Hazrat Muhammed Abdul Qadeer Siddiqui Hasrat رﺣﻤﺔ ﷲ ﻋﻠﯿﮫ was an Islamic theologian, a Qur’anic exegete, a poet and a Sufi in the lands of Southern India. The birthplace of Hazrat was Hyderabad City, and he was the first Dean of the Theology Faculty of the Osmania University, which was established by Hyderabad State’s Nizam VII Osman Ali Khan. Being a master in Islamic sciences, the colleagues and
followers of Hazrat Muhammed Abdul Qadeer Siddiqui رﺣﻤﺔ ﷲ ﻋﻠﯿﮫ used to call him Bahr-ul-`Ulūm (Ocean of Knowledge). He received various titles, but he preferred to call himself Maulvi, which was a title given to him when he was a child, by his Sheikh, Hazrat Syed Khawaja Muhammad Șiddīq MahboobAllah رحمة الله عليه. He is the 28th direct descendant of the first Islamic Caliph, Hazrat Abu Bakr Șiddīq ٰرﺿﻲ ﷲ ﺗﻌﺎﻟﯽ ﻋﻨﮫ, and is referred to by his religious followers as Qadeer Piya or “Qadeer the Beloved.” His ancestral town is Cheenak, which is a small area located close to Ahmedabad city in Gujarat’s modern Indian state. He received his basic education from spiritual teachers, who were giving him individual attention. Later, he graduated from the University of Punjab with the degrees of Maulvi Fazil and Munshi Fazil. He provided his services to Osmania University as Dean of Theology, and he did not stop spreading education, through his private home, even when he got retired. He passed away in 1962 and is buried in the town of Siddiq Gulshan, Hyderabad. On the 16th, 17th and 18th of the Islamic month of Shawwal, celebration of his urs takes place every year. Different people composed his biographies, such as Toor-e-Tajalli, Yaad-e-Hasrat Ayaat (compiled by his son, Dr. Moosa Abdur Rehman Siddiqui), and Abdullah (a 600-page book compiled by his grandson, Muhammad Anwaruddin Siddiqui). These three are published in Urdu language.
