Muhammad Abdul Malek

Muhammad Abdul Malek (born 29 August 1969) is a Bangladeshi scholar specializing in hadith and a jurist in the Hanafi tradition, currently serving as the Khatib at Baitul Mukarram, the National Mosque of Bangladesh. He has established a reputation for his research efforts, having studied advanced hadith for three years under Abdur Rashid Nomani and two years of fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) under Taqi Usmani, followed by two and a half years of research in hadith in Saudi Arabia under Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghudda. In 1998, he published Al-Madkhal ila Ulum al-Hadith al-Sharif, which has been adopted as a textbook in several countries. Malek is a co-founder of Markazud Dawah Al Islamia, established in 1996, where he serves as education secretary and heads the Higher Hadith Department. He oversaw the publication of Al Kawsar, a monthly periodical launched in 2005 that acts as the institution's official publication. Additionally, he was nominated as a member of the Bangladesh Qawmi Madrasa Education Commission in 2012 and is affiliated with the Islamic Fiqh Academy.