Media Release

Kasargod, Sep 26: Well-known Sunni scholar, Qazi of several Mohallas, Sayyid Mohammed Umarul Faruk Al Bukhari, popularly known as Posot Tangal, passed away in the early hours of Saturday, September 26.

The-53-year-old Thangal was admitted in a private hospital in Kozhikode where he breathed his last.

He was born as the eldest son of Sayyid Ahmed Bhukhari at Kadalundi in Kozhikode (Calicut) in 1961.

After studying religion at a young age, he was under the tutelage of Sufi Beeran Koya Musliyar. After securing Bakhavi degree from Bakhiyatuswalihath, he started teaching near Akkod in a Madrasa near his home town.

He later arrived as Mudarris at Posot in Kasargod district as per suggestion from Tajul Ulama Sayyid Abdurrahman. He involved himself in community education till his death.

He had decorated the positions of Qazi in several Mohallas in Kasargod and Dakshina Kannada districts. He was also a member of Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama Mushavara, Kerala SYS state treasurer, and founder of Manjeshwar Malhar Institute.

His mortal remains were brought to Kasargod after funeral prayers at his home own Kadalundi and buried in the premises of Malhar Institute.

Karnataka Sunni Ulama Okkoota state president Qazi P M Ibrahim Musliyar Bekal, Darul Irshad Sarathi Abbas Musliyar, Ullal Qazi Sayyid Fazal Koyamma Al Bukhari Tangal Koora, SJM state president Atooru Sayyid Musliyar, SMA president B M Mumtaz Ali, KCF International president S P Hamza Sakhafi Bantwala, chief secretary Haji Shaikh Bava, SYS state president K C Road Hussain Saadi, chief secretary G M Kamil Sakhafi, SSF state president, Karnataka state Wakf board member N K Mohammed Shafi Sa'adi Bengaluru, KMJC Dakshina Kannada president Haider Parthipadi, Dakshina Kannada Wakf board president Haji S M Rashid, SSF national leader MSM Abdurrashid Zaini Al Kamil, Ishara editor Abdul Hamid Bajpe, Karnataka state Wakf board Ulama council member K H Ismail Saadi Kinya and others have expressed condolences on the demise of Posot Tangal.