Muhammad Abdul Malek

Muhammad Abdul Malek (Bengali: মুহাম্মাদ আব্দুল মালেক) is a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and researcher of Hadith. He is the founder of the monthly Bengali Islamic magazine Al-Kawsar and head of the department of Hadith studies at Markazud Dawah Al-Islamia, a higher Islamic research and education institution situated at Dhaka. He is also a member of Qaumi Madrasa Education Commission, founded by Government in 2012.

He started his education in Kherihar Qaumi Madarsa, Comilla. After passing the Fazilat Jamat (Mishkat), he went to Karachi and got admission in Binori town Jamiatul Uloom AI-slamia. In 1988, he completed his graduation of Takmil (equivalent to M.A in Islamic studies). Then he specialized in Hadith studies under the guidance of Maulana Abdur Rashid Numani receiving his Takhassus degree (equivalent to a PhD) in Hadith studies from Binori town Jamiatul Uloom AI-slamia in 1991. Then he went to Darul 'Uloom Karachi and specialized in Fiqh and Fatwa under the guidance of Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani receiving his Takhassus degree (equivalent to a PhD) in Fiqh in 1993. Then he worked as a researcher under the guidance of Abdul Fattah Abu Ghuddah in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to 1995.

In 1996, he joined Markazud Dawah al-Islamia, an institution for higher Islamic research and education. He is now the director of this institution and the head of the department of Uloom Al-Hadith.

In 2005, he founded the monthly Islamic Bengali magazine Al-Kawsar. He also teaches "Sahihul bukhari" In Jamiatul Uloomil Islamia, Dhaka and leads Jum'ah prayer in Shantinagar Ajrun Karim Jame Masjid.

He has produced many research articles in Bengali and Arabic language. Some of those are published.

Bengali books

• Nobijir Namaz (Salat of Prophetﷺ): Mainly it is an Arabic book by Dr. Shaikh Muhammad Ilias Faisal. "Maulana Muhammad Abdul Malek" and Maulana Zakaria Abdullah has translated it into Bengali language.
• Talibul Elmer Poth O Patheyo (Directions for seekers of knowledge)
• Ummaher Oikko: Poth O Pontha (Unity of Muslim Ummah:Systems and methods)
• Tarabiher Rakat Shonkha O Eider Namaz (Number of Rakat of Tarabih prayer and The System of Eid Prayer)
• Hadith O Sunnahe Namazer Poddhoti (System of Salat in light of Hadith and Sunnah)
• Procholito Bhul (Common mistakes): A collection of articles published in the "Common mistakes" section of The Monthly Al-Kawsar.
• Qablal Juma: Kichu Nibedon (Some presentations about Qablal Juma prayer)
• Iman Shobar Aage (Iman is above everything)

Arabic books

• Al-Madkhal Ela Uloom Al-Hadith Al-Sharif (The entrance to the science of Hadith)

• "Nobijir Namaz". maktabatulashraf.com. 
• "Sahih Hadiser Aloke Tarabir Rakat Shongkha o Eid er Namaz". maktabatulashraf.com. 
• "Hadis o Sunnay Namazer Poddhoti". maktabatulashraf.com.