Muhammad Abdul Malek

Muhammad Abdul Malek
Mawlana Muhammad Abdul Malek is watching an old copy of The Holy Quran while his visit to Sirajaganj.
Title	Mawlānā, Muhaddith, Mufti
Born	1969 (1389 Hijri) Comilla, Bangladesh
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Ethnicity	Bangladeshi
Religion	Islam
Denomination	Hanafi
Movement	Deobandi
Main interest(s)	Shari'a, Quran, Hadith, Hadith studies, Fiqh, Fatwā, Dawah
Notable idea(s)	Evolution of Islamic Research, Education and Dawah in Bangladesh & explaining shari'a more effectively to the common people
Alma mater	Darul Uloom Karachi Jamiatul Uloom Al-Islamia

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.