Muhammed Abdul Qadeer Siddiqui (1871–1962) was an Islamic theologian,
Qur'anic exegete, poet, and a Sufi of Southern India. Born in the city of
Hyderabad, Siddiqi was the first Dean of the faculty of Theology of the newly established Osmania University,
built by the Nizam VII Osman Ali
Khan of the State of Hyderabad.
Due to his knowledge of Islamic Sciences, Siddiqi was always referred to by his
peers and followers as Bahr Ul Uloom (ocean of knowledge). He
compiled poetry in Arabic, Persian, and Urdu and adopted the pen name of Hasrat. He
belonged to a family of many titles, but shunned them and referred to himself
as "Maulvi", an appellation of his Shaikh during his childhood.Hazrat Siddiqui was
born on October 12, 1871, (Rajab 27, 1288 H) in Hyderabad. His father ,
Hzrat Mohammed Abdul Qader Siddiqui (r) was a learned Shaikh who has also
written many books on Islamic Fiqh and Hadith. Known
among his close spiritual disciples as Qadeer Piya or "Qadeer the
Beloved", Siddiqi was a descendant of the first Islamic Caliph, Abu Bakr. His ancestors came from Cheenak, a small town near
the city of Ahmedabad in the modern
Indian State of Gujarat. He acquired his
initial education through individual spiritual teachers and later passed
private examinations from University of Punjab from where he received the degrees of Maulvi
Fazil and Munshi Fazil. At the age of fifteen when he received his
first degree of Maulvi, he started his career as a Mufti. After the establishment of Osmania University he
served there are Dean of Theology. After retirement, he continued to educate
people at his private home. He died in 1962 and is buried in the town of Siddiq
Gulshan, Hyderabad. A dome is currently being constructed on his grave and is
expected to be as high as 117 feet. All of his
poetry works, whether written in Urdu, Arabic, and Persian, is combined in
"Kulliyyat-e-Hasrat".As
the title Kulliyyat calls for various branches of poetry are included, Ghazal, Qasidah,Marsia, Nazm, Ruba'iyat. It consists of Hamd, Na'at, Manqabat homage to his Shaikh and other Sufi saints of
his order including Abdul Qadir Jilani and Moinuddin
Chishti of Ajmer, India.In
twenty eighth generation, his genealogical lineage meets with Hazrat Abu Bakr
Siddique (RU) from father's side; and in thirty second generation with
Hazrat Imam Hussain (RU) from the mother's side. This way he was
Siddiqui Al-Hussaini. At the age of 8,
Hazrat did Hajj along with his parents and maternal uncle Khawja
Mahbooballa (r) who later became his Shaikh.His mother died in the year
1887 and father died in 1911. In 1887 he received Khilafat from his
Shaikh at the age of 16 years. He completed the degrees of Maulvi Fazil in
Arabic and Munshi Fazil in Persian from Punjab University and received gold
medals for securing top rank.He taught briefly at Darul-Uloom College,
Hyderabad which was first affiliated to Punjab University and later expanded
into an independent University, named Osmania University. After the
establishment of Osmania University, Hazrat became full Professor and Head of
the Department of Theology. In this capacity he served Osmania
University for over 20 years and later retired in 1932, after eleven years
extension in service for his outstanding professorial record. In 1924 he
went for Hajj for the second time. During this travel he visited Syria,
Iraq, Palestine and Western Saudi Arabia (Hijaz). In 1932 he did Hajj for
the third time.
After
his retirement in 1932, he continued teaching, Quran, Hadith, Fiqh and Islaimc
theology to thousands of people who used to come to his residence located at
Malakpet area in Hyderabad city.
Sheikh Mohammed Abdul Qadeer Siddique (r) was indeed the living
phenomenon of a Perfect Human Being (Insan-e-Kamil) and a person of
obligatory proximity (Qurb-e-Fraraa'ez) with Allah (SWT). He had
distinction in Prophet’s (SAWS) subordination and enthroned with
the legacy of unveiling (Kashf) and immanence. The people who were close
to him will testify that he was at the helm of the spiritual hierarchy
during his life time. Detailed account of his Life history, proficiency
in religious subjects and his service to the people in purification of
hearts and reformation of their Anima (Tazkia Nafs) will be provided
separately. In a nutshell he belonged to the family of great scholars of
Islam of all time.
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