Waislamu waliteka nchi ili kuwafikishia watu wake Da'wah ya Kiislamu. Asili ya kubeba Da'wah ya Kiislamu inahitaji kuwepo kwa harakati ya kitamaduni. Hii ni kwa sababu Uislamu ni ujumbe unaohitaji kusomwa, kutafitiwa na kusomwa kwa kina, na kwa asili yake unalazimu kwamba ujifunzwe na ueleweke. Unamhitaji mwenye imani nao kujifunza chochote kinachoweza kuinua kiwango cha maisha. Hivyo, wengi wa watu waliofungua nchi walikuwa ni maulamaa (wanazuoni), wenye ustadi wa kisomo cha Qur'ani (maqari'), na wale waliojua kuandika (makatibu). Waliandamana na maulamaa, maqari na makatibu ili wafundishe katika nchi mpya zilizotekwa, kwa kuwa katika kila nchi iliyotekwa msikiti ulijengwa kwa ajili ya sala na kwa lengo la kuwafundisha wanaume, wanawake na watoto. Maulamaa ndio waliojitwika jukumu la kuwafundisha watu Qur'ani, hadithi na ahkamu. Pia walijitwika jukumu la kueneza Uislamu. Hivyo, harakati ya kitamaduni ililenga kufundisha na kueneza Uislamu. Ilikuwa harakati ya kitamaduni ya Kiislamu. Hata hivyo, mbali na hayo, pia ilikuwa ikijumuisha vipengele vya kihistoria, kiisimu na kifasihi.

The Muslims conquered lands in order to carry the Islamic Da’wah to its people. The nature of carrying the Islamic Da’wah necessitates the presence of a cultural movement. This is because Islam is a message which requires study, research and reading and since its very nature necessitates that it is studied and understood. It requires the one who has conviction in it to study anything that has an effect in elevating the standard of life. Thus, many of those people who opened up lands were scholars (ulama), proficient in the recitation of the Qur’ān (qari’een), and those who could write (katibeen). They were accompanied by the scholars, reciters and scribes so as to teach in the newly conquered lands because in every conquered land a mosque would be built for prayer and for the purpose of teaching men, women and children. The Ulama were the ones who assumed the responsibility of teaching the people the Qur’ān, hadīth and ahkām. They also assumed the responsibility of spreading Islam. Thus, the cultural movement aimed at teaching and spreading Islam. It was an Islamic cultural movement. However, in addition to that it also used to include historical, linguistic and literary aspects.