December 2023. Award title: Tokoh Cendekiawan Ulung Alam Melayu dalam Memartabatkan Buku Negara. Event: Anugerah Buku Negara 2023. Venue: UPSI, Tanjung Malim.

December 2023. Anugerah Tokoh Ummah 2023. Sempena Ijtimak Harakiy kali ke-7 WADAH-ABIM-PKPIM. Disampaikan oleh YAB Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim pada Majlis Makan Malam Nahdah Ummah di Everly Hotel, Putrajaya.

January 2023. A Festschrift honour: Knowledge, Tradition, and Civilization: Essays in Honor of Professor Osman Bakar (Published by Beacon Books, UK). Launched by the Prime Minister of Malaysia at ISTAC-IIUM.

2023: Listed among the 500 most influential Muslims in the world (Category: Scholars); by The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre, an independent research entity affiliated with The Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought, Amman, Jordan.

July 2022: “Top Researcher” (International Section) at the 13th Farabi International Award on Humanities and Islamic Studies, held by the Ministry of Science, Research & Technology of Islamic Republic of Iran, in cooperation with Iran’s National Elite Foundation, and the Institute for Social and Cultural Studies of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology of IRI.

2022: Fellow, Academy of Sciences Malaysia (FASc).

2021: Honorary Fellow, Academy of Professors Malaysia (APM).

2020: Honorary Fellow, Tun Ghazali Shafie Institute of Strategic Studies, University College of Yayasan Pahang. Conferment on 16 January 2020.

2020: Ibn Ishaq Al-Kindi Intellectual of the Year Award, an Islamic Excellence Award by National Da’wah Council (Majlis Dakwah Negara), Malaysia. Award presented by His Royal Highness Sultan Dr Nazrin Shah of Perak on 7 January 2020.

2019: Global Humanities Award, International Department. Conferred by the Supreme Council of the Islamic Humanities at the 4th Islamic Humanities Global Congress in Tehran, December 2019.

2019: Honorary Fellow, Malaysian Academy of Professors. Conferred in October 2019.

Since 2009: Listed among the 500 most influential Muslims in the world (Category: Scholars); by The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre, an independent research entity affiliated with The Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought, Amman, Jordan.

2008: Listed among Malaysia’s 20 leading intellectuals.

2007: Best Teacher Award, Quality Day, ISTAC, International Islamic University of Malaysia (IIUM).

2006: Best Researcher Award, Quality Day, ISTAC, International Islamic University of Malaysia (IIUM).

2000: Award of “Panglima Jasa Negara” (PJN) carrying the title of Datuk, by His Highness the King of Malaysia for services rendered to the nation.

1994: Award of “Darjah Indera Mahkota Pahang” (DIMP) carrying the title of Dato’, by His Highness the Sultan of Pahang for services rendered to the state.

1992: Fulbright Visiting Scholar Award to Harvard University.