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{{Short description|Bengali Islamic scholar and Pir from Furfura Sharif}}
{{distinguish|Md. Abu Bakr Siddique}}
{{Infobox religious biography
| honorific_prefix = Mujaddid-e-Zamān Amīr-e-Sharīʿat
| name = Mohammad Abu Bakr Siddique
| honorific_suffix = Pīr Ṣāḥeb Furfura
| image = Furfura Mazar.jpg
| alt = Shrine of Abu Bakr Siddique
| caption = Shrine of Abu Bakr Siddique
| order = [[Furfura Sharif]]
| office =
| term_start =
| term_end =
| predecessor =
| successor = Abdul Hai Siddique
| religion = [[Islam]]
| denomination = [[Sunni]]
| jurisprudence = [[Hanafi]]
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1845|04|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Furfura Sharif|Furfura]], [[Hooghly district]], [[Bengal Presidency]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1939|03|17|1845|04|15}}
| death_place =
| resting_place = [[Furfura Sharif]]
| spouse =
| children = 5 sons
| father = Abdul Muqtadir Siddique
| mother = Muhabbatun Nisa Begum
| parents =
| teacher = Jamaluddin, Bilayet, Amin Ridwan
| students = [[Ahmed Ali Enayetpuri]]<ref>{{cite Banglapedia|article=Enayetpuri, Ahmed Ali|author=Afaz Uddin, Muhammad}}</ref>
| disciple_of = [[Fateh Ali Waisi]]
| disciples =[[Abdul Khaleque (scholar)|Abdul Khaleque]]<br />[[Muhammad Shahidullah]]<br />[[Nesaruddin Ahmad]]
| works = Ilm Ma'refat and Service of Shari'ah
| influences = [[Karamat Ali Jaunpuri]]
| profession =
| relatives = [[Abbas Siddiqui]] (great-grandson)<br />[[Nawsad Siddique]] great-grandson)
| alma_mater = [[Hooghly Madrasah]]
}}
'''Moḥammad Abū Bakr Ṣiddīque al-Qurayshī''' (15 April 1845 – 17 March 1939) was a [[Bengalis|Bengali]] [[Islamic scholar]] and the inaugural [[Pir (Sufism)|Pir]] of [[Furfura Sharif]] in [[West Bengal]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://muslimmirror.com/eng/international-seminar-on-pir-abu-bakar-siddique-and-the-socio-religious-reform-movements-in-south-asia/|title=International Seminar on Pir Abu Bakar Siddique and the Socio-Religious Reform Movements in South Asia|date=14 January 2017|access-date=3 August 2022|website=Muslimmirror.com|archive-date=5 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220805235337/https://muslimmirror.com/eng/international-seminar-on-pir-abu-bakar-siddique-and-the-socio-religious-reform-movements-in-south-asia/|url-status=live}}</ref> He is regarded by his followers, who are scattered across eastern [[India]] and [[Bangladesh]],<ref name=":2">{{cite book|title=বাংলার মুসলমানদের ইতিহাস|trans-title=History of Muslims of Bengal|author=MA Rahim|year=1994|publisher=Ahmad Publishing House|location=Dhaka|page=74|isbn=|language=bn}}</ref>{{Sfn|Amlendu Dey|1991|p=46}} as a ''[[mujaddid]]'' (reviver) of Islam in the region, due to his significant contributions in religious propagation via the establishment of [[mosques]] and [[madrasas]], publication of newspapers and education development in neglected areas.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=[[Janakantha]]|title=প্রসঙ্গ ইসলাম ॥ ফুরফুরা শরীফের যুব সংস্কারক|trans-title=The topic is Islam ॥ Furfura Sharif's youth reformer|language=bn|url=http://web.dailyjanakantha.com/details/article/409720/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%99%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%97-%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE-%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AF%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%AC-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%95/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191203043007/http://web.dailyjanakantha.com/details/article/409720/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%99%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%97-%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE-%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AF%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%AC-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%95/|archive-date=3 December 2019|access-date=7 December 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was the founding president of the sociopolitical [[Anjuman-i-Wazin-i-Bangla]] organisation,<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=[[The Daily Ittefaq|Ittefaq]]|title=যুগসংস্কারক মওলানা আবু বকর সিদ্দিকী (রহ)|trans-title=Reverend Maulana Abu Bakr Siddiquie (RA)|language=bn|url=https://www.ittefaq.com.bd/print-edition/features/dhormochinta-/36847/%E0%A6%AF%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%95--%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%81-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B0--%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%80-(%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%B9)/print|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191203043038/https://www.ittefaq.com.bd/print-edition/features/dhormochinta-/36847/%E0%A6%AF%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%95--%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%81-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B0--%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%80-(%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%B9)/print|archive-date=3 December 2019|access-date=7 December 2019}}</ref> which advocated for causes such as the [[Khilafat Movement]] and [[Pakistan Movement]].<ref name=inqilab>{{cite news|newspaper=[[Daily Inqilab|Inqilab]]|title=জাতীয় জাগরণে পীর আবু বকর সিদ্দিকী (রহ.)-এর অবদান|trans-title=Contribution of Pir Abu Bakr Siddique (R.H.) to National Awakening|url=https://m.dailyinqilab.com/article/21766/%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC-%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A3%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%81-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%80-(%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%B9)-%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8|access-date=7 December 2019|language=bn|archive-date=3 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191203042328/https://m.dailyinqilab.com/article/21766/%25E0%25A6%259C%25E0%25A6%25BE%25E0%25A6%25A4%25E0%25A7%2580%25E0%25A6%25AF%25E0%25A6%25BC-%25E0%25A6%259C%25E0%25A6%25BE%25E0%25A6%2597%25E0%25A6%25B0%25E0%25A6%25A3%25E0%25A7%2587-%25E0%25A6%25AA%25E0%25A7%2580%25E0%25A6%25B0-%25E0%25A6%2586%25E0%25A6%25AC%25E0%25A7%2581-%25E0%25A6%25AC%25E0%25A6%2595%25E0%25A6%25B0-%25E0%25A6%25B8%25E0%25A6%25BF%25E0%25A6%25A6%25E0%25A7%258D%25E0%25A6%25A6%25E0%25A6%25BF%25E0%25A6%2595%25E0%25A7%2580-(%25E0%25A6%25B0%25E0%25A6%25B9)-%25E0%25A6%258F%25E0%25A6%25B0-%25E0%25A6%2585%25E0%25A6%25AC%25E0%25A6%25A6%25E0%25A6%25BE%25E0%25A6%25A8|url-status=live}}</ref>{{Sfn|Amin|2014|p=04}} Siddique died in 1943, and his shrine is greatly venerated as one of West Bengal's most prominent [[Sufi]] centres.<ref>{{cite book|title=হুগলি জেলার ইতিহাস ও বঙ্গসমাজ|trans-title=History and Bengali society of Hooghly district|language=bn|author=Shri Sudhir Kumar Mitra|year=1991|publisher=Mondal Book House|location=Kolkata|page=1301}}</ref>{{Sfn|Syed Md. Bahauddin|2017|p=02}}

== Early life and family ==
Mohammad Abu Bakr Siddique was born on 15 April 1845, to a [[Bengali Muslim]] family in the village of Furfura, located in [[Hooghly district]].<ref>{{cite book|title=বাংলার ইতিহাসে ফুরফুরা শরীফ|trans-title=Furfura Sharif in the history of Bengal|language=bn|author=Syed Bahauddin|year=2002|publisher=Hazrat Pir Abu Bakr Islamic Research Centre|location=Hooghly|pages=77, 80}}</ref> His father, Haji Abdul Muqtadir Siddiqui, was a ''[[mawlana]]''. The family was believed to have been descendants of [[Abu Bakr]], the first [[Caliph]] of Islam and a member of the [[Banu Taym]] clan, part of the [[Arab tribe]] of [[Quraysh]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://furfura.com/%e0%a6%86%e0%a6%b2-%e0%a6%9c%e0%a6%be%e0%a6%ae%e0%a7%87%e0%a7%9f%e0%a6%be%e0%a6%a4%e0%a7%81%e0%a6%b8-%e0%a6%b8%e0%a6%bf%e0%a6%a6%e0%a7%8d%e0%a6%a6%e0%a6%bf%e0%a6%95%e0%a7%80%e0%a7%9f%e0%a6%be/|title=আল-জামেয়াতুস সিদ্দিকীয়া দারুল উলুম মাদরাসা|trans-title=Al-Jamayats Siddiquiya Darul Uloom Madrasa|language=bn|website=Furfura.com|access-date=7 December 2019|archive-date=21 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121150406/https://furfura.com/%e0%a6%86%e0%a6%b2-%e0%a6%9c%e0%a6%be%e0%a6%ae%e0%a7%87%e0%a7%9f%e0%a6%be%e0%a6%a4%e0%a7%81%e0%a6%b8-%e0%a6%b8%e0%a6%bf%e0%a6%a6%e0%a7%8d%e0%a6%a6%e0%a6%bf%e0%a6%95%e0%a7%80%e0%a7%9f%e0%a6%be/|url-status=live}}</ref> Their ancestor, Mansur Baghdadi, left [[Baghdad]] in the [[Abbasid Caliphate]] in 741 [[Islamic calendar|AH]] (1340 CE) and settled in a village now known as Mollapara in [[Hooghly district]], in the erstwhile [[Sultanate of Bengal]]. Mansur's descendant, Haji Mustafa Madani, pledged [[bay'ah]] along with Emperor [[Aurangzeb]] to Masum Sirhindi, the third son of [[Ahmad Sirhindi]]. Some letters of correspondence between Madani and Sirhindi are preserved in the ''Maktubat-e-Masumia'' in [[Rauza Sharif]], [[Sirhind]], and were published by Abdul Halim Arambagi in his biography of Mohammad Abu Bakr Siddique. In 1667, Mughal Emperor [[Aurangzeb]] gifted Madani tax-free land and an estate which included a mosque, and the area was named after him as [[Midnapore|Madanipur]] (Midnapore).<ref name=shahid>{{cite book|title=ইসলাম প্রসঙ্গ|author=[[Muhammad Shahidullah|Shahidullah, Muhammad]]|location=[[Dacca]]|publisher=Mawla Brothers|date=February 1963|edition=1|chapter=হজরত মৌলানা শাহ সুফী মুহম্মদ আবূ বকর সিদীকী (রঃ)|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.457435/page/n103/mode/2up|language=bn}}</ref>

Siddique's father died when he was nine months old, and so he was raised by his mother, Mohabbat-un-Nesa Begum.<ref name=shahid />

== Education ==
His childhood education started at home around 1850. After learning basic Islamic knowledge, he enrolled in a local primary school and intended to begin teaching non-Islamic subjects including English. One night as a child, he dreamed that the Prophet of Islam, [[Muhammad]], was advising him to abandon this teaching.{{Sfn|Amin|2014|p=14-15}} He then left this education and joined Sitapur Madrassah, an ancient educational institution (established in 1772) near Furfura. After completing his primary education here, he took first place in the then highest Jamaat-e-Ula class from [[Hooghly Madrasah|Mohsinia Madrasa]] in Hooghly city.<ref name=song>{{cite book|title=বাংলাদেশের পীর আউলিয়া গান|trans-title=Pir Auliya songs of Bangladesh|language=bn|year=2008|publisher=Medina Publication|location=Dhaka|page=59}}</ref>{{Sfn|Amin|2014|p=15}}

[[File:Nakhoda Mosque Night.JPG|thumb|left|The [[Nakhoda Mosque]] of Kolkata, where Siddique studied.]]
Then went to Calcutta city and enrolled in Jamaluddin Education Center in the then Sinduria Patti Masjid (now Kalutla, Kolkata). There, Hafez studied Hadith, Tafsir and Fiqh under Jamaluddin Mungeri. Hafez Jamal Uddin was the caliph of [[Syed Ahmad Barelvi]].{{Sfn|Amin|2014|p=14-16}}<ref>{{cite book|title=ফুরফুরার পীর হযরত মাওলানা আবু বকর সিদ্দিকী|trans-title=Furfura Pir Hazrat Maulana Abu Bakr Siddique|language=bn|last=Abu Fatema|first=Muhammad Ishaq|year=1980|publisher=Ifa Publications|location=Dhaka|page=9}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Muslim Digest|first=Muhammad|last=Makki|year=1972|publisher=International monthly of Muslim affairs|location=South Africa|page=72}}</ref> He then studied [[Hikmah]] and [[philosophy]] under Nazar Shah Belayati from [[Firangi Mahal]].<ref>{{cite book|title=ফুরফুরা বিজয়ী ও মোজাদ্দেদে জামান|trans-title=Furfura Winner and Mojadde Zaman|language=bn|author=Maulana Kutub Uddin|year=1995|publisher=Sufi Press|location=Kolkata|page=24}}</ref><ref name=song /> He stayed at the [[Nakhoda Mosque]] while studying with Belayati.{{Sfn|Syed Md. Bahauddin|2017|p=07}}

After completing his formal education, he researched various aspects of Islam for 18 years.{{Sfn|Syed Md. Bahauddin|2017|p=08}}<ref>{{cite book|title=আল-মাওজুআত, একটি বিশ্লেষণাত্মক পর্যালোচনা|author=Dr. Khandaker Abdullah Jahangir|trans-title=Al-Mawju'at, An Analytical Review|language=bn|editor=Abu Jafar Siddique|year=2009|publisher=Usama Khandaker, As-Sunnah Publications|location=Jhenidah|page=29}}</ref> During this time he established his own library, where there were many rare books.{{Sfn|Syed Md. Bahauddin|2017|p=08,09}} The library is currently attached to the [[Furfura Fatehia Senior Madrasah|Furfura title madrasa]] he founded.<ref>{{cite book|title=ফুরফুরার পীর হযরত মাওলানা আবু বকর সিদ্দিকী|trans-title=Furfura Pir Hazrat Maulana Abu Bakr Siddique|language=bn|last=Abu Fatema|first=Muhammad Ishaq|year=1980|publisher=Ifa Publications|location=Dhaka|page=10}}</ref> In 1892 he traveled to [[Mecca]] and [[Medina]]. During his stay in Medina, he obtained the certificate of 40 Hadith books from the Muhaddith Syed Mohammad Amin Ibn Ahmad.<ref>{{cite book|title=ইসলাম প্রসঙ্গ|trans-title=Islam context|language=bn|author=[[Muhammad Shahidullah]]|year=1963|publisher=Mawla Brothers|location=Dhaka|page=107}}</ref>{{Sfn|Syed Md. Bahauddin|2017|p=08,09}}{{Sfn|Amin|2014|p=16-17}}<ref>{{cite book|title=মোসলেম পতাকা "তারীখুল ইসলাম"|trans-title=Muslim flag "Tarikhul Islam"|language=bn|author=Dr Syed Abul Hossain|year=1924|publisher=Darbar Press|location=Kolkata|volume=2|page=803}}</ref>

== Contribution to education ==
He established 1100 madrassahs and 700 mosques.<ref name=inqilab /> The Madrassahs he established in his village became one of India's leading educational institutions, and even [[Haji Shariatullah]], the founder of the [[Faraizi movement]] in East Bengal, came to this village to learn Arabic and Persian.<ref name=":2" /> He was a member of the managing committee of [[Aliah University|Calcutta Alia Madrassah]] in 1928.

== Hadith studies ==
M. Obaidul (1903–1984), principal of Feni Alia Madrassah in Bangladesh, said about him,
{{blockquote|text=
{{lang|bn|"ইলমে জাহের ব্যতীত আল্লাহ তাকে ইলমে লাদুন্নিও (আল্লাহ প্রদত্ত বিশেষ জ্ঞান) প্রদান করেছিলেন। তিনি ফলে কুরআন, হাদিস ও ফিকহের, ও ইসলামের মারেফতি শিক্ষার গভীরে জ্ঞান অর্জন করেছিলেন। বিশেষ করে তিনি হাদিস শাস্ত্রে অভূতপূর্ব জ্ঞান অর্জন করেছিলেন, যার জ্ঞান সারা উপমহাদেশে ছড়িয়ে পরেছে।}}
In addition to ilme jahr, Allah also bestowed upon him ilme ladunni (special knowledge given by God). He consequently acquired profound knowledge of the Qur'an, hadith and jurisprudence, and the teachings of Islam. In particular, he acquired an unprecedented knowledge of hadith, the knowledge of which spread throughout the subcontinent.
|multiline=yes
|author=M. Obaidul
|source=From a biography of Abu Bakr Siddique<ref>{{cite book|title=মোহাম্মদ আবু বকর (জীবন চরিত)|trans-title=Muhammad Abu Bakr (Biography)|author=Abdus Sattar|year=1939|publisher=Abdullah Printers and Publishers|location=Dhaka|page=36}}</ref>}}

During his lifetime there was no teaching of Hadith in Alia Madrassah. He introduced this system, the practice of this system started in 1902 by teaching hadith in Kolkata Ghaspatti Mosque.<ref>{{cite book|title=জীবন চরিত|trans-title=Biography|language=bn|author=[[Muhammad Shahidullah]]|year=1986|publisher=Bangla Print|location=Kolkata|page=27}}</ref> Shamsul Ulama Shah Safiullah was appointed to this mosque to teach hadith on a salary of 20 rupees.<ref>{{cite book|title=মাদ্রাসা আলিয়ার ইতিহাস|trans-title=History of Madrasa Alia|language=bn|author=Maulana Mumtaz Uddin|year=2004|publisher=[[Islamic Foundation Bangladesh]]|location=Dhaka|page=58}}</ref> He himself used to teach hadith in this mosque.<ref>{{cite book|title=হযরত মাওলানা সাফিউল্লাহ|trans-title=Hazrat Maulana Safiullah|language=bn|author=Abdul Wahab MA|year=1979|publisher=Society for Pakistan Studies|location=Dhaka|page=407}}</ref>

He acquired special erudition on hadith scriptures, his nephew Abu Jafar Siddique obtained the certificate of 20 hadith books from him. Maulana Mansoor Hussain, one of his relatives of Furfura village, received from him the recitation and attestation of the hadith book ''[[Musnad Abu Hanifa]]''. Also many scholars learned hadith from him.{{Sfn|Syed Md. Bahauddin|2017|p=11}}

== Spiritual experience ==
Abu Bakr Siddique imbibed two methods of attaining nearness to Allah namely ''[[Majzoob (Sufism)|jizba]]'' and ''[[Salik|suluk]]''. Much is said about his spiritual state during his student days at the Hooghly Madrassah, a four-way connection with his heart most nights. When this connection was associated with the [[Tariqa]], he would eagerly chant that Tariqa. Also many times his apada-masat would be covered by a light and his self-forgetfulness would occur.<ref name=":0" />

He was a [[khalifah (Sufism)|khalifah]] of [[Fateh Ali Waisi]].<ref>{{cite news|title=বিস্মৃত মাওলানা কারামত আলী এবং উপেক্ষিত মাওলানা শাহ ইয়াছীন|work=[[Daily Inqilab]]|date=6 January 2017|author=Siddiqi, K. S.|url=https://www.dailyinqilab.com/article/57065/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%83%E0%A6%A4-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A4-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%80-%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%82-%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9-%E0%A6%87%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9B%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%A8|language=bn}}</ref>

== Influence ==
At the end of the 19th century, when the intensity of the [[Faraizi movement|Faraizi]] and [[Tariqa-e-Muhammadiyah]] movements subsided, the Muslims were also somewhat weak.<ref name=":0">{{cite book|title=উনিশ শতকে বাঙালি মুসলমানের চিন্তা-চেতনার ধারা|trans-title=Thoughts of Bengali Muslims in the 19th century|language=bn|author=Wakil Ahmad|year=1983|publisher=[[Bangla Academy]]|location=Dhaka|pages=1–50}}</ref> There were many divisions among the Muslims, Abu Bakr was worried when the Muslims adopted different religions in different places.{{Sfn|Amlendu Dey|1991|p=119}} He was determined to work for the unity of the [[Ummah]], and tried to eliminate [[Shirk (Islam)|shirk]], [[Bid'ah]], superstition etc. from the two Bengals.{{Sfn|Syed Md. Bahauddin|2017|p=23}} Among the scholars who helped him in this work were Shamsul Ulama Ghulam Salmani (1854–1912), Allama Lutfur Rahman Burdwani (d. 1920), Allama Ishaq Burdwani (d. 1928), Belayat Hussain Birbhumi (1887), [[Abdul Wahid Bengali|Abdul Wahid Chatgami]] (d. 1910), Muhammad Mangalkoti Burdwani (d. 1907) is notable.<ref>{{cite book|title=হাদিসের তত্ব ও ইতিহাস|trans-title=Theory and History of Hadith|language=bn|author=Maulana Noor Mohammad Azami|year=1997|publisher=Bengal Islamic Academy|location=[[Delhi]]|pages=1–50}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=মুসলিম মনীষী (সংকলন)|trans-title=Muslim Sages (Collection)|language=bn|year=2001|publisher=[[Bangladesh Islamic Foundation]]|location=Dhaka|pages=315–341}}</ref>{{Sfn|Syed Md. Bahauddin|2017|p=24}} Abdul Awwal Jaunpuri and [[Karamat Ali Jaunpuri]] also helped in spreading various [[ahadith]]. Both of them were influential writers.{{Sfn|Syed Md. Bahauddin|2017|p=28}}<ref>{{cite book|title=মাওলানা আব্দুল আওয়াল জৌনপুরী|trans-title=Karamat Ali Jaunpuri|language=bn|author=Muhammad Abdullah|year=1995|publisher=[[Bangladesh Islamic Foundation]]|location=Dhaka|pages=7, 26}}</ref>

== References ==
=== Citations ===
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=== Bibliography ===
* {{cite book|title=বিস্তারিত জীবনী|trans-title=Detailed biography|language=bn|last=Amin|first=Maulana Ruhul|year=2014|publisher=Navnoor Computer & Press|location=Bashirhat}}
* {{cite book|title=বাঙালি বুদ্ধিজীবী ও বিচ্ছিন্নতাবাদ|trans-title=Bengali intellectuals and separatism|language=bn|author=Amlendu Dey|year=1991|publisher=West Bengal State Book Board|location=Kolkata}}
* {{cite book|title=যুগ প্রবর্তক শাহ আবু বকর সিদ্দিকী|trans-title=Shah Abu Bakr Siddique was the initiator of the era|language=bn|author=Syed Md. Bahauddin|year=2017|publisher=Syed Mohammad Hamzah|location=Hooghly}}

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