Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Mālik ibn Shams al-Ḥaqq ibn ʿAbd ar-Raḥmān ibn Ummīd ʿAlī al-Kumillāʾī ( ar, محمد عبد المالك بن شمس الحق بن عبد الرحمن بن أميد علي الكملائي; born 29 August 1969), or simply Muhammad Abdul Malek ( bn, মুহাম্মদ আব্দুল মালেক), is a Bangladeshi

Islamic scholar In Islam, the ''ulama'' (; ar, علماء ', singular ', "scholar", literally "the learned ones", also spelled ''ulema''; feminine: ''alimah'' ingularand ''aalimath'' lural are the guardians, transmitters, and interpreters of religious ...

, author and researcher. His

magnum opus A masterpiece, ''magnum opus'' (), or ''chef-d’œuvre'' (; ; ) in modern use is a creation that has been given much critical praise, especially one that is considered the greatest work of a person's career or a work of outstanding creativity, ...

, ''

Al Madkhal ila Ulum al Hadith al Sharif ''Al-Madkhal ila Ulum al-Hadith al-Sharif'' ( ar, المدخل إلى علوم الحديث الشريف) is a book written by Muhammad Abdul Malek that serves as an introductory guide to the science of Hadith. The title can be translated as "An ...

'', is used as a textbook in the

Muslim world The terms Muslim world and Islamic world commonly refer to the Islamic community, which is also known as the Ummah. This consists of all those who adhere to the religious beliefs and laws of Islam or to societies in which Islam is practiced. In ...

. Abdul Malek is the co-founder, current director and Professor of Hadith of Markaz ad-Dawah al-Islamia as well as the founder of '' Al Kawsar'' monthly magazine.Abdul Malek
Shaban and Shabe-Barat True Status.
Page no- 7 He is also a member of the

Bangladesh Qawmi Madrasa Education Commission Bangladesh Qawmi Madrasa Education Commission is a commission formed by the Government of Bangladesh on 15 April 2012 to give official recognition to education certificate of Qawmi Madrasas. The commission had 17 members with Shah Ahmad Shafi as ...

and

Islamic Fiqh Academy, India Islamic Fiqh Academy (IFA) of India is a Deobandi fiqh organization. It was established in 1988 in New Delhi under the guidance of Mujahidul Islam Qasmi. The primary objective of the academy is to address contemporary issues and challenges faced by ...

Early life and education

Muhammad Abdul Malek was born on 29 August 1969 to a

Bengali Muslim Bengali Muslims ( bn, বাঙালি মুসলমান; ) are adherents of Islam who ethnically, linguistically and genealogically identify as Bengalis. Comprising about two-thirds of the global Bengali population, they are the se ...

family in the village of Sarashpur in Laksam,

Comilla District Comilla District, officially known as Cumilla District, is a district of Bangladesh located about 100 kilometres south east of Dhaka. Comilla is bordered by Brahmanbaria and Narayanganj districts to the north, Noakhali and Feni districts to ...

East Pakistan East Pakistan was a Pakistani province established in 1955 by the One Unit Scheme, One Unit Policy, renaming the province as such from East Bengal, which, in modern times, is split between India and Bangladesh. Its land borders were with India ...

. He was the second among the five children of '' Mawlana'' Muhammad Shamsul Hoque. After brief homeschooling, Abdul Malek joined the Jamia Islamia Arabia Kherihar in Chandpur, a

qawmi madrasah Qawmi Madrasah ( bn, কওমী মাদ্রাসা, ar, المدرسة القومية, al-Madrasah al-Qawmiyyah) is an adjective describing one of the two major madrasah educational categories in Bangladesh. The Qawmi madrasahs are not ...

where his father was serving as headmaster. After passing the Fazilat Jamat, he went to

Karachi Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former ...

and got admission in

Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia ( ur, , ''Jāmi‘ah ‘Ulūm-i Islāmīyah'' / , ''Jāmi‘atul-‘Ulūmul-Islāmīyah'') is an Islamic University in Banoori Town, Karachi, Pakistan. The university continues the tradition of the Darul Uloom system ...

. He graduated with ''takmil'' from the faculty of

Hadith studies Hadith studies ( ar, علم الحديث ''ʻilm al-ḥadīth'' "science of hadith", also science of hadith, or science of hadith criticism or hadith criticism) consists of several religious scholarly disciplines used by Muslim scholars in th ...

in 1988. He specialised further in

hadith studies Hadith studies ( ar, علم الحديث ''ʻilm al-ḥadīth'' "science of hadith", also science of hadith, or science of hadith criticism or hadith criticism) consists of several religious scholarly disciplines used by Muslim scholars in th ...

under the guidance of Maulana Abdur Rashid Numani receiving his ''takhassus'' in 1991. He then enrolled at

Dar-ul-Uloom, Karachi Darul Uloom Karachi ( ur, دارالعلوم کراچی) is a Madrasa in Karachi, Pakistan. It was founded by Muhammad Shafi Deobandi in June 1951 at Nanak Wara and later on it transferred to Korangi, Karachi, on March 17, 1957. It continues th ...

and specialised in

Islamic jurisprudence ''Fiqh'' (; ar, فقه ) is Islamic jurisprudence. Muhammad-> Companions-> Followers-> Fiqh. The commands and prohibitions chosen by God were revealed through the agency of the Prophet in both the Quran and the Sunnah (words, deeds, and ...

and ''

fatwa A fatwā ( ; ar, فتوى; plural ''fatāwā'' ) is a legal ruling on a point of Islamic law (''sharia'') given by a qualified '' Faqih'' (Islamic jurist) in response to a question posed by a private individual, judge or government. A jurist ...

'' under the guidance of

Muhammad Taqi Usmani Muhammad Taqi Usmani (born 5 October 1943) is a Pakistanis, Pakistani Ulama, Islamic scholar and former judge who is the current president of the Wifaq ul Madaris Al-Arabia, Pakistan, Wifaq ul Madaris Al-Arabia and the vice president and Hadith ...

, receiving his ''takhassus'' degree in Islamic jurisprudence in 1993. Abdul Malek set off for

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the List of Asian countries by area, fifth-largest country in Asia ...

in 1995, where he became a researcher of ''

fiqh ''Fiqh'' (; ar, فقه ) is Islamic jurisprudence. Muhammad-> Companions-> Followers-> Fiqh. The commands and prohibitions chosen by God were revealed through the agency of the Prophet in both the Quran and the Sunnah (words, deeds, and ...

'' under

Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghudda ʿAbd al-Fattah Abu Ghuddah ( ar, عبد الفتاح بن محمد بن بشير بن حسن أبوغدة الخالدي, ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ ibn Muḥammad ibn Bashīr ibn Ḥasan Abū Ghuddah Al Khaldi) (9 May 1917 – 16 February 1997) was a ...

Riyadh Riyadh (, ar, الرياض, 'ar-Riyāḍ, Literal translation, lit.: 'The Gardens' Najdi Arabic, Najdi pronunciation: ), formerly known as Hajr al-Yamamah, is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of the Riyad ...

until 1997.The monthly ''Al-Kawsar''- Page no 22. August 2007. Retrieved 31 December 2012.

Career

In 1996, Abdul Malek co-founded Markaz ad-Dawah al-Islamia, an institution for higher Islamic research and education in

Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city ...

. He currently serves as its director and the head of the department of

. In 2005, he founded the Islamic Bengali monthly, ''Al-Kawsar''. Abdul Malek has also served as the Professor of Hadith at Jamiatul Uloom Al-Islamia in Dhaka as well as the ''

khatib In Islam, a khatib, khateeb or hatib ( ar, خطيب ''khaṭīb'') is a person who delivers the sermon (''khuṭbah'') (literally "narration"), during the Friday prayer and Eid prayers. The ''khateeb'' is usually the prayer leader (''imam''), ...

'' for Ajrun Karim Jame Mosque in Shantinagar. As a result of the

Qaumi Madrasa Qawmi Madrasah ( bn, কওমী মাদ্রাসা, ar, المدرسة القومية, al-Madrasah al-Qawmiyyah) is an adjective describing one of the two major madrasah educational categories in Bangladesh. The Qawmi madrasahs are not ...

state recognition in 2018, Abdul Malek was nominated as a member of the

Publications

He publishes on Usulul Hadith, Usulul Fiqh, Qismatut Da'wah in

Arabic language Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic languages, Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C ...

Bengali Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to: *something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia * Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region * Bengali language, the language they speak ** Bengali alphabet, the ...

and Urdu language. Some of those are published.

in Arabic

in Bengali

* ''নবীজির নামায'' (

Salat (, plural , romanized: or Old Arabic ͡sˤaˈloːh, ( or Old Arabic ͡sˤaˈloːtʰin construct state) ), also known as ( fa, نماز) and also spelled , are prayers performed by Muslims. Facing the , the direction of the Kaaba wit ...

Prophet In religion, a prophet or prophetess is an individual who is regarded as being in contact with a divine being and is said to speak on behalf of that being, serving as an intermediary with humanity by delivering messages or teachings from the s ...

): Primarily the translation of an Arabic book written by Muhammad Ilias Faisal. Muhammad Abdul Malek has edited this translation. * ''তালিবানে ইলম : পথ ও পাথেয়'' (Guidelines for the Seekers of Knowledge) *
উম্মাহর ঐক্য : পথ ও পন্থা
' (Unity of Muslim Ummah: Ways and Methods) * ''সহীহ হাদীসের আলোকে তারাবীর রাকাআত সংখ্যা ও সহীহ হাদীসের আলোকে ঈদের নামায'' (Number of Rakat of Tarawih prayer and The Eid Prayer in light of 'Sahih'

Hadith Ḥadīth ( or ; ar, حديث, , , , , , , literally "talk" or "discourse") or Athar ( ar, أثر, , literally "remnant"/"effect") refers to what the majority of Muslims believe to be a record of the words, actions, and the silent approval ...

) * ''হাদীস ও সুন্নাহে নামাযের পদ্ধতি'' (Procedure of Salat in the Hadith and Sunnah) * ''প্রচলিত ভুল'' (Common Mistakes) : A collection of articles published in the ''"Common mistakes"'' section of ''The Monthly Al-Kawsar''. * ''কাবলাল জুমা : কিছু নিবেদন'' (Some requests about the Qablal Jumua prayer) * ''ঈমান সবার আগে'' ( Iman comes first) * ''তাসাওউফ : তত্ত্ব ও বিশ্লেষণ'' (

Sufism Sufism ( ar, ''aṣ-ṣūfiyya''), also known as Tasawwuf ( ''at-taṣawwuf''), is a mystic body of religious practice, found mainly within Sunni Islam but also within Shia Islam, which is characterized by a focus on Islamic spirituality, ...

: Theory & Analysis) : This book begins with a translation of a book by ''Mufti Mahmud Ashraf Uthmani''. * ''এসব হাদীস নয় ১'' and ''এসব হাদীস নয় ২'' (These aren't

) : These books have been written under his supervision and he has edited the books thoroughly.) * ''নির্বাচিত প্রবন্ধ ১'' and ''নির্বাচিত প্রবন্ধ ২'' (Selected articles) * ''আল কুরআনুল কারীম : কতিপয় হক ও আদব এবং অধ্যয়নের পথ ও পন্থা'' (

Quran The Quran (, ; Standard Arabic: , Quranic Arabic: , , 'the recitation'), also romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation from God. It is organized in 114 chapters (pl.: , sing.: ...

: Some of its rights and etiquettes, and the ways and methods of studying it) * তাবলিগ জামাত : বর্তমান পরিস্থিতি ও উত্তরণের উপায়' (Tabligh Jamaat: current situation and its solutions)

References

External links

The Monthly al-Kawsar - Online

Maulana Muhammad Abdul Malek - Goodreads.com

Maulana Muhammad Abdul Malek - Rokomari.com

Bengali Books Collection - Archive.org
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