Kaleem Siddiqui (born 23 September 1957) is an

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Islamic scholar, preacher, educationist and a prominent member of

Tablighi Jamaat Tablighi Jamaat (, also translated as "propagation party" or "preaching party") is a transnational Deobandi Islamic Dawah, missionary movement that focuses on exhorting Muslims to be more religiously observant and encouraging fellow memb ...

. He was detained by ATS of Up police with accusations of mass conversion which nationalist Hindu considered a threat to their religion, he had been providing both financial and legal assistance to those who faced difficulty to adopt Islam as their consent religion. He is a disciple of

Muhammad Zakariyya al-Kandhlawi Muḥammad Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad Yaḥyá Ṣiddīqī Kāndhlawī Sahāranpūrī Muhājir Madanī (''Muḥammad Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad Yaḥyá aṣ-Ṣiddīqī al-Kāndahlawī as-Sahāranfūrī al-Madanī''; 2 February 189824 May 1982) ...

and

Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi (also known as Ali Miyan; 5 December 1913 – 31 December 1999) was a leading Islamic scholar, thinker, writer, preacher, reformer and a Muslim public intellectual of 20th century India and the author of numerous boo ...

. ''Aapki Amanat Aapki Sewa Mein'' is one of his popular book.

Biography

Kaleem Siddiqui was born on 23 September 1957 in Phulat village of

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district,

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. His father Haji Muhammad Amin was a

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and murid of

Mahmud Hasan Deobandi Mahmud Hasan Deobandi (also known as Shaykh al-Hind; 1851–1920) was an Indian Muslim scholar and an activist of the Indian independence movement, who co-founded the Jamia Millia Islamia university and launched the Silk Letter Movement for t ...

. His mother's name is Zubaida Khatun. He was educated at the Faizul Islam Madrasa in phulat, founded by

Rashid Ahmad Gangohi Rashīd Aḥmad ibn Hidāyat Aḥmad Ayyūbī Anṣārī Gangohī (182611 August 1905) ( ur, ) was an Indian Deobandi Islamic scholar, a leading figure of the Deobandi jurist and scholar of hadith. His lineage reaches back to Abu Ayyub al-Ans ...

, now known as Jamia Imam Wali Ullah. In class V, he memorized first 7 Para of ''Quran''. He passed his higher secondary in science from Pact Inter College. He completed his BSc from

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. He then appeared for the

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and finished 57th across India. He later came in contact with

and was admitted to

Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama (translated as, House of Knowledge and Assembly of Scholars University) is an Islamic seminary in Lucknow, India. It was established by the Nadwatul Ulama, a council of Muslim scholars, on 26 September 1898. This edu ...

to study Islamic subjects. He did not get admission even after getting the opportunity to get admission in MBBS.

Books

His most popular book is ''Aapki Amanat Aapki Sewa Mein''. His other books include: *''Hume Hidayat Kaise Mili'' *''Dawat E Deen : Kuch Ghalat Fahmiyaan Kuch Haqaaiq'' *''Hadiya Dawat'' *''Tohfah Dawat'' *''Dawat Fikr O Amal'' *''Armughaan E Dawat'' *''Usway Nabi E Rahmat Aur Hamaari Zindagi'' *''Rafeeq Bano Fareeq Nahi'' *''Har Marz Ki Dawa Hai Sallay A’laa Muhammad'' *''Deeni Madaris Aur Hamaari Zimmaydaariyaan'' *''Naseem Hidayat Kay Jhokay''

References

{{Authority control 1957 births Living people Indian Islamic religious leaders Scholars from Uttar Pradesh 21st-century Muslim theologians Muslim apologists 20th-century Muslim theologians 21st-century Indian Muslims 21st-century Muslim scholars of Islam Critics of Hinduism Hanafis Deobandis Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama alumni Disciples of Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi