{{Short description|Islamic Sufi scholar (1938–2017)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}} {{EngvarB|date=December 2022}} {{Infobox religious biography | religion = [[Islam]] | name = Alauddin Siddiqui | official_name = Muhammad Alauddin | office1 = 2nd [[wikt:custodian|Custodian]] of [[Nerian Sharif]] | native_name = {{Nastaliq|پِیر مُحَمَّد عَلَاؤالدّین صِدِیقِی}} | predecessor1 = [[Ghulam Mohi-ud-Din Ghaznavi]] | term_end1 = 3 February 2017 | term_start1 = 11 April 1975 | successor1 = Shaykh Pir Noor Ul Arfeen Siddiqui | birth_date = {{birth date|1936|1|1|df=y}} <ref name="britishmuslim-magazine">{{Cite news|url=https://www.britishmuslim-magazine.com/2017/02/massive-attendance-at-funeral-of-pir-alauddin-siddiqui/|title=Massive attendance at funeral of Pir Alauddin Siddiqui|work=British Muslim Magazine|date=5 February 2017|access-date=19 December 2021|archive-date=16 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211216182705/https://www.britishmuslim-magazine.com/2017/02/massive-attendance-at-funeral-of-pir-alauddin-siddiqui/|url-status=live}}</ref> or {{birth date|1938|1|1|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nawaiwaqt.com.pk/06-Feb-2017/562962|title=Pir Aladdin Siddiqui Naqshbandi|date=6 February 2017 |access-date=28 June 2022|archive-date=30 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630141917/https://www.nawaiwaqt.com.pk/06-Feb-2017/562962|url-status=live}}</ref> | birth_place = [[Nerian Sharif]], [[Azad Kashmir]], [[British India]] | children = Sultan Ul Arfeen Siddiqui<br /> Noor Ul Arfeen Siddiqui | Sufi_order = Naqshbandia Mohrvia Ghanznawia Siddiquia | death_date = {{death date and age|2017|2|3|1938|1|1|df=y}}<ref name="birminghammail">{{cite news |url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/pir-alauddin-siddiqui-funeral-tributes-12557815 |title=Pir Alauddin Siddiqui funeral: Tributes paid to much loved spiritual leader |newspaper=Birmingham Mail |date=4 February 2017 |access-date=23 December 2021 |archive-date=23 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211223062859/https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/pir-alauddin-siddiqui-funeral-tributes-12557815 |url-status=live }}</ref> | resting_place = [[Nerian Sharif]], [[Azad Kashmir]], Pakistan | father = Ghulam Mohiudin Ghaznavi Nervi<ref name="britishmuslim-magazine" /> | institute = [[Mohi-ud-Din Islamic University|Mohiudin Islamic University Nerian Sharif]]<br /> Mohiudin Islamic Medical College Mirpur Azad Kashmir | predecessor = [[Ghulam Mohi-ud-Din Ghaznavi|Ghulam Mohiudin Ghaznavi Nervi]] | successor = Shaykh Noor Ul Arfeen Siddiqui | death_place = [[Birmingham]] | sect = [[Sunni Islam|Ahle Sunnat]], [[Barelvi]] | honors = [[The 500 Most Influential Muslims]] (2012–2018) | title = Shaykh Ul Aalam | known_for = Dars e Masnavi | founder = [[Mohiuddin Trust]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pir Alauddin Siddiqui |title=Funder of Mohiudin Trust |url=https://www.mohiuddintrust.com/about/ |website=Mohiudin Trust |date=6 April 2021 |publisher=Mohiuddintrust.com |access-date=21 February 2022 |archive-date=21 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220221184022/https://www.mohiuddintrust.com/about/ |url-status=live }}</ref><br /> Noor TV | movement = *Anti Islamophobia *Tahafuz e Namoos e Risalat *Tahafuz e Khatam e Nabuwat *Tahafuz e Aqaid e Ahle Sunnat *Tehreek e Nizam e Mustafa<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rānā |first=Muḥammad ʻĀmir |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lNDXAAAAMAAJ&q=nerian+sharif |title=A to Z of Jehadi Organizations in Pakistan |date=2004 |publisher=Mashal Books |pages=484 |language=en |access-date=16 January 2023 |archive-date=7 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231007142619/https://books.google.com/books?id=lNDXAAAAMAAJ&q=nerian+sharif |url-status=live }}</ref> | honorific prefix = Shaykh Ul Aalam Pir | occupation = [[Preacher]], [[Sufi]] | awards = [[Lifetime Achievement Award|The Lifetime Achievement Award]] by the Institute of Peace and Development (INSPAD) | office4 = [[President (corporate title)|President]] of [[Jamaat Ahle Sunnat|Jamiat-e-Ulma-e-Ahle Sunnat]] AJ&K | term_start4 = ''Un-known'' | term_end4 = 3 February 2017 | native_name_lang = Urdu | office2 = 1st [[Chancellor]] of [[Mohi-ud-Din Islamic University]] | term_start2 = 2000 | term_end2 = 3 February 2017 | predecessor2 = ''Position established'' | successor2 = Sultan Ul Arfeen Siddiqui | office3 = 1st [[Chancellor]] of Mohi-ud-Din Islamic Medical College | term_start3 = 2009 | term_end3 = 3 February 2017 | predecessor3 = ''Position established'' | successor3 = Sultan Ul Arfeen Siddiqui | image = Pir Alauddin Siddiqui.jpg }}
'''Muhammad Alauddin Siddiqui''' ({{langx|ur|{{nq|پیر محمد علاؤالدین صدیقی}}}}; 1 January 1938 – 3 February 2017) was an [[Islam]]ic [[Sufism|Sufi]] scholar and social personality.
He appeared in [[Islam]]ic educational programmes on [[ARY Qtv|ARY Q TV]] and on NOOR TV.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dars-e-Masnavi|url=https://www.thenoor.tv/services/dars-e-manavi/|website=Noor TV|access-date=2021-12-19|language=en-US|archive-date=16 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211216165033/https://www.thenoor.tv/services/dars-e-manavi/|url-status=live}}</ref> He established [[Madrasa|madrassas]] for religious and non religious education, as well as mosques in Pakistan and England.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Pir Alauddin siddiqui|title=Works of Pir Alauddin Siddiqui|url=https://www.musharrafhussain.com/a-spiritual-guide-and-a-visionary-leader/|website=Musharrafhusain.com|date=9 March 2017 |access-date=19 February 2022|archive-date=19 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220219141615/https://www.musharrafhussain.com/a-spiritual-guide-and-a-visionary-leader/|url-status=live}}</ref> He was the founder of two colleges in the [[Azad Kashmir]] region: Mohiudin Islamic Medical College in [[Mirpur, Azad Kashmir|Mirpur]], and [[Mohi-ud-Din Islamic University|Mohiudin Islamic University]] in [[Nerian Sharif]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pir Alauddin siddiqui |title=Founder of Mohiudin Medical College |url=https://mimc.edu.pk/fmsg.php |website=Mohiudin Islamic Medical College |publisher=MIMC |access-date=12 February 2022 |archive-date=7 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107230110/https://www.mimc.edu.pk/fmsg.php |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Founder Chancellor's Message|url=https://mimc.edu.pk/fmsg.php|access-date=2022-02-12|website=mimc.edu.pk|archive-date=7 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107230110/https://www.mimc.edu.pk/fmsg.php|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Pir Alauddin Siddiqui |title=Founder of Mohiudin Islamic University |url=https://miu.edu.pk/messages/ |website=Mohiudin Islamic University |publisher=MIU |access-date=12 February 2022 |archive-date=20 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320035014/https://miu.edu.pk/messages/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was on the list of [[The 500 Most Influential Muslims|500 Most Influential Muslims]] seven times from 2012 to 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://themuslim500.com/ |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=The Muslim 500 |language=en-US |archive-date=17 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230917202516/https://themuslim500.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Education== Alauddin Siddiqui studied [[Islam]] under his father, [[Ghulam Mohi-ud-Din Ghaznavi]]. Later, he studied Mishkat Sharif and Jalalayn in Jamia Haqqa’iq al Uloom in [[Hazro, Punjab|Hazro]]. His passion for further studies brought him to [[Jamia Naeemia Lahore]] where he completed lessons from Muhammad Hussain Naeemi. After that he came to [[Wazirabad]], where he participated in the Daura e [[Quran|Qur'an]] with Abdul Ghufar Hazarawi. He next came to [[Sardar Ahmad Chishti]] in [[Faisalabad]] to complete the teaching of [[Hadith]] Mubarakah. [[Sardar Ahmad Chishti]] completed the lessons and put on the Dastar-e-Fazilat.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pir Alauddin Siddiqui |title=Education of Mohammad Alauddin Siddiqui |url=http://baharemadinah.com/shaykh-ul-aalam/education/ |access-date=2022-03-25 |language=en-US |archive-date=5 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220105132330/http://baharemadinah.com/shaykh-ul-aalam/education/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Protest against Islamophobia== Alauddin Siddiqui called for a [[protest]] outside [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|Parliament]] of [[London]] on 6 October 2012 to express his outrage at the recent film ''[[Innocence of Muslims]]'', which was described as [[Blasphemy|insulting the dignity]] of the Islamic prophet [[Muhammad]]. He appealed to the [[Muslim Ummah]] to end their internal differences and unite under the banner of the Prophet of Islam. He spoke on the importance of a united front of the Muslim Ummah against [[Islamophobia]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pir alauddin siddiqui |title=Protest against Islamophobia in London |url=http://baharemadinah.com/shaykh-ul-aalam/countering-islamophobia/ |access-date=2022-03-17 |language=en-US |archive-date=5 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220105193932/http://baharemadinah.com/shaykh-ul-aalam/countering-islamophobia/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
On Saturday, October 2012, thousands of Muslims gathered outside the Houses of Parliament in London to express their feelings about the importance of honoring Muhammad. The protest, titled "Alliance of Socialism Anti-Islamophobia Event", was attended by Muslims from all [[sect]]s of the [[Islamic community]], including speakers from both [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]] and [[Shia Islam|Shia]] Islam.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Protest against Islamophobia |title=Protest attended by scholars of different sects |url=http://baharemadinah.com/shaykh-ul-aalam/countering-islamophobia/ |access-date=2022-03-17 |language=en-US |archive-date=5 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220105193932/http://baharemadinah.com/shaykh-ul-aalam/countering-islamophobia/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
== Awards and honors ==
On 10 June 2012, Alauddin Siddiqui was awarded the [[Lifetime Achievement award|Lifetime Achievement Award]] for [[humanitarian]], [[education]] and [[health]] services by Institute of Peace and Development (INSPAD), an international [[Non-governmental organization]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lifetime Achievement Awarded to Pir Alauddin Siddiqui 2012 |url=http://baharemadinah.com/shaykh-ul-aalam/ |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=Baharemadinah.com |language=en-US |archive-date=5 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220105132333/http://baharemadinah.com/shaykh-ul-aalam/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
Alauddin Siddiqui's name appeared seven times in the list of [[The 500 Most Influential Muslims|500 Most Influential Muslims]] (from the 3rd edition to the 9th edition. His name appeared in the list of "[[Preacher]]s and [[Spiritualism (movement)|Spiritual leaders]]" from [[United Kingdom|UK]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pir Alauddin Siddiqui |title=Home |url=https://themuslim500.com/ |access-date=2022-03-25 |website=The Muslim 500 |language=en-US |archive-date=17 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230917202516/https://themuslim500.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
The last time his name appeared in the 9th edition (2018) in section "The Obituaries" after his death.<ref>{{Cite news |last=500 most influential muslims |title=Allauddin Siddiqui's name in Most Influential Muslims |work=500mostinfluential.com |url=https://themuslim500.com/ |access-date=23 December 2021 |archive-date=17 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230917202516/https://themuslim500.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Death== Alauddin Siddiqui died in [[London]] on Friday, 3 February 2017 after an illness. He was 79 years old.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pir Alauddin Siddiqui |title=Pir Alauddin Siddiqui passed away |website=www.dailymotion.com |url=https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5ahty2 |access-date=19 December 2021 |archive-date=19 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211219064139/https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5ahty2 |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Funeral== Two funeral prayers were offered for him, one at [[Birmingham]] in Aston Park and the other at [[Nerian Sharif]] in [[Azad Kashmir]], Pakistan. His first funeral prayer was held in Birmingham's Aston Park, led by his younger son Noor ul Arfeen Siddiqui. More than 20,000 people attended.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pir Alauddin Siddiqui |title=20,000 People attend funeral in Birmingham |work=Birminghammail.com |url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/pir-alauddin-siddiqui-funeral-20000-12556293 |access-date=3 March 2022 |archive-date=3 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303143611/https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/pir-alauddin-siddiqui-funeral-20000-12556293 |url-status=live }}</ref> His second funeral prayer was held in his home town Nerian Sharif and was led by his older son Sultan Ul Arfeen Siddiqui. More than 50,000 people attended.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pir Allauddin Siddiqui |title=Funeral at Nerian Sharif attended by 50,000 people |work=Birminghammail.com |url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/pir-alauddin-siddiqui-more-50000-12562389 |access-date=3 March 2022 |archive-date=3 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303145528/https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/pir-alauddin-siddiqui-more-50000-12562389 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Alauddin Siddiqui was buried in Darbar e Aliya [[Nerian Sharif]], [[Azad Kashmir]], [[Pakistan]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Butt |first=Saleem |title=پیر علاؤ الدین صدیقی رحمۃ اللہ علیہ کو نیریاں شریف میں دفن کردیا گیا |url=http://shanepakistan.com/?p=42333 |access-date=2022-08-20 |archive-date=20 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220820073938/http://shanepakistan.com/?p=42333 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Reception== *[[Karam Shah al-Azhari|Mohammad Karam Shah Sahib al Azhari]] from Bhera Sharif said on the [[Urs |Urs Mubarak]] at [[Nerian Sharif]]:<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Scholars Honouring Shaykh ul Aalam - BahareMadinah.com |url=https://baharemadinah.com/shaykh-ul-aalam/scholars-honouring-shaykh-ul-aalam/ |access-date=2022-07-07 |language=en-US |archive-date=11 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221111125108/http://baharemadinah.com/shaykh-ul-aalam/scholars-honouring-shaykh-ul-aalam/ |url-status=live }}</ref> "Huzoor Shaykh ul Aalam is spreading the Light of Shariah and Tariqa to the Ummah in the most commendable manner, continuing to work for Islam and will always continue to do so." Pir Karam Shah Sahib continued: "Nerian Sharif is such an origin of Light that the candles of knowledge are forever lit, and I foresee that a great university will be established here (referring to [[Mohi-ud-Din Islamic University|Mohiuddin Islamic University]])." *[[Shah Ahmad Noorani]] said:<ref name=":1" /> "If I could have found one more Huzoor Shaykh ul Alam in Pakistan, I would have changed the face of the country!" *Qamaruddin Sialwi from [[Sial Sharif]] said, at the 1972 Sunni Conference:<ref name=":1" /> "The (then) Sahibzada Huzoor Shaykh ul Aalam possesses a glittering Light upon his blessed forehead, and from this we know that Pir Siddiqui, throughout the entire world, will achieve great things for Islam." *[[Naseeruddin Naseer Gilani|Sayyid Naseeruddin Naseer al Jilani]] from Golra Sharif said on Noor TV:<ref name=":1" /> "What Huzoor Shaykh ul Aalam have started with the work of Noor TV is no small accomplishment. I have declared to the Ulama of the Ahlus Sunnah that this is our shining hope: Noor TV. What else is there? This is a feat no Pir or Mawlana had achieved before. It is no small matter that tens of thousands of people are receiving the message of Allah's religion [through this channel]. May Allah accept Huzoor Shaykh ul Aalam's both religious and social work." * [[Muhammad Imdad Hussain Pirzada|Muhammad Imdad Hussain]] (Jamia Al Karam, Britain) from [[Jhang]] said:<ref name=":1" /> "High is his ambition, so charming His speech, so beautiful his soul, That is all he needs for the journey, he who leads the Caravan!"
== See also == *[[Pir Ghulam Mohiudin Ghaznavi]] *[[Nerian Sharif]]
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