He was given the honorific title of "Father of Malay Journalism and Short Stories" by the National Library of Malaysia (PNM).

His academic achievements qualified him for enrollment at an English school in Kuala Lumpur, but this notion was rejected by his parents.

[5] Instead, in connection to his father's catering business for Muslim pilgrims, Kajai was sent to Mecca in 1906 for further studies in Arabic and Islam.

[1] During his time in Mecca, he was inspired by the events of the Battle of Jarrab in 1915, which made Kajai interested in journalism.

For three years, he wrote short stories about his life in Mecca until 1927, when he returned to Malaya once more when his mother passed away.

Warta Malaya, written in Jawi alphabets, became the first Malay newspaper to directly subscribe to global news agencies.

On 20 December 1941, Kajai left Singapore for Kuala Lumpur after the Japanese invasion of Malaya commenced.

He returned to Singapore in 1943 and launched work on his final newspaper, Berita Malai (or known as Malay Sinpo), a merger between Utusan Melayu and Warta Malaya.