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{{About|the Siddiqui community|people with the surname Siddiqui and Siddiqi|Siddiqui (name)}} |
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| group = Siddiqui |
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| native_name = {{nq|صدیقی}} ([[Urdu]]) |
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| languages = [[Urdu]] • [[Hindi]] • [[Arabic]] • [[Dari language|Dari]] • [[Pashto language|Pashto]] •[[English language|English]] |
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| religions = [[Sunni Islam]] |
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| related_groups = [[Arab]] |
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'''Siddiqui''' ({{Lang-ur|{{nq|صدیقی}}}})( Romanized: Ṣiddīqī ) are a South Asian Muslim [[Shaikhs in South Asia|Sheikh]] community found mainly in [[India]] and [[Pakistan]] and in expatriate communities in [[Saudi Arabia]] and the [[Middle East|Middle East region]]. They claim to be the descendants of [[Abu Bakr]], the first Sunni [[Caliphate|Caliph]], who was a companion of and the father-in-law of [[Muhammad]].<ref name="Campo2">[https://books.google.com/books?id=OZbyz_Hr-eIC&lpg=PP1&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false Juan Eduardo Campo, ''Encyclopedia of Islam'', Infobase Publishing, 2009]</ref> Sociological study indicates they likely descend from a subgroup of the Hindu Kayastha record-keeper caste who Islamized at some point.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Khanam |first1=Azra |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Muslim_Backward_Classes/vxdBDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=kayastha |title=Muslim backward classes: a sociological perspective |publication-date=30 August 2013 <!-- second title |title=Sociology of religion in India --> |date=20 February 2004 |publisher=SAGE Publications |year=2004 |isbn=9780761997818 |location= |pages=90}}</ref> |
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The title "'''As-Siddiq'''" ({{Lang-ar|الصديق}}) was given to the first [[Abu Bakr]]. His title, "Siddiqui", is an [[Arabic nouns and adjectives#Nisba|attributive]] form of the [[Arabic]] As-Siddiq.<ref name="AbuBakr-IE2">{{cite encyclopedia|quote=His father was Abu Quhafa ..., and he is therefore sometimes known as Ibn Abi Quhafa. ... The names ''‘Abd Allah'' and ''‘Atiq'' ('freed slave') are attributed to him as well as Abu Bakr, but the relation of these names to one another and their original significance is not clear. ... He was later known by Sunni Muslims as ''al-Siddiq'', the truthful, the upright, or the one who counts true|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Islam|edition=2nd|title=Abu Bakr}}</ref> |
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== People == |
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