Syeikh Abdullah Fahim

Shaykh Abdullah bin Ibrahim Badawi Fahim (Jawi: شيخ عبد الله فهيم‎; 1869 – 27 April 1961) was a Malaysian nationalist and religious scholar.

He was also the paternal grandfather of former Prime Minister of Malaysia, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

Abdullah Badawi Fahim known as “Pak Him” and “Chaiain” was born in Mecca, Saudi Arabia in 1869.

He was a respected Islamic scholar and had set up and ran many religious schools, also known as madrasah or sekolah pondok.

[1] He also started a madrasah in Kepala Batas, Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's current hometown.