalan mengkaji kedatangan orang Arab ke beberapa kawasan tertentu di Tanah Melayu seperti yang dilakukan oleh Sharifah Zaleha 3 dan Mahayudin. Terdapat juga yang membuat kajian mengenai masyarakat Hadrami di kawasan ini, seperti Abushouk & Ibrahim dan Noryati. Kajian mengenai kehadiran masyarakat Arab ke rantau alam Melayu ini dibuat oleh beberapa orang sarjana, antara mereka seperti Tibbetts 2 dan Wheatley. Melalui usaha mereka juga orang Melayu mengenali dan menerima Islam.

Pendahuluan Masyarakat Arab sudah lama wujud dan mendiami alam Melayu. This paper seeks to explore their migration to the Malay Land along 20th century and to explore the involvement of scientists that has been involved in administrative affairs and Islamic education in the life of the local community. Along the way, this essay will briefly explore the many points he had expressed, especially Islamic reformist ideas through various media such as religious works, educations and journalistic writings.Īrab community groups who migrated to the Archipelago through trade and propagation of Islam has been assimilated into the local community in helping the development of Islamization of Sciences. This paper will consider the life of a Hadhrami 'ulama' Sayyid 'Alw 's life, career and contributions towards the Malay-Johor activism in the late nineteenth century, in the wake of Islam. Viewing Sayyid 'Alw 's remarkable achievements, his contribution in various fields were clearly significant, particularly so when it comes to transforming perspectives either in Islamic administrations or in educations among the Malay-Johor people. He also played crucial roles in the study of Islamic literacy, politics and history, which were the determining elements in championing the Malay supremacy in Johor from 1964-1961. According to R.B Serjeant, Sayyid 'Alw was remarkable in terms of his achievements and prominence, as well as being well-versed in the Islamic jurisprudence and Islamic education.

He became the leading 'ulama' among the Hadhrami in that era due to his renowned intellectuality in many places in the Islamic world such as South Africa, Singapore, Indonesia and in Malaya. Sayyid 'Alw Bin Tahir al-Haddad was one of the most prominent overseas Hadhrami in the late nineteenth century.
