Abdul Karim Amrullah

Haji Rasul was born in Sungai Batang, Maninjau, West Sumatra on February 10, 1879.

His father was Muslim ulema, Syekh Muhammad Amrullah Tuanku Kisai and his mother Andung Tarawas.

[citation needed] In 1894, he went to Mecca, studying Islamic law under Shaikh Ahmad Khatib.

[1] Upon his return to the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), he founded an Islamic organization known as Muhammadiyah in West Sumatra.

Rusdi Hamka, his grandson, is a politician, a member of DPR from United Development Party.