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Tracing the Scholars of Islam • Series 46

Tok Kenali

The Orphan of Kampung Kenali Who Became the Teacher of Kelantan’s Scholars

His father died when he was five. He walked four miles to the Kota Bharu mosque to study, sailed to Mecca at eighteen, and came home 22 years later to open a pondok that held more than 300 students. The forty-sixth book of Tracing the Scholars of Islam tells the story of Tok Kenali. “And those who strive for Us — We will surely guide them to Our ways.”

📖 Free PDF 🕌 Verses of the Qur'an 📜 Hadith with Isnad 🛡️ Unproven Stories Marked

What You Will Learn

وَٱلَّذِينَ جَٰهَدُواْ فِينَا لَنَهۡدِيَنَّهُمۡ سُبُلَنَاۚ

“And those who strive for Us — We will surely guide them to Our ways. And indeed, Allah is with the doers of good.”

Surah al-‘Ankabut (29): 69 — Sahih International
🌿 Reflection Hardship is no barrier to seeking knowledge; strive, return to teach your people, and work together as a community.

This eBook Is For

Anyone who wants to know the early scholars

Parents & heads of families

Students, pondok teachers & history lovers

Preachers, teachers & counsellors

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The story of Tok Kenali — 22 chapters with Qur’anic verses, authentic Hadith with linked chains, a timeline, a map of his journeys, charts of his teachers and students, history notes marked separately, a glossary and reflection questions.

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