Tafsir Zakariya, Al-Hindusiyyah Wa Ta'assuru Fi Ba'dil Firaqil Islamiyyati Biha, Ash-Shirk Fil Qadim Wal Hadith, Comparative Religion and Muslim personalities
Abubakar Muhammad Zakaria Mojumder (Bengali:আবু বকর মুহাম্মাদ যাকারিয়া মজুমদার) is a BangladeshiIslamic Islamic scholar, media personality, professor, writer, preacher and Islamic speaker.[1][2] He is currently serving as a professor in the Department of Al Fiqh and Law atIslamic University Kushtia. He has been discussing Islamic programs and Islam in various newspapers and magazines on various Bangladeshi television channels, includingNTV,Peace TV and so on.[3]
He also gives sermons at various Islamic "mahfils" and pre-JumahKhutba at various places.[4][5][6] His"Tafsir Zakaria" has been published byKing Fahad Printing Press, the official publication of Saudi Arabia, which is appreciated by the Muslim readers of Bengal.[7][8] His two Arabic books, Al-Hundusiyyah Wa Ta'assuru Fi Ba'dil Firaqil Islamiyyati Biha[9] and Shirk fil Kadim wal Hadith are very popular in the Arab world. Besides, his books are also in curriculum in public higher studies of Bangladesh.
After completing his studies, Zakaria returned to Bangladesh and joinedIslamic University, Bangladesh (IU) as a lecturer in the Department of Fiqh in 2005 as an incharge.[10][11] He is also a founding member of Kulliyatul Qur'anil Karim Wad-Dirasatil Islamiyah, an Islamic Arabic educational institution in Bangladesh. He was a contemporary of IU teacherKhandaker Abdullah Jahangir, who simultaneously researched comparative theology and various subjects.[3][4][5]
Muhammad Zakaria was quoted in June 2021 as criticizing Abu Taha Muhammad Adnan, another young Islamic speaker, for his religious teachings. Both of them posted videos on YouTube and Facebook targeting each other.[12][13]
In September 2023, Bangladeshi cricketerTanzim Hasan Sakib went viral in social media for sharing a comment Zakaria posted on his Facebook page a few years before, in which he discouraged women from being employed.[14]
Muhammad Zakariya has written books on Islam, including beliefs, Islamic law, hadith, interpretation of the Qur'an, and fiqh.[15] The list of his books is as follows:
His book, Al-Hundusiyyah Wa Ta'assuru Fi Ba'dil Firaqil Islamiyyati Biha[9] and the two books of Shirk fil Kadim wal Hadith are popular in the Arab world.
, Al-Hundusiyyah Wa Ta'assuru Fi Ba'dil Firaqil Islamiyyati Biha (Arabic:الهندوسية وتأثر بعض الفرق الإسلامية بها, Hinduism and some Islamic sects influenced by it)ISBN978-603-90755-6-1[16][17]
The book Hindusiat, which he initially composed as a thesis under Saud bin Abdul Aziz al-Khalaf,[18] he took the direct help of his teacherZiaur Rahman Azmi in the composition and closely followed Azmi's book "Fusulun Fi Adyaan al-Hind" (Chapters on Indian religions).
Ash-Shirk fil-Qadim Wal Hadith (Arabic:الشرك في القديم والحديث) (Ancient and modern shirk)[19][20][21][22]
The book Shirk fil Qadim wal Hadith was also authors thesis under Ahmed bin Attia Al-Ghamdi, is very popular in Arab world as an academic book, many scholars have used this book as a reference in their written books and articles[23] includingAli al-Sallabi.[24][25][26]
Aliahtimam bialsiyrat alnabawiat biallughat albanghaliat eard watahlil (Arabic:الاهتمام بالسيرة النبوية باللغة البنغالية عرض وتحليل), Interest in the biography of the Prophet in Bengali presentation and analysis
Tarikh tatawur tarjamat maeani alquran alkarim 'iilaa allughat albanghalia (Arabic:تاريخ تطور ترجمة معاني القرآن الكريم إلى اللغة البنغالية), History of the development of translating the meanings of the Noble Qur'an into the Bengali language
His book Hindusiat wa Tasur was highly praised by Abdullah bin Salam al-Batati in the program "Al-Khajanah" ofZad TV owned byMuhammad Al-Munajjid and wished to be translated in English giving the book highly importance as a detailed work onHinduism from the Islamic perspective.[27]
His bookAsh-Shirk fil-Qadim Wal Hadith has been partially translated into Indonesian by Abu Umamah Arif Hidayatullah as "Syirik pada Zaman Dahulu dan Sekarang".[28][29] Besides, the same translator also translated some of his other works into Indonesian language.[30]
His book "Hindusiyat wa Tasur" is in the Department of Dawah and Islamic Studies atKushtia Islamic University. Another book "Comparative Theology and Muslim Manisha" in five courses of undergraduate, postgraduate, MPhil and PhD in the Department of Dawah and Islamic Studies, Kushtia Islamic University and one course in the syllabus of the postgraduate syllabus of the Department of Islamic Studies,University of Dhaka.[31][32] Also a book titled "Comparative Review of Different Fiqhs" is included in a course of post graduate and MPhil ofUniversity of Chittagong.[33]
^Syallabus, Dawah and Islamic Studies Department (2018–19).Syllebus, BTIS (Hons), MTIS M.Phill and PhD program, Course no:- 4702, 4703, 4802, 4803, 5203.Islamic University, Kushtia. pp. 72, 74, 114.
^Syllabus, Islamic Studies Department (2018–19).Curriculum: M.A. in Islamic Studies, Evolution of philosophy and religion - course no -507.University of Dhaka: Islamic Studies Faculty. p. 210.
^Syallabus, Islamic Studies Department (2018–19).Syllabus, M.A. and M.Phill, Course no - 507 (in Arabic).University of Chittagong: Islamic Studies Faculty. p. 28.
