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| birth_name = Muhammad Ibrahim Siddiqui
| birth_date = {{birth date|1930|3|8|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[24 Parganas]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]
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Hijri Date: 5th Jumada al-Ukhra 1423
Gregorian Date: August 14, 2002

| death_place = [[Port Louis]], [[Mauritius]]
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| resting_place = Vallee Pitot, [[Port Louis]], [[Mauritius]]
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| notableworks = Foundation of Sunni Razvi Society
| occupation = Missionary, writer, poet, Islamic teacher, [[imam]]
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'''Muhammad Ibrahim Khushtar Razvi Siddiqui''' ({{langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|محمد ابراہیم صدیقی}}}}; 8 March 1930 – 9 June 2002) was an Indian sufi saint and Islamic scholar belonging to the [[Barelvi movement]] of [[Sunni Islam]]. He was particularly influential in Mauritius, where he founded the Sunni Razvi Society.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ValYAAAAMAAJ |title=Moors' Islamic Cultural Home Souvenir III, 1970-1976 |date=1978 |publisher=The Home |language=en}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Siddiqui was born in [[24 Parganas]], [[West Bengal]].

== Education, career and Sufi permissions==
Siddiqui memorized the Quran by the age of 13 and graduated in Fazil-e-Darsi Nizami in 1956. He undertook his first Hajj with his teacher and guide, Muhaddith e Azam Pakistan Sardar Ahmad Chishti. He received successorship and teaching licences in 1957 from Shah Muhammad Ibrahim Raza Khan Jilani Mian in 1376 (1957) and was appointed as faculty at the Darul Uloom Rehmania and Jama Masjid Gukarkhan, as principal and Khateeb (lecturer).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Dedication |url=http://sunnirazvi.net/society/dedication.htm |access-date=2023-12-25 |website=sunnirazvi.net |archive-date=12 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200212134943/http://sunnirazvi.net/society/dedication.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

He also received teaching licenses from Sufi master Ejaaz Wali Khan Razvi from [[Mustafa Raza Khan]] Qadiri Razvi Nuri, Ziauddeen Qadiri Razvi and from Sufi master Taqaddus Ali Khan (son-in-law of Hujjatul Islam).<ref name=":0" />

==Service in Mauritius==
In 1965, Siddiqui established the [[Sunni Razvi Society|Sunni Razvi Society International]] in Mauritius, formed on the directions of [[Mustafa Raza Khan Qadri]]. The organisation spread to France, Holland, Kenya, Pakistan, Sri-Lanka, Suriname and South Africa.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://risingsunlenasia.co.za/54128/fundraiser-saaberie-chisty-hall-supported/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417012313/https://risingsunlenasia.co.za/54128/fundraiser-saaberie-chisty-hall-supported/|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|title=Fundraiser at Saaberie Chisty Hall supported | Rising Sun Lenasia|date=17 April 2020}}</ref>
During his 1970 visit to Durban, South Africa, he gave lectures on the importance and significance of loving the Islamic prophet [[Muhammad]] and debated with Tablighi Jamaat members.<ref name="Ingram2018">{{cite book|author=Brannon D. Ingram|title=Revival from Below: The Deoband Movement and Global Islam|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CuVvDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA174|date=21 November 2018|publisher=Univ of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-29799-9|pages=174–|access-date=10 June 2020|archive-date=10 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240210170453/https://books.google.com/books?id=CuVvDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA174#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref>

Siddiqui has composed and sung in praise of Mauritius, especially when it gained independence and its status as a republic.<ref>{{cite book|title=Who's who of Southern Africa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9_nSAAAAMAAJ|year=1986|publisher=Ken Donaldson (Pty.) Limited}}</ref>

His friends included the Governor-general, [[Leonard Williams (politician)|Leonard Williams]] and Sir [[Raman Osman]], former Prime Minister of Mauritius [[Seewoosagur Ramgoolam]], [[Anerood Jugnauth]], A. Pasooraman (Minister Of Education, Arts and Culture).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://president.govmu.org/English/Pages/Speeches-2009-X.aspx|title=Office of the President - Speeches 2009|website=president.govmu.org|access-date=10 June 2020|archive-date=10 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610144515/http://president.govmu.org/English/Pages/Speeches-2009-X.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>

He began organizing continuous weekly Thursday study circles at the Jummah Mosque. On 20 February 1983, Siddiqui laid the foundation stone on a large piece of land which had been donated by a disciple. The first weekly study circle occurred on 14 April 1983 under his patronage.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bahaistudies.net/asma/mysticalteachings.pdf|title=Mystical teachings|website=bahaistudies.net|access-date=24 August 2023|archive-date=19 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220419023233/http://www.bahaistudies.net/asma/mysticalteachings.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Works==
His works include:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://raza-e-khushtar.org/publications/|title=Raza-e-Khushtar|access-date=10 June 2020|archive-date=10 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610151543/https://raza-e-khushtar.org/publications/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/211452638/The-Path-of-Salvation|title=The Path of Salvation | Salat | Religious Belief And Doctrine | Free 30-day Trial|website=Scribd|access-date=10 June 2020|archive-date=10 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240210170620/https://www.scribd.com/document/211452638/The-Path-of-Salvation|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://sunnirazvi.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Khushboo-e-Khushtar.pdf|title=Khushboo-e-Khushta|language=fa|website=sunnirazvi.com|access-date=24 August 2023|archive-date=12 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712213752/http://sunnirazvi.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Khushboo-e-Khushtar.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Raza-e-Khushtar Foundation |url=https://raza-e-khushtar.org/articles/khushtari-teachings/mystical-teachings/ |access-date=2023-12-25 |language=en-US |archive-date=10 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610151342/https://raza-e-khushtar.org/articles/khushtari-teachings/mystical-teachings/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* ''Path of Salvation''
* ''Maqaam-e-Siddiq-e-Akbar Ba Kalaam-e-Ibrahim Khushtar''- a biography of [[Abu Bakr]].
* ''On the Holiest Earth of Islam'' - Guidance for Hajj and Umrah.
* ''Fragrance of Khushtar'' - Islamic poetry book
* ''Preparations for Death''
* ''Mystical teachings''

==References==
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== External sources ==
* [http://www.sunnirazvi.com Official website of the Sunni Razvi Society]

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