The setting up of the Chair of HAMKA is a timely initiative:

1. to nurture the development of young intellectuals based on the model of intellectual development adopted by HAMKA. The Chair will be able to provide relevant avenues for intellectual activities and engagement from the Nusantara scholars at present time. 
2. to position the AHAS KIRKHS strategically to continue playing her intellectual function, especially in spearheading the Nusantara intellectual discourse under the Tawhidic paradigm compatible with the original aspiration of HAMKA. In this regard, the Chair would be an inevitable point of reference for those who are interested in the study of Malay and Nusantara intellectual pursuits, particularly in the manner knowledge is sourced, disseminated and applied. 
3. Specifically, the establishment of the Chair of HAMKA is to:
   1. provide avenues for academic activities that encompass studies on HAMKA’s approaches in relevantising knowledge to the local context, and efforts to nurture the mind of young contemporary intellectuals.
   2. facilitate engagement of scholars from the Nusantara to conduct relevant academic activities and outreach programmes, befitting the intellectual, social, and educational of the University.
   3. spearhead the Nusantara intellectual discourse under the Tawhidic paradigm, compatible with the original aspiration of HAMKA. 
   4. serve as a point of reference for those who are interested in the study of Malay and Nusantara intellectual pursuits, being aware of the availability of the rich collection of literature published by, and about, him.