Siddiq ( ar, صِدّیق, ; meaning "truthful") is an
Islamic term
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and is given as an
honorific title to certain individuals. The feminine gender for Siddiq is Siddiqah. The word is sometimes used as a title given to individuals by the Islamic prophet
Muhammad. For example, it was a title of
Abu Bakr, the first
Islamic caliph from 632 to 634. Otherwise, it is used to denote that the person is totally trustworthy.
Sunni usage
Sunni
Sunni Islam () is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims. Its name comes from the word '' Sunnah'', referring to the tradition of Muhammad. The differences between Sunni and Shia Muslims arose from a disagr ...
Muslims use Siddiq as an epithet for
Abu Bakr, the first
Caliph of Islam and the closest friend of Muhammad, while they use Siddiqah for
Aisha
Aisha ( ar, , translit=ʿĀʾisha bint Abī Bakr; , also , ; ) was Muhammad's third and youngest wife. In Islamic writings, her name is thus often prefixed by the title "Mother of the Believers" ( ar, links=no, , ʾumm al-mu'min, muʾminīn), ...
, Abu Bakr's daughter and the Prophet's wife.
Sufi term
In
Sufi
Sufism ( ar, ''aṣ-ṣūfiyya''), also known as Tasawwuf ( ''at-taṣawwuf''), is a mystic body of religious practice, found mainly within Sunni Islam but also within Shia Islam, which is characterized by a focus on Islamic spirituality, ...
sm, Siddiq is a rank that comes after prophet. It is generally given to a person who verified the claim of prophethood in its early stage. Sufis believe the following four ranks are free of time and space and therefore life and death becomes meaningless to them.
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Nabi
Nabi may refer to:
People
* Adil Nabi (born 1994), English footballer
*Heiki Nabi (born 1985), Estonian wrestler
*Isadore Nabi, satirical pseudonym of Richard Levins and Richard Lewontin, scientists in the 1960s
*Mohammad Nabi (born 1985), Afghan ...
– Prophet, someone who learned of the unseen from God directly
#Siddiq – Early day Muslim who learned the unseen from Muhammad
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Shaheed – Martyr, someone who gave their life for the will of God and has thus become beyond mortality.
#Salih – Righteous, someone who spends every bit of their life per the will of God and thus achieved the status of "
Baqaa" through ''
Fanaa
Fanaa ( ar, فناء ') in Sufism is the "passing away" or "annihilation" (of the self).Harmless, William. ''Mystics''. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008 Fana means "to die before one dies", a concept highlighted by famous notable Persian m ...
''. Also referred to as
Wali.
These four ranks are mentioned in the
Quran.
Shia usage
Shi'a
Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest Islamic schools and branches, branch of Islam. It holds that the Prophets and messengers in Islam, Islamic prophet Muhammad in Islam, Muhammad designated Ali, ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as his S ...
Muslims use Siddiqah as a title for Muhammed's daughter
Fatima
Fāṭima bint Muḥammad ( ar, فَاطِمَة ٱبْنَت مُحَمَّد}, 605/15–632 CE), commonly known as Fāṭima al-Zahrāʾ (), was the daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his wife Khadija. Fatima's husband was Ali, th ...
. In ''
Then I was Guided'', the
Shi'a
Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest Islamic schools and branches, branch of Islam. It holds that the Prophets and messengers in Islam, Islamic prophet Muhammad in Islam, Muhammad designated Ali, ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as his S ...
author asks its Sunni audience how it is possible for both
Abu Bakr and
Fatimah to be "Siddiq", when contemplating their intense and deep conflicts, implying that logic demands one to be a liar, and arguing it can not be Muhammed's daughter.
(note: sunnis interpret all of that text as some differences that arose between prophet haroon a.s and prophet musa a.s and both were siddiq and nabi at the same time) The Sunni view is that Muhammad daughter Fatimah is sidiqqa.
Other usage
In
Hebrew the word/name "
Tzadik" (צדיק), has a similar meaning. The title of
Voltaire's satirical novella ''
Zadig'' also stems from this name root.
See also
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Rabbani
*
Siddiqui
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Qallu
*
Tzadik
References
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