His Eminence Maulana
Shah' Muhammed Abdul Aleem Siddiqui (R.A) was a famous preacher of Islam
to the far flung countries for about 40 years. Thousands of non Muslims
In Asia, Africa, Europe and America embraced Islam at his hands. Millions
of Muslims received religious and worldly blessings through his dynamic
and refulgent personality. Numerous Islamic missionary societies, mosques,
schools and hospitals, libraries, infirmaries, orphanages and periodicals
sprang in the wake of his Immortal missionary labours.
His Eminence was born
at Meerut (UP-Province of Indo Pakistan Sub-continental), on 3rd April,
1892. Endowed with unusual intelligence exceptional memory, he completed
his studies in Dars-e-Nizami, (a course of Islamic theological studies),
at the age of sixteen. After the completion of Dars-e-Nizami acquired
his modern education and obtained his Bachelors degree with distinction
from Meerut College in 1917.
He did not discontinue
his religious studies while acquiring modern education. He devoted himself
simultaneously and especially during vacations to advance Islamic studies.
In fact he continued it many years even after he had entered the field
as religious leader and amassed further knowledge in Islamic law at Mecca
and Medina through discussion with Muslim scholars.
He began his work of
preaching as soon as he had completed his theology studies. Among the
countries he visited were Burma, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand,
Viet Nam, China, Japan, the Philippines, Madagascar, South Africa, Portuguese
East Africa, now Angola, Kenya. Tanzania, Guyana. Suriname, USA and Canada
etc.
Wherever he went he
encountered dissensions, religious backwardness, ignorance of higher
Islamic values, absence of planning on a large scale among Muslims and
hatred of Islam among non-Muslims.
Every where he had
to carve out his path in stony rocks and had to raise the edifice of his
great message almost on virgin soil. The inexhaustible treasure of his
moral earnestness, his profound sincerity, his deep piety, his versatile,
knowledge and his matchless smile out matched the difficulties. His thundering
but musical voice proved a magical influence in awakening somnolent humanity.
His clarion call for the establishment of righteousness and the effacement
of sin for the adoption of good, for the enthronement of harmony and the
dethronement of strife echoed over mountains and plains across green valleys
and sandy deserts in the orient as well as in the occident among the 'whites
as well as among the blacks. His travels around the globe brought the
message of peace to millions of human souls. His visits every where gave
new impetus to the religious fervour of the people.
As already been stated above, his
eminence visited different parts of the world several times where he delivered
lectures, presided over Educational Conferences, worked for the erection
of mosque, strived hard to organize the Ulema, exposed false Qadiani beliefs
and held discourses with eminent Hindus and Christians.
His Eminence also held
discussions with Sultan lbn-e-Saud at Mecca, on the difficulties experienced
by European converts in performing Hajj. He also exchanged thoughts
with Muslim leaders from all over the world about the Improvement of
conditions prevailing in the Hedjaz and conveyed the message of Islam
to the non-Muslims of all the previously named countries.
He wrote about one
and a half dozen books in Arabic Urdu and English.
Great Islamic Scholar
and Sufi Shaykh Maulana Shah Muhammad Abdul Aleem Siddique al Qadiri
(R.A) next to his son, Maulana Shah Ahmad Noorani Siddique al-Qadiri
(R.A) .
His Eminence worked
with single minded and physical assistance of his son-in- law Dr. Maulana
Fazlur Rahman Ansari with complete devotion for the cause of Islam and
humanity until his noble soul returned to Allan's mercy on 22nd Zillhij
1372 A, H, (August 22, 1954) Medina Tayabba.
