Muhammad Abdul Aleem Siddiqi

Muhammad Abdul Aleem Siddiqi (3 April 1892 – 22 August 1954) was an Islamic scholar, spiritual master, author and preacher from Pakistan. He was a student of Imam of Ahlus Sunnah Imam Ahmad Raza Khan Muhaddith barelwi Rahimahullah. He was leader of the All Malaya Muslim Missionary Society, Singapore (now known as Jamiyah Singapore).

Muhammad Abdul Aleem Siddiqi
Personal
Born3 April 1892
Meerut, North-Western Provinces, India
Died22 August 1954(1954-08-22) (aged 62)
Medina, Saudi Arabia
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
CreedMaturidi
Main interest(s)Missionary, Islamic revivalism
Notable idea(s)Islam, Interfaith dialogue
Muslim leader
TeacherAhmed Raza Khan Barelvi
Influenced by
Influenced
Websitewfim.org.pk/abdul-aleem-siddiqui/

Life

Siddiqi was born on 3 April 1892 in Meerut and was descendant of Abu Bakr.[1] 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.[1] He learned the natural and social sciences.[2]

Missionary activities

Siddique traveled extensively overseas for 40 years to preach and propagate Islam.[3] He advocated inter-religious harmony and spread message of peace and came to seem by some people as a Roving Ambassador of Peace.[1]

In 1930 he went to Singapore as a missionary.[1] In 1932 he took the lead in establishing the All-Malaya Muslim Missionary Society (now known as Jamiyah Singapore).[1][4] This society had branches all over the Malaya.[1] The All-Malaya Muslim Missionary Society (now known as Jamiyah Singapore) named the Masjid Abdul Aleem Siddique after him.[5] 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.[6]

In 1926, he founded, the Muslim Association of the Philippines (MUSAPHIL) which became an influential organization in Philippines.[7] In the early 1950s, his visit to Manila encouraged some Muslims to revive the madrasah system of education.[8]

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.[9][10]

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 .

He led Pakistan's first Eid prayer.[11]

Books and booklets

Some of his works include:[12]

  • 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
  1. Athyal, Jesudas M., ed. (10 March 2015), Religion in Southeast Asia: An Encyclopedia of Faiths and Cultures, ABC-CLIO, p. 283, ISBN 978-1-61069-250-2
  2. 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
  3. Lacar, Luis Q.; Moner, Nagamura T. (1986). Madrasah Education in the Philippines and Its Role in National Integration. Coordination Center for Research and Development MSU-IIT. p. 123.
  4. MENDAKI: 10 Years Making the Difference. Yayasan Mendaki. 1992. p. 212.
  5. Ariff, Mohamed (1991). The Islamic Voluntary Sector in Southeast Asia. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. p. 225. ISBN 9813016078.
  6. Kassim, Halima-Sa'adia (June 2011). "Institutionalising Islam: Community Building and Conflict in the Caribbean" – via ResearchGate.
  7. Aileen San Pablo Baviera; Lydia N. Yu-Jose (1998). Philippine External Relations: A Centennial Vista. Foreign Service Institute. ISBN 978-971-552-059-1.
  8. Lantong, Abdul. (2018). The Islamic Epistemology and its Implications for Education of Muslims in the Philippines. 10.2991/icigr-17.2018.16.
  9. "Dr Maulana Fazlur Rahman Ansari, His Life, Works and Thoughts" – via Internet Archive.
  10. Saif M. (2018) Madrasah. In: Kassam Z.R., Greenberg Y.K., Bagli J. (eds) Islam, Judaism, and Zoroastrianism. Encyclopedia of Indian Religions. Springer, Dordrecht
  11. 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
  12. Profile on WorldCat
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