After settling down in Kota Bharu, Kelantan Musa had a wide chance to choose the scholars available in Kota Bharu Mosque at that time for the purpose of learning Islamic Studies.
The one really attracted him was Haji Wan Ali Kutan ( actual name is Haji Wan Ali bin Abdul Rahman). This respectable scholar had his own pondok and also known as Sheikh Wan Ali al-Kalantani.
The name “pondok” in Northern Malaya (Kedah and Kelantan) then, and even in Malaysia now, does not mean only the hut in which a student stays, but a generic name for a particular area in which such traditional system of Islamic education is available. The name “pondok” is then qualified either by the name of the locality or the name of the most prominent religious scholar in the institution. For example, there was then in Kota Bharu itself the Pondok Kubang Pasu, named after the locality Kubang Pasu, to the north of the town center.
So, Musa has became a student of Haji Wan Ali Kutan.
Musa also traveled to the north, to Tumpat where he found another famous scholar known as Haji Abdul Malik Sungai Pinang. He even went to Pattani, Southern Thailand to seek for religious knowledge.
Musa learned Tasawwuf, Arabic Grammar, Fiqh and Al-Hadith from those scholars. It wasn't difficult for him to learn and understand the subjects taught because he had all the basic knowledge learned from his father before. His eagerness to study also making the subjects more interesting for him.
Musa then heard about the other young scholars whom had returned from Mecca like Tok Selehong and Tok Kenali. Later on Musa had been their student and their friend too.
Musa then shifted to Bachok, Kelantan and studied with a scholar known as Haji Jamaluddin Perupok.
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