Siddiqui (name)
صدیقی (Urdu) | |
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| Urdu • Hindi • Arabic • Dari • Pashto •English | |
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| Sunni Islam | |
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| Arab |
Siddiqui (Urdu: صدیقی)( Romanized: Ṣiddīqī ) are a South Asian Muslim Sheikh community found mainly in India and Pakistan and in expatriate communities in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East region. They claim to be the descendants of Abu Bakr, the first Sunni Caliph, who was a companion of and the father-in-law of Muhammad.[1]
The title "As-Siddiq" (Arabic: الصديق) was given to the first Abu Bakr. His title, "Siddiqui", is an attributive form of the Arabic As-Siddiq.[2]
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References
- ^ Juan Eduardo Campo, Encyclopedia of Islam, Infobase Publishing, 2009
- ^ "Abu Bakr". Encyclopedia of Islam (2nd ed.).
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
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