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2.5.2 Kota Abdul Khader Musliyar⁶¹

Kotta Abdul Khader Musliyar was a prominent Islamic scholar hailing from Kasaragod. He escorted with C.M Usthād in his social services and educational reform activities. He was born as the son of Kotta Mohammed (Mammunchi) and Khadīja in 1939 November 17 at Kasaragod. After he was completed higher education form Kumbala high school later, he went to various dars at Oliyathoor, Padanna, and Ichilingod to study. For further studies, he went to Dayūband and Delhi in early 1965s. He married Rukiya the daughter of Abdul Rahmān Musliyar who was the then Qāḍi of Kumbadaja, a village in Kasaragod,
C.M Usthād used to make discussion with him about many issues both religious and material. He was notable personality in the astronomy and Islamic jurisprudence and was famous for his special linguistic skill in variety of languages like Arābic, English, Urdu, Malayalam and Persian languages.⁶² They worked together in MIC, and he the great ability in Islamic astronomy and he served as the principle of MIC Da’wa College.⁶³He was elected as joint secretary of Samasth a Kerala Jamiyyath al Ulama, Qāḍi of Mangalore (1990–2008), district secretary of Samastha Kannur wing, member of Samasth Vidyabyasa board, and vice president of MIC.

He served as the principal of MIC Mutavval College⁶⁴, Umattur Arābic College and played a vital role in establishment of Darul Irshad Academy, later, affiliated to Darul Huda Islamic University.⁶⁵ The pious and honest scholar who tried to guide the community to straight path passed away in September 3-2008.⁶⁶ His material body was laid to rest in Mogral Kadappuram Juma Masjid.

2.5.3 UM Abdul Rahman Moulawi

He was one of the intimate friends and co-worker of CM Usthad. He spent his majority of his life with C.M Ustahd in the building projects of Islamic colleges like Sa’diya, MIC.etc. He was born as the son of late UM Abdul Qāḍir and Kadeeja.

He got his primary education from Mogral.⁶⁷ He mainly focused on religious knowledge and engrossed with it. His primary education was from Parangipette dars in Dakshina Kannada, and he studied for three years from Mangalore Azhariya College, four year Karuvanthuruth Juma Masjid Malappuram, Padanna Juma Masjid Kondotti, and Payangadi Juma Masjid.

He studied from important scholars like Mogral Abdul Rahmān Musliyar, Kuttipuram Abul Hassan K, Abdulla Musliyar, Velimukk K.T. Muhammed Kutti Musliyar, Chaliyam P.Abdurahmān Musliyar, and M.M.Bashīr Musliyar. In 1963, he went to Vellur Bāqiyāth to higher studies. From1965 he was selected as the samastha mushavara member and he took a great role in the developmental processes of MIC also. He was also general secretary of MIC and chief ameer (guide or leader) of MIC hajj cell.

2.6 BIOGRAPHY OF C.M USTHĀD

2.6.1 Life of C.M Usthād

C.M Usthād sacrificed his life for the development of the education and society. He is considered as one of the influenced scholar lived in Kerala.⁶⁸ He tried his best to introduce the combined education for the first time in Northa Malabar.⁶⁹ He was a stalwart who guided the people to way of education and creativity.⁷⁰ Even though he was a religious scholar, he maintained all fields of material knowledge. He spent most of his times engaging in writing, reading, teaching, and social services. This soft-minded person tried his best to maintain the problems of people and served them although he was a great scholar of that time.

2.6.2 Birth and child hood

C.M Abdulla Moulawi was born in 1993 into a famous scholarly family in the Chembarikka village of Kasaragod. It was in his mother’s house at Pallikkal in Talankara at Kasaragod⁷¹ district. C.M Usthād was born as a son to famous scholar C Muahmmed Kunchi Musliyar⁷² and his beloved wife Bīfāthima as an elder son from seven children. Other two children with one of the companions of beloved prophet Muhammed (PBUH). We only got the history of his six generation who were hailed from Laksadweep.

The people lovely called him Chemberika Qāḍi. He was an active member of Samstha. As his life history implies, he spent his total life for the education and its development, when he saw the people are sinking in the sea of ignorant he was really depressed and planned the projects to educate the people what they need according to the modern world without losing the originality of dars systems.

2.6.3 Education

CM Usthad got his primary education from his father Muhamed Kunchi Musliyar bin Abdulla al Jamhari, a verily-respected scholar of that time. Muhammed Kunchi Musliyar served as mudarris for 25 years, along with that he served as Qāḍi of several adjoining villages (mahllu). Many people came to this pious scholar seeking spiritual refuge and his residence was like a traditional court from where all problems were solved. He was grown up under the nurturing of parents and later when he was eligible to join madrasa his father sent him to madrasa (now this madrasa in known as Dirayathul Islam Madrasa)⁷³

CM Ustahd describes the experience of first day of his schooling he remembers writes in his autobiography, “the students were studying by using the slates, which was made by mixed lime and polished in a plane timber, then it was used to write as slate. For writing students used pen called qalam. In this way, he studied his first step of education”

After when he completed his primary education his father was unwilling to send him to school but following the request of his wife, he agreed him to continue the study in the nearest school of father’s dars in Oravangara, and same time he was studying from his father’s dars in Orabangara with his younger brother. The school was in Kiyoor Madam, the name of that school was primary school Kalanad Olga.⁷⁴

It was difficult to return home to have lunch and return to school because school was very far from his house. Therefore, he was going to the house of Kunchi Kalandar -one of his father’s friends-to have lunch. However, his education did not last atleast one year completely. However, he was shifted to mother’s house in Talangara, because when his leg was wounded and he was suffered from serious problems he compelled to bring to Kasargod for better treatment.⁷⁵

To extinguish his thirst of knowledge he went to Muizzul Islam School in Thalangara. In that, time the school was up to eighth class. He joined to second class. In the year, he was joined there was a new planning to upgrade this school as a high school before that it was a primary school. For this purpose, some of the brilliant students were selected with double promotion to get in eighth class. Following to this procedure, the teachers came to select brillian children from lower classes and they will be get doule promotion to eighth standard. The teachers were T Ubaid and Kuncahmu Master. They selected four students among the total students. Unfortunately, C.M Usthād was not selected in that list in first attempt thus he got upset, suddenly the headmaster came and checked the students whether they are capable to next class or not. Thus after while, he pointed out to C.M Usthād and said the teachers to include this child also in that list. C.M Usthād in his biography says that this position got him only by his silent, calm and good nature. For his good and well conduct, the teacher was often calling good boy.Thus he continued his school carrier until he complete SSLC. He was very interested and keen to study whether it is material or religious thus C.M Usthād completed his SSLC 1950 from this school.⁷⁶ Moreover, he studied from Kanzul Ulum Arabic College in Ullal.