 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pokupinda kweJapan muManchuriaMuna 1931, Ma akatumwa nehurumende yeChina kuAl-Azhar University muCairo, kuEgypt, kuti anovaka ukama nenyika dzechiArab. Aiva mumwe weboka rokutanga revadzidzi vokuChina vaitsigirwa nehurumende kuti vadzidze ikoko - vaisanganisira varume vaizova gare gare nyanzvi dzechiArabic nechiIslam dzomuChina, dzakadai saNa Zhong. Ari muCairo, akaonana neMuslim Brotherhood yakabatana neSalafi Publishing House, iyo yakabvuma muna 1934 kubudisa rimwe remabasa ake - bhuku rekutanga rakareba muArabic pamusoro penhoroondo yeIslam muChina. Gore rimwe gare gare, Ma akashandura Analects muchiArabic. Ari muCairo, aizoshandurawo gare gare mamwe mabasa aMuhammad Abduh muchiChinese, achibatsirwa naRashid Rida, pamwe chete neThe Truth of Islam ya1949. Kusimudzira zvido zveChinese mumamiriro eHondo yechipiri yeChina neJapan, Ma akatumirwa kuMecca kutanga kwa1939 sechikamu chevashandi veHajj pamwe nevamwe vadzidzi 27 - rwendo rwavakataura naIbn Saud nezvekutsunga kwevanhu vese veChinese kuramba maJapan. 