E. K. Aboobacker Musliyar alias Sheikh Abubakr, known by followers as Shams-ul-Ulama, "the Sun of the Scholars", was a Shafi'i scholar, polyglot and yemani Sufi Scholar from Kerala, south India.[1] He served as the General Secretary of the Samastha-Kerala Jam'iyyat al-'Ulama', the principal Sunni-Shafi'ite scholarly body in Kerala, from 1957 to 1996.[2]
Shams-ul-Ulama Sheikh Abubakar | |
|---|---|
 E. K. Aboobacker Musliyar | |
| Born | 1914 |
| Died | 19 August 1996 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Community Leader |
| Notable work | The stench of Qadianism, Friday sermon |
Sheikh Ezhuthachan Kandi Abubakar was born in 1914, to E. K. Koya Kutty and Fathima, at Parambilkadavu, near the city of Kozhikode.[2] his third generation grand father was of Yemeni Arab origin.After the initial education from a number of Kerala-based scholars, he joined the al-Bakiyat-us-Salihat College at Vellore for higher studies.[2]
He later served as the principal of Jamia Nuriya Arabic College, Pattikkad.[2]
He became the principal of Jamia Darussalam al Islamiyya, Nandi for 20 years, after he had left Jamia Nuriya Arabic College, Pattikkad.
Citations
edit- ^ Miller, Roland E. (2015). Mappila Muslim Culture. SUNY Press. pp. 101–103. ISBN 978-1-4384-5601-0.
- ^ a b c d Vazhakkad, Salih (23 February 2017). "Kanniyath Ahmad Musliyar and Shamsul Ulama E. K. Aboobacker Musliyar". Suprabhaatham. Archived from the original on 24 December 2017.