http://www.iaeme.com/IJM/index.asp 426 editor@iaeme.com International Journal of Management (IJM) Volume 11, Issue 7, July 2020, pp. 426-435, Article ID: IJM_11_07_040 Available online at http://www.iaeme.com/IJM/issues.asp?JType=IJM&VType=11&IType=7 ISSN Print: 0976-6502 and ISSN Online: 0976-6510 DOI: 10.34218/IJM.11.7.2020.040 © IAEME Publication Scopus Indexed THE INFLUENCE OF EGYPTIAN REFORMERS IN 1950-1960 TO THE DA’WAH MOVEMENT IN MALAYSIA YEARS 1970S Firdaus Khairi Abdul Kadir*, Asyraf Hj Ab Rahman and Hailan Salamun Centre for Fundamental and Continuing Education, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia Nooraihan Ali and Hammadah Ab Rahman Faculty of Islamic Contemporary Studies, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (Unisza), Malaysia *Corresponding Author: firdauskhairi@umt.edu.my ABSTRACT This paper will discuss historically the contributions of Muslim scholars and reformers such as Hassan Al-Banna (1905-1949) and Sayyid Qutb (1906-1966) in socio-cultural activities around the 1950s and 1960s in Egypt as well as the effects of their influence on da'wah movement in Malaysia. The emergence of da'wah institutions in Malaysia in the 1970s, as well as organizations that emphasized the importance of religious education for Muslims would also be discussed which had a direct impact on the pattern and shape of Islamic education in Malaysia in subsequent years. Using secondary data analysis, the study attempts to understand historical development of the Egyptian society during those periods from Sayyid Qutb’s writings and al-Banna’s statements in regards to Islam which advocating message ‘the formation of an Islamic society’ through Islamizing various aspects of the economy, social and for a better solution to the existing socio milieu facing Muslims community around the world including Malaysia in particular. Key words: Islam, Da'wah, Egyptian Scholars, Malay Society Cite this Article: Firdaus Khairi Abdul Kadir, Asyraf Hj Ab Rahman, Hailan Salamun, Nooraihan Ali and Hammadah Ab Rahman, The Influence of Egyptian Reformers in 1950-1960 to the Da’wah Movement in Malaysia Years 1970s, International Journal of Management, 11(7), 2020, pp. 426-435. http://www.iaeme.com/IJM/issues.asp?JType=IJM&VType=11&IType=7 1. INTRODUCTION Islam is a religion and a system of life perfecting both in the spiritual, social, cultural, political, legal, and life-changing aspects of life. The birth of Islamic figures both in the form of the islah or tajdid (revival)) movement of the people so that in parallel with the demand of