Makhdum_Karim
Makhdum Karim
Muslim missionary, Arab Sufi
Makhdum Karim or Karim ul-Makhdum was an Arab Sunni Sufi Muslim of the Shafi'i Madh'hab and Ash'ari Aqeeda as well as a known missionary from Arabia who came from Malacca.[1] Makhdum Karim was born in Makdonia,[2][page needed] him and the Wali sanga were affiliated with the Kubrawi Hamadani missionaries in the late 14th century. [3]He was a Sufi who brought Islam to the Philippines in 1380, 141 years before Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan arrived in the country. He established a mosque in Simunul Island, Tawi Tawi, Philippines, known as Sheik Karimal Makdum Mosque which is the oldest mosque in the country.[4]