Celebrating a veteran teacher

March 10, 2022Amazing Feats, Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Community Involvement / Social Issues, Leaders, World OpinionC Mohammed Faizi, E Sulaiman Musliar, E Sulaiman Musliar - President - Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama (AP Group), Imam Bukhari Award, Kanthapuram A P Aboobacker Musaliyar, Kanthapuram A P Aboobacker Musliyar - Grand Mufti of India, Kanthapuram A P Muhammed Musliyar - Head of Department - Dept of Fiqh - Markaz Sharia College, Kerala State Sunni Students Federation, Kottur Ustad, Kottur Ustad (aka) P T Kunhammu Musliar, Markaz Sharia College, Masalik Attariqa Al Muhammadiyya - Kottur, Nizamuddin Faizi, Nizamuddin Faizi - General Secretary - Kerala State Sunni Students Federation, P T Kunhammu Musliar, P T Kunhammu Musliar - Awarded - Imam Bukhari Award, P T Kunhammu Musliar - Awarded - Imam Ghazali Award - Darul Maariif, P T Kunhammu Musliar - Awarded - Madin Academys Syed Ahmed Ali Bukhari Award, Ponmal Abdul Khadi Musliar (aka) Tajul Muhaqqiqin, Ponmal Abdul Khadir Musliar, Syed Ahmed Ali Bukhari Award, Syed Ali Bafaqi, Syed Hyderali Shihab Thangal - Vice President - Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama, Tajul Muhaqqiqinmpositiveone@gmail.com

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P.T. Kunhammu Musliar, popularly known as Kottur Ustad, leading the opening prayer at a function held to celebrate the 60th year of his teaching career at Kottur near Kottakkal on Monday. | Photo Credit: SAKEER HUSSAIN

Educational institution will be set up to mark 60th year of Kottur Ustad’s teaching career, says Kanthapuram

Veteran Islamic scholar P.T. Kunhammu Musliar, popularly known as Kottur Ustad, was felicitated at a function held to mark the 60 ^th year of his dars or teaching career at Kottur near Kottakkal on Monday.

His disciples from across the State, many of them veterans including leading fiqh (jurisprudence) scholar Ponmala Abdul Khadir Musliar, attended the function and prayed for their teacher whom they endearingly called Tajul Muhaqqiqin.

Sunni leader and Grand Mufti Kanthapuram A.P. Aboobacker Musliar led a special prayer for Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama vice president Syed Hyderali Shihab Thangal, who died on Sunday.

Delivering the keynote address, Mr. Kanthapuram announced that an educational institution named Masalik Attariqa Al Muhammadiyya would be set up at Kottur to mark the 60 ^th year of Kottur Ustad’s dars.

Kanthapuram A.P. Mohammed Musliar, head of the Department of Fiqh at Markaz Sharia College, inaugurated the function. Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama (AP group) president E. Sulaiman Musliar presided over the function. Fiqh scholar Ponmala Abdul Khadir Musliar, Haj Committee chairman C. Mohammed Faizi, and Kerala State Sunni Students Federation general secretary Nizamuddin Faizi spoke.

E. Sulaiman Musliar and Markaz president Syed Ali Bafaqi were also felicitated at the function.

Kottur Ustad, who has been a member of the Samastha Mushawara, the highest body of Islamic scholars, since 1989, led the opening prayer. He is estimated to have more than 20,000 students spread across the country.

He won the Imam Bukhari Award given by the Bukhari Institutions, Kondotty, in 2019. In 2018, he won Madin Academy’s Syed Ahmed Al Bukhari Award for his contributions to the Arabic language. He was the winner of the Imam Gazzali Award instituted by the Darul Ma’arif, Kodampuzha, in 2010.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> National> Kerala / by Staff Reporter / Malappuram – March 09th, 2022