Muhammad Abdul Aleem Siddiqi
{{Short description|Pakistani Islamic scholar, spiritual master}}
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{{Infobox religious biography
| name = Muhammad Abdul Aleem Siddiqi
| image = File:Muhammad Abdul Aleem Siddiqi.jpg
| birth_date = 3 April 1892
| birth_place = Meerut, North-Western Provinces, India
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1954|8|22|1892|4|3}}
| death_place = Medina, Saudi Arabia
| religion = Islam
| denomination = Sunni
| Maddhab = Hanafi
| school_tradition = Maturidi
| main_interests = Missionary, Islamic revivalism, comparative religion
| books = Mirzā'ī Ḥaqīqat Kā Iẓhār (Exposing the Reality of Qadianism)
| alma_mater =
| institutions =
| notable_ideas = Islam, Interfaith dialogue
| influences = Abu Hanifa
Moinuddin Chishti
Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi
Hassan Raza Khan
Mustafa Raza Khan Qadri
| influenced = Muhammad Fazlur Rahman Ansari, Shah Ahmad Noorani, Ahmed Deedat
| awards =
| website = {{URL|https://wfim.org.pk/abdul-aleem-siddiqui/}}
| teacher = Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi
| movement = Barelvi
| founder = Darul Uloom Alimia Jamda Shahi, Basti
| relatives = Son: Shah Ahmad Noorani
| known_for = Preaching of Islam
| Genre = Polemic
}}
Muhammad Abdul Aleem Siddiqi Al-Qaderi Meeruti (3 April 1892 – 22 August 1954) also known as Muballigh-e-Islam was an Islamic scholar, spiritual master, author and preacher from Pakistan who belonged to the Barelvi movement of Sunni Islam.{{Cite book |last=Noori |first=Muhammad Afthab Cassim al-Qaadiri Razvi |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bpeWEAAAQBAJ&dq=Muhammad+Abdul+Aleem+Siddiqi&pg=PA333 |title=The Miracle of Raza Taajush Shariah |date=2022-10-21 |publisher=Noori Publications |language=en}} He was a student of Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi. He was the leader of the All Malaya Muslim Missionary Society, Singapore (now known as Jamiyah Singapore). Despite being a great preacher of Islam he was scholar of comparative religion.
Life
Maulana Abdul Aleem Siddiqi was born on 3 April 1892{{Cite web |last=Zia-e-Taiba |first=I. T. Department of |title=Muslim Scholar: Biography of Maulana Shah Muhammad Abdul Aleem Siddiqui |url=https://scholars.pk/ur/scholar/hazrat-allama-shah-muhammad-abdul-aleem-siddiqui |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=scholars.pk |language=ur |archive-date=29 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231229141223/https://scholars.pk/ur/scholar/hazrat-allama-shah-muhammad-abdul-aleem-siddiqui |url-status=live }} in Meerut and was descendant of HazratAbu Bakr Siddique. It is said that he had memorized the Quran by the age of four, and obtained a degree in Islamic theology at the age of 16.{{citation |editor-first1=Jesudas M. |editor-last1=Athyal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-RfYBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA283 |title=Religion in Southeast Asia: An Encyclopedia of Faiths and Cultures |publisher=ABC-CLIO |date=10 March 2015 |isbn=978-1-61069-250-2 |page=283 |access-date=19 June 2020 |archive-date=22 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231022115215/https://books.google.com/books?id=-RfYBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA283 |url-status=live }} He learned the natural and social sciences.Muhammed Haron, "The formation of religious networks between the Muslim heartlands and the South African Muslims" in Boleswa Journal of Theology, Religion and Philosophy, Volume 1, Issue 3, Jan 2007, p. 68
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Missionary activities
Siddique traveled extensively overseas for 40 years to preach and propagate Islam.{{cite book |title=Madrasah Education in the Philippines and Its Role in National Integration |last=Lacar |first=Luis Q. |author2=Moner, Nagamura T. |year=1986 |publisher=Coordination Center for Research and Development MSU-IIT |page=123 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zKIZAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Abdul+Aleem+Siddique%22 |access-date=6 November 2016 |archive-date=22 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231022115215/https://books.google.com/books?id=zKIZAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Abdul+Aleem+Siddique%22 |url-status=live }}
He advocated inter-religious harmony and spread message of peace and came to seem by some people as a Roving Ambassador of Peace.
In 1930 he went to Singapore as a missionary. In 1932 he took the lead in establishing the All-Malaya Muslim Missionary Society (now known as Jamiyah Singapore).{{cite book |title=MENDAKI: 10 Years Making the Difference |year=1992 |publisher=Yayasan Mendaki |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CkIxAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Abdul+Aleem+Siddique%22 |page=212 |access-date=6 November 2016 |archive-date=22 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231022115215/https://books.google.com/books?id=CkIxAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Abdul+Aleem+Siddique%22 |url-status=live }} This society had branches all over the Malaya.
The All-Malaya Muslim Missionary Society (now known as Jamiyah Singapore) named the Masjid Abdul Aleem Siddique after him.{{cite book |title=The Islamic Voluntary Sector in Southeast Asia |last=Ariff |first=Mohamed |year=1991 |publisher=Institute of Southeast Asian Studies |isbn=9813016078 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g-7tYqxA6QUC&q=%22Abdul+Aleem+Siddique%22&pg=PA225 |page=225 |access-date=28 July 2021 |archive-date=22 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231022115215/https://books.google.com/books?id=g-7tYqxA6QUC&q=%22Abdul+Aleem+Siddique%22&pg=PA225 |url-status=live }} In early 1949, he founded the Inter-Religious Organization of Singapore and Johor Bahru with the total support of the British Colonial Government and leaders of the Hindu, Jewish, Zoroastrian (Parsi), Christian, Sikh, Buddhist and Muslim leaders from Singapore and Johor Bahru. The then president of Jamiyah Singapore, Syed Ibrahim Omar Alsagoff, who was already active in inter faith work assisted him by garnering the support and cooperation of the other religious leaders or representatives.
He visited Trinidad in 1950 and launched World Islamic Mission (WIM) at Port of Spain Jama Mosque.{{cite web |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/275715017 |last=Kassim |first=Halima-Sa'adia |date=June 2011 |title=Institutionalising Islam: Community Building and Conflict in the Caribbean |via=ResearchGate}}
In 1926, he founded, the Muslim Association of the Philippines (MUSAPHIL) which became an influential organization in Philippines.{{cite book|author1=Aileen San Pablo Baviera|author2=Lydia N. Yu-Jose|title=Philippine External Relations: A Centennial Vista|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iX66AAAAIAAJ|year=1998|publisher=Foreign Service Institute|isbn=978-971-552-059-1|access-date=19 June 2020|archive-date=22 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231022115217/https://books.google.com/books?id=iX66AAAAIAAJ|url-status=live}}
In the early 1950s, his visit to Manila encouraged some Muslims to revive the madrasah system of education.Lantong, Abdul. (2018). The Islamic Epistemology and its Implications for Education of Muslims in the Philippines. 10.2991/icigr-17.2018.16.
His disciple and son-in-law Muhammad Fazlur Rahman Ansari was also a scholar, who established Aleemiyah Institute of Islamic Studies, an English-medium institution of Islamic theology, named after Abdul Aleem Siddiqui, in Karachi, Pakistan.{{Cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/DrMaulanaFazlurRahmanAnsariHisLifeWorksAndThoughts|title=Dr Maulana Fazlur Rahman Ansari, His Life, Works and Thoughts|via=Internet Archive}}Saif M. (2018) Madrasah. In: Kassam Z.R., Greenberg Y.K., Bagli J. (eds) Islam, Judaism, and Zoroastrianism. Encyclopedia of Indian Religions. Springer, Dordrecht
Politics
A supporter of the Pakistan Movement and a friend of Jinnah, at partition his family relocated there where his son, Shah Ahmad Noorani, became a political figure and at one time was head of the opposition in Pakistan's parliament .{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}
He led Pakistan's first Eid prayer.Sadouni Samadia, "Playing global: the religious adaptations of Indian and Somali Muslims to racial hierarchies and discrimination in South Africa" in Global Networks, Vol. 14 Iss. 3 (2014), p. 388
Books and booklets
Some of his works include:[https://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n82031831/ Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203003719/https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n82031831/ |date=3 December 2021 }} on WorldCat
- Elementary teachings of Islam
- The principles of Islam
- A Shavian and a theologian : an illuminating conversation between George Bernard Shaw, the sceptic, and Mohammed Abdul Aleem Siddiqui, al-Qaderi, the spiritualist at Mombasa, Kenya
- The forgotten path of knowledge
- The history of the codification of Islamic law : being an illuminating exposition of the conformist view-point accepted by the overwhelming majority of the Islamic world
Further reading
Eric Roose (2009). The Architectural Representation of Islam: Muslim-commissioned Mosque Design in the Netherlands. Amsterdam University Press. {{ISBN|978-90-8964-133-5}}.
References
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External links
- [http://www.aleemsiddique.org.sg/index.php?/Info/maulana-abdul-aleem-siddique.html Information on Muhammad Abdul Aleem Siddiqui (1892-1954)]
- [http://www.aleemsiddique.org.sg/ Abdul Aleem Siddique Mosque]
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