KASARGOD: Noted Islamic scholar and Qazi of Udupi, Chikkamagaluru, Hassan and Shivamogga districts, Al-Haj PM Ibrahim Musliyar Bekal died at a private hospital here on Thursday after a brief illness, family sources said.
He was 71 and is survived by his wife, three sons and two daughters.

Ibrahim Musliyar Bekal hailed from Naringana in Bantwal taluk of Dakshina Kannada district.

Popularly known as Bekal Ustad, he was the state president of Sunni Jamiyyatul UIlema and principal of Jamiya Sa Adiya Arabic Shariyat college andchief editor of 'Al Ansar' magazine.

Musliar had graduated from the Deoband Arabi ccollege and had served Soorinje and Bantwal Juma Masjids for two years each.

Hehad later served as 'Mudarris' (educator) of Bekal for 43 years and came to be known as Bekal Ustad.