Kanthapuram AP Muhammad Musliyar’s travelogue of people’s hearts

Kozhikode | Kanthapuram AP Muhammad Musliar, who was a prominent Islamic religious scholar and secretary of Samasta Kerala Jamiatul Ulama, was buried in the Chullyad Juma Masjid graveyard in his native Karuvanpoi. Samasta Kerala Jamiatul Ulama President E Sulaiman Musliar, Perode Abdurrahman Sakhafi, Syed Turab Sakhafi, Abdurrahman Faizi Marayamaangalam and Basheer Faizi Vennakode led the prayer held at Karuvanpoil Juma Masjid at 4 p.m. Tens of thousands, including prominent scholars and Sayyids, came to bid him farewell.

Markus President Syed Ali Bafaqi and Kerala Muslim Jamaat Jan. Secretary Syed Ibrahim Khalil Al Bukhari was the leader. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Leader of the Opposition VD Satheesan, Ramesh Chennithala, Shashi Tharoor, TN Prathapan, religious, political and social leaders across Kerala irrespective of caste and creed expressed their condolences on his demise.

Kanthapuram AP Muhammad Musliar was the first and foremost disciple of Kanthapuram AP Abu Bakar Musliar. There were great similarities between the two in terms of elocution and vocal nature. It is this resemblance that has led people to call him the ‘Little AP Ustad’. As he conducted dars for three and a half decades at the Juma Masjid in Kanthapuram, the place also became associated with the name.

Later, in 2007, it was Muhammad Musliar who started serving as the senior mudaris of Markus and taught the famous book Sahih al-Bukhari to the students in the absence of Kanthapuram. He has held many positions in religious, social and organizational fields and has made his mark in issuing Islamic religious laws (Fatwas), writing and lecturing. He approached everyone with a smile and was agreeable to all people irrespective of the organization.