 The Government of Bangladesh awarded Jabbar the Ekushey Padak in 2000.The "Bhasa Shaheed Abdul Jabbar Ansar-VDP School and College|Bhasa Shaheed Abdul Jabbar Ansar-VDP School & College" school operated by Ansar and Village Defense Party in named after him.Shaheed Rafiq-Jabbar Hall is dorm of Jahangirnagar University is named after him and fellow language activist Rafiq Uddin Ahmed.