(1788 – 27/07/1866) 78 years of age Habib Noh bin Muhammad Al-Habshee came from Kedah, Malaysia. Not much was known about his early life, though he came from a family of four brothers: Habib Noh, Habib Ariffin and Habib Zain (both of whom died in Penang) and the youngest – Habib Salikin – who died  Full Article…

(1882 – 22/01/1956) 92 years of age A well-known Islamic educator in Singapore, Syed Abu Bakar bin Taha Alsagoff hailed from Hadramaut, Yemen. He received his early education in his birth town, Seiyun. Later, he went to Mecca to further his studies at the feet of some of the most prominent ulama at that time.  Full Article…

(? – 1989) Ustaz Hussein was the former Headmaster for Madrasah Al-Khairiyyah at Still Road and the teacher for many students, including this Webmaster and the Member of Parliament Mr Zainul Abidin Rasheed. He was also the imam for Masjid Khalid. May Allah bless his soul. (Source: Webmaster)

(31/12/1908 – 22/9/1997) 89 years of age Syeikh Umar bin Abdullah bin Ahmad bin Salim bin Abdullah bin Abu Bakar Al-Khatib was born in Tarim, Hadramaut, Yemen, on Thursday 31 December 1908 (8 Zulhijjah 1326). His family was well-known for their religious background and he was a descendent of ‘Abaad bin Bish Al-Ausi Al-Ansari, one  Full Article…

(1922 – 12/12/2011) 89 years of age Kiayi Kassim Adnan was a well known religious figure in Singapore, especially among the local Bawean community. He served as advisor to the committee that was tasked to build the Al-Iman Mosque at Bukit Panjang. Going beyond his duty as an advisor, he collected donations for the mosque  Full Article…

(1929 – 4/12/2002) 71 years of age Moulavi M. H. Babu Sahib (Al-Mawlawi Muhammad Muhyiddin Baz al-Ashhab al-Rahmani) was born some time around the year 1929 (officially stated to be 1933) in the township of Kottar, Nagercoil, in what is presently the state of Tamil Nadu state, in India. His father was Al-Mawlawi Muhammad Hasbullah  Full Article…

(12/9/1921 – 27/4/2004) 82 years of age A respected religious scholar, Ustaz Syed Abdul Rahman was among the first batch of students from Madrasah Aljunied, in the years from 1927 to 1933. He dedicated his life to Islam, teaching and giving sermons for almost 40 years, and was also active in eradicating deviant teachings in  Full Article…

(16/09/1946 – 7/04/2012) 65 years of age Ustaz Abdull Salam bin Mohd Sultan was an activist at Muhammadiyah Association Singapore for about 40 years. He served as its second Vice President for half of that period. Ustaz Abdull Salam was born in 16 September 1946 in Singapore. He received his early education at Siglap Primary  Full Article…

(18 Feb 1931 – 1/3/2003) Ustaz Wan Woojdy was born and educated in Kelantan, Malaysia. A prolific writer, he wrote many articles, but did not publish them. Instead, he distributed his writings to those who were interested. He worked for Shell Petroleum at Pulau Bukom until his retirement, after which he devoted most of his  Full Article…

(11/11/1921 – 26/9/2007) 85 years of age Kiyai Muhammad Hassan Asy’ari was born at Kampung Pekalongan, Kacamatan Tambak, Bawean Island, Indonesia, on Friday, 11 November 1921, corresponding to 10 Rabi’ al-Awwal 1340. He received his early education from his father, Kiyahi Mustafa Al-Bakri who was a well known religious teacher in his village. Kiyai Asy’ari  Full Article…

(? – 20/10/2005) Ustaz Amir bin Rais was a teacher at Madrasah Aljunied Al-Islamiah before taking the position of Naib Kadi at Registrar of Muslim Marriages Singapore, the position he held until he passed away on 20 October 2005, corresponding to 16 Ramadhan 1426. May Allah bless his soul. (Source: Webmaster)

(21/8/1933 – 15/7/2006) 72 years of age Ustaz Syed Ahmad bin Muhammad Semait was born in Singapore, on Monday, 21 August 1933, corresponding to 29 Rabiul Akhir 1352. His father was an Arab who worked as a clerk in a real estate company and who was active in social works among the local Arab community.  Full Article…

(? – 2004) Dato’ Paduka Ustaz Hj. Mustajab bin Shai’en was born in Singapore and received his education at Madrasah Aljunied Al-Islamiah. After graduating from that Madrasah, he served as one of its teachers until 1967 when he decided to teach in Brunei, where he became one of the personal teachers of the royal family.  Full Article…

(25/6/1948 – 23/1/2007) 58 years of age Ustazah Badriyah was born in Singapore on Friday, 25 June 1948 (17 Syaaban 1367). She received her early education at Madrasah Al Bustan (which was established by Ust Sonhadji Muhammad) from 1955 to 1960, and then at Madrasah Al-Maarif from 1962 to 1966. She was well-known as an  Full Article…

(31 October 1947 – 23/5/2000) Ustaz Salleh Hoddin was born on 31 October 1947. He had a wife and 4 children. 2 of them are asatizah. Ustaz Salleh Hoddin had his early education from Madrasah Khairiyyah and later from Madrasah Aljunied Al-Islamiah. He had his tertiary studies in International University of Madinah. He spent his  Full Article…

(2 January 1925 – 9 June 2008) 83 years of age Although Ustaz Arsyad was born in Singapore, his parents sent him to Bawean Island to grew up and received his early education there. Among his teachers was Kiyahi Hasyim Ilyas at Pakalongan Bawean. At the age of 10, he was brought to see his  Full Article…

(? – 18/01/2009) Ustaz Mahmood was a teacher at Madrasah Aljunied Al-Islamiah and a great da’i. He passed away on 21 Muharram 1430 leaving behind a wife, one son and two daughters. May Allah bless his soul. (Source: Webmaster)

(? – 1996) Habib Hussein served as imam at Masjid Al Abdul Razak since it was erected until his death. It was he who started the ratib and other zikr in the mosque. He used to host the Sunday morning dars (reading group) lead by Syeikh Umar Al-Khatib which concentrate on the reading of  Ihya’ Ulumuddin,  Full Article…

(3/04/1892 – 22/08/1954) 62 years of age It was in the blessed month of Ramadan that the world welcomed the blessed soul and the physical being of Moulana Shah Muhammad Abdul Aleem Siddique Al-Qaderi, on 3 April 1892 (15 Ramadan 1310) at Meerut, India. He was raised in a family that was pious and devout.  Full Article…

(30/5/1932 – 11/7/1990) 58 years of age A qualified lawyer and religious teacher, Ustaz Muhammad Kamil was born in Singapore on Monday, 30 May 1932 (24 Muharram 1351). After graduating from Al-Azhar University in Islamic Jurisprudence and Civil Law, he pursued his studies and obtained his Barrister of Law from Cambridge University. In London, he  Full Article…

(? – 19/02/2011) Listen to Syeikh Abdul Maqsud’s Short Lecture Syeikh Abdel Maqsud Elsayed Elsayed was an Egyptian scholar from Al-Azhar University. He came to Singapore in 1989 to teach at Madrasah Aljunied Al-Islamiah and remained with the Madrasah until his death. Syeikh Abdul Maqsud was remembered as a true scholar who mastered almost all  Full Article…

(? – 19/02/1940) Habib Abdullah bin Idrus BaRum BaAlawi was one of Singapore’s great wali who’s barakah was enjoyed even by non-Muslims here during his life. He was popularly called Habib Brum. It was said that whichever shop he entered into would have its business prosper. Among them, the three famous murtabak stalls along North  Full Article…

(1915 – 14/07/1996) 81 years of age Sheikh Abdullah Basmeih was the well-known translator of Al-Quran in Malay Language ‘Pimpinan Rahman’ which was published by the Malaysian Government’s Agency, JAKIM. He was born in Mecca and received his education there. May Allah bless his soul. (Source: Webmaster)

(1885 – 28/10/1962) 77 years of age Syed Abdullah bin Sheikh bin Muhammad Balfaqih was the second principal of Madrasah Aljunied Al-Islamiah. May Allah bless his soul. (Source: Webmaster)

(? – 1966) Kiyahi Mahfuz bin Dahlan was born at Bawean Island, Indonesia. After he finished his early studies at a pondok pasanteren in his villiage, he went to Java Island for higher studies. This was the norm then for Bawean sons. After he completed his higher studies at Java, he went to Singapore. This  Full Article…

(? – 30/1/2005) Ustaz Soiman bin Abdul Moni was among the early graduates of Madrasah Aljunied Al-Islamiah. He was one of the teachers for the weekly ALMAS (ALumni Madrasah Aljunied Singapura) religious classes every Sunday and was also the Secretary for ALMAS. May Allah bless his soul. (Source: Syed Mustafa Alsagoff)

(July 1883 – 24/6/1968) 84 years of age Umar bin Abdullah bin Ahmad bin Abdullah bin Umar bin Abdullah Bagharib was born in Tarim, Hadramaut, in Ramadan 1300 AH. This is according to Habib Muhammad bin Salim Al-Attas. His father was a hafiz Al-Quran and had reportedly performed his haj 35 times by walking from  Full Article…

(8/10/1940 – 17/6/2005) 64 years old Ustaz Haji Mohamed Tarmidhi was the teacher for several asatizah in Singapore at Madrasah Aljunied Al-Islamiah. Later, he worked at the Saudi Embassy in Singapore. He was well known as an accomplished calligrapher, whose work adorned many mosques in Singapore. May Allah bless His soul. (Source: Webmaster)

(1915 – 1969) 54 years of age Syed Muhammad was a teacher at Madrasah Aljunied Al-Islamiah and the author of the famous book ‘Nahu al-‘Arabiy’ used by all madrasah students in Singapore until now. May Allah bless his soul. (Source: Webmaster)

(? – 26/4/1976) Habib Muhammad bin Salim bin Ahmad bin Hasan al-Attas was the founder and the first imam for Masjid Ba-Alawi at Lewis Road, Bukit Timah. The mosque was built on a piece of waqaf land owned by Syaikh Abu Bakar bin Muhammad al-Shibli, a rich Arab in Singapore who owned many lands and  Full Article…

(? – 6/6/2004) An Islamic teacher and preacher in Singapore during the 1990s, Ustaz Abdullah bin Faqih died died in Makkah was buried there. May Allah bless his soul. (Source: Webmaster) Click here to hear one of his lectures.

(17/11/1936 – 12/10/2004) 68 years of age Ustaz Mohd Hafi received his early education at Madrasah Aljunied. Later, he worked as teacher at Madrasah Alsagoff. He died on 12 October 2004, at the age of 68. May Allah bless his soul. (Source: Pergas)

(? – 2004) Ustaz Osman was famous as a fiery khatib at Masjid Kassim, where he also served as its regular imam. May Allah bless his soul. (Source: Webmaster)

(16/06/1922 – 07/01/1987) 64 years of age Ustaz Munawir was born in Bawean Island on 16 June, though there are some disagreements as to the year. However, his passport indicated that he was born in 1922. Due to a recording error when he applied for Singapore citizenship, his name was printed as Matnawi and not  Full Article…

(2/3/1938 – 4/1/2003) 64 years of age A well-known and respected ulama, Ustaz Syed Abdillah was born on Wednesday, 2 March 1938 (29 Zulhijjah 1356) in Singapore.He received his education at Madrasah Aljunied Al-Islamiah. Ustaz Syed Isa Semait, who was his contemporary, told this webmaster that Ustaz Syed Abdillah was a very intelligent student, who  Full Article…

(1910 – April 1989) Syed Shaikh al-Habshi was born at Hawta, Hadramaut, Yemen in 1910. He received the traditional education at Rubat, Tarim, under the tutelage of some of the most prominent ulama such as Habib Mohamed bin Salim bin Hafiz (father of the reknown Habib Umar bin Hafiz) and Habib Abdullah bin Umar Al-Shateri.  Full Article…

(1923 – 22/12/2002) 79 years of age Haji Said bin Haji Ibrahim was born in 1923 at Kampung Kedai Lalat, Kelantang, Malaysia. His parents were from Jambi, Indonesia. When they returned to Jambi, Haji Said enrolled at the Pasentren Jambi Seberang before he travelled to Mecca and studied there for 10 years at the feet  Full Article…

(15/5/1916 – 17/4/1999) 82 years of age Professor Tan Sri Datuk Ahmad bin Mohamed Ibrahim was born on Monday, 15 May 1916 (12 Rejab 1334) in Singapore. He received his early education at Victoria Bridge School, Singapore and continued his secondary education at Raffles Institution Singapore. Later he studied at Raffles College, Singapore for the  Full Article…

(08/10/1909 – 8/10/1995) 84 years of age Mohamed Sanusi bin Mahmood was Singapore’s first Mufti – from 1967 to 1972 – and one of those rare ulama of that time who had a good command of Malay, Arabic and English. He owed this capability to his outstanding educational background. From 1922 to 1931, he was  Full Article…