Cherussery Zainuddeen Musliyar 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 . [1] 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, [2] and the former principal of Darul Huda Islamic University . [3] 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 . Musliyar worked as a 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 supr...