Siddiqui

Siddiqui (Urdu: صدیقی‎) are a South Asian Muslim Sheikh community, found mainly in Pakistan, India and Bangladesh, and in expatriate communities in Saudi Arabia and Middle East Region. They claimed to be the descendants of Abu Bakr Siddiq, the first Muslim Caliph, who was a companion of and the father-in-law of Muhammad.[4] However, the Siddiquis actually descend from the Hindu Kayastha record-keeper caste.[5][6]

This article is about the Siddiqui community. For people with the surname Siddiqui and Siddiqi, see Siddiqui (name).
Siddiqui
(Urdu) صدیقی
Total population
Approx. 1,625,450[1][2][3]
Regions with significant populations
Pakistan750,087
Bangladesh315,236
India171,702
Saudi Arabia76,727
Afghanistan51,404
Algeria33,876
United Arab Emirates25,405
United States15,910
United Kingdom10,548
Morocco7,533
Languages
Urdu • Hindi • Arabic • Dari • Pashto •English
Religion
Sunni Islam
Related ethnic groups
Arab

The title "As-Siddiq" (Arabic: الصديق‎) was given to the first Abu Bakr, by Muhammad. His title "Siddiqui" is an attributive form of the Arabic As-Siddiq.[7][8]

People
Main article: Siddiqui (name)

References
  1. "Ethnologue". Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  2. "Ethnologue". Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  3. "Ethnologue". Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  4. Juan Eduardo Campo, Encyclopedia of Islam, Infobase Publishing, 2009
  5. Khanam, Azra (30 August 2013). Muslim backward classes: a sociological perspective. SAGE Publications. ISBN 9788132118077.CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  6. Robinson, Rowena (20 February 2004). Sociology of religion in India. SAGE Publications. p. 90. ISBN 9780761997818.CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  7. "Shaikh Siddiqui Home". www.shaikhsiddiqui.com. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
  8. "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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