Mufti Abdul Malek new Baitul Mukarram Khatib

Islamic law expert and Hadith scholar Mufti Muhammad Abdul Malek has been made the khatib of the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque.

A press notification signed by Ministry of Religious Affairs Public relations officer Md Abu Bakar Siddique confirmed the matter on Friday (October 18).

Mufti Abdul Malek is a renowned Islamic scholar with advanced degrees in Islamic Studies, Hadith and Fiqh from well-known institutions both at home and abroad, the release said.

Globally respected Islamic scholar Mufti Justice Muhammad Taqi Usmani is his Ostad (teacher).

Mufti Abdul Malek also conducted two years of advanced research in Hadith and Islamic law under the supervision of Sh. Abdul Fattah Abu Ghuddah, one of the best Islami pandit (scholar) of the Arab world and a professor at the Faculty of Usul al-Deen at Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Malek has authored of 16 books in Bangla, Arabic, English and Urdu. A research journal called the Monthly Al-Kawsar was published regularly under his supervision.