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{{Infobox officeholder
|name        = Cherussery Zainuddeen Musliyar
|honorific_prefix= Zainul Ulama
|image       = [[File:Sheikuna at MDIA.jpg|250px|Sheikuna Zainul Ulama]]
|predecessor = [[Shamsul Ulama]] [[E.K. Aboobacker Musliyar]]
|successor   = [[K. Ali Kutty Musliyar]]
|office=Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama (EK Faction)
|regent      = 
|spouse     = Bangalath Mariyumma, Khadeeja
|issue = 
|father = Cherussery Muhammed Kutty Musliyar
|birth_name = Zainuddeen
|birth_date = 1937
|birth_place = Kondotty, [[Malappuram]], [[Kerala]], India
|occupation= Former General Secretary of Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama (EK Faction)
|death_date = {{death-date and age|18 February 2016|25 September 1942}}
|death_place = Kondotty, [[Malappuram]], [[Kerala]], India
}}
{{Islam}}

'''Cherussery Zainudheen Musliyar  ''' ([[Arabic]]: جرشاري زين الدين مسليار , [[Malayalam]]: സൈനുല്‍ ഉലമാ ചെറുശ്ശേരി ഉസ്താദ് ) was an Indian, [[Sunni]] [[Muslim]] religious scholar from the state of [[Kerala]].<ref name="manoramaonline1">{{cite web |url=http://www.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/malayalamContentView.do?contentId=1870717&programId=7940924&channelId=-1073881580&BV_ID=@@@&tabId=9 |title=Home &#124; |publisher=Manorama Online |date= |access-date=2011-10-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002081950/http://www.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/malayalamContentView.do?contentId=1870717&programId=7940924&channelId=-1073881580&BV_ID=@@@&tabId=9 |archive-date=2 October 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He served as General Secretary for Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama, the religious organization of Sunni Muslim scholars and clerics, which has the largest number of followers in Kerala,<ref name="thehindu.com">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/cherusseri-zainuddin-musliar-passes-away/article8255515.ece|title=Cherusseri Zainuddin Musliar passes away|author=Staff Reporter|date=2016-02-19|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-03-05|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> and the principal of [[Darul Huda Islamic Academy]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/amp/news/kerala/cherussery-sainudeen-musaliar-passes-away-english-news-1.873132|title=Cherussery Sainudeen Musaliar passes away{{!}} Cherussery Sainudheen Musaliar{{!}} Samastha Kerala JemEiathul Ulma {{!}} Mathrubhumi Online|website=english.mathrubhumi.com|access-date=2019-10-28}}</ref> Called the ''Shining Scholar'' ("Zain-ul Ulama") by followers, he is often regarded as the successor of [[E.K. Aboobacker Musliar]], the former stalwart of [[Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama]].<ref name="manoramaonline1"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/04/21/stories/2008042153820300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501051516/http://www.hindu.com/2008/04/21/stories/2008042153820300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2008-05-01 |title=Kerala / Kozhikode News : 'Government going back on its promises' |date=2008-04-21 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=2011-10-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/04/17/stories/2008041752550300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080421162504/http://www.hindu.com/2008/04/17/stories/2008041752550300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2008-04-21 |title=Kerala / Kozhikode News : Samastha State meet from April 19 |date=2008-04-17 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=2011-10-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/04/09/stories/2008040950750500.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080415053811/http://www.hindu.com/2008/04/09/stories/2008040950750500.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2008-04-15 |title=Kerala / Kozhikode News : Samastha to support Sunni unity |date=2008-04-09 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=2011-10-31}}</ref>

== Career ==
Musliyar worked as a [[Müderris|Mudarris]] (religious teacher) at Kodangad, Kondoty, Malappuram for eighteen years. He then worked at Chemmad Juma Masjid, also as a Mudarris, for several years.

He was selected to Samastha Mushawara, the supreme scholarly body of the Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama, in 1980.

In 1994, he joined Darul Huda Islamic Academy as Principal, and served there as Pro chancellor till his death. He was Qhatheeb (Juma pray Imam) at Qaziyarakam Juma masjid, Kondoty, Malappuram, Kerala.

Musliyar was the general secretary of [[Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama]] the supreme council of Islamic Scholars in [[Kerala]] from 1996 to 2016. He was also the Fatwa committee chairman of the Samastha.<ref name="thehindu.com" /> He served as principal of [[Darul Huda Islamic Academy]],<ref name=":0" /> [[Chemmad]], [[Kerala]], [[Malappuram]] also. He was [[Qadi|Quazi]] of hundreds of Mahalls in different parts of Kerala.

==Death==
He died on 18 February 2016 at a private hospital in Kozhikode and was buried in Darul Huda Islamic Academy campus.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://keralakaumudi.com/|title=Kerala Kaumudi Online|first=Kerala Kaumudi|last=Online|website=keralakaumudi.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://gulftoday.ae/portal/6129178d-9b86-4b0e-bcde-ec921eb2f0a5.aspx|title=gulftoday.ae &#124; Indian scholar Cherusseri Zainuddin Musliar dies|website=gulftoday.ae}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2016/feb/18/Islamic-Scholar-Cherussery-Zainudheen-Musliyar-Passes-Away-894028.html|title=Islamic Scholar Cherussery Zainudheen Musliyar Passes Away|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/cherusseri-zainuddin-musliar-passes-away/article8255514.ece|title=Cherusseri Zainuddin Musliar passes away|author=Staff Reporter|date=19 February 2016|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
*[http://darulhuda.com/vc.php/ Cherushery Zainuddeen Musliyars's Profile]
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