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{{Short description|Muslim Sheikh community}}
{{for|the community of Muslims known as Siddiqui|Muslim Kayasths}}
{{About|the Siddiqui community|people with the surname Siddiqui and Siddiqi|Siddiqui (name)}}
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'''[[Siddiqui]]''' ({{Langx|ar|صدیقی}}) are a Muslim community, found mainly in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, and in communities in Saudi Arabia, the Middle East and North Africa.{{Citation needed|date=September 2025}}
| group            = Siddiqui
| native_name      = {{nq|صدیقی}} ([[Urdu]])
| native_name_lang =
| languages        = [[Urdu]] • [[Hindi]] • [[Arabic]] • [[Dari language|Dari]] • [[Pashto language|Pashto]] •[[English language|English]]
| religions        = [[Sunni Islam]]
| related_groups  = [[Arab]]
}}
'''Siddiqui''' ({{Lang-ur|{{nq|صدیقی}}}}) are a South Asian Muslim [[Shaikhs in South Asia|Sheikh]] community, found mainly in [[India]] and [[Pakistan]], and in expatriate communities in [[Saudi Arabia]] and [[Middle East|Middle East Region]]. They claim to be the descendants of [[Abu Bakr|Abu Bakr Siddiq]], the first [[Muslims|Muslim]] [[Caliphate|Caliph]], who was a companion of and the father-in-law of [[Muhammad]].<ref name="Campo2">[https://books.google.com/books?id=OZbyz_Hr-eIC&lpg=PP1&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false Juan Eduardo Campo, ''Encyclopedia of Islam'', Infobase Publishing, 2009]</ref>  Sociological study indicates they likely descend from a subgroup of the Hindu Kayastha record-keeper caste who Islamized at some point.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Khanam |first1=Azra |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Muslim_Backward_Classes/vxdBDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=kayastha |title=Muslim backward classes: a sociological perspective |publication-date=30 August 2013 <!-- second title |title=Sociology of religion in India --> |date=20 February 2004 |publisher=SAGE Publications |year=2004 |isbn=9780761997818 |location= |pages=90}}</ref>


The title "'''As-Siddiq'''" ({{Lang-ar|الصديق}}) was given to the first [[Abu Bakr]], by Muhammad. His title "Siddiqui" is an [[Arabic nouns and adjectives#Nisba|attributive]] form of the [[Arabic]] As-Siddiq.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.shaikhsiddiqui.com/ |title=Shaikh Siddiqui Home |website=www.shaikhsiddiqui.com |access-date=2019-02-08}}</ref><ref name="AbuBakr-IE2">{{cite encyclopedia|quote=His father was Abu Quhafa ..., and he is therefore sometimes known as Ibn Abi Quhafa. ... The names ''‘Abd Allah'' and ''‘Atiq'' ('freed slave') are attributed to him as well as Abu Bakr, but the relation of these names to one another and their original significance is not clear. ... He was later known by Sunni Muslims as ''al-Siddiq'', the truthful, the upright, or the one who counts true|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Islam|edition=2nd|title=Abu Bakr}}</ref>
It is also an Islamic-based common name in reference to the 1st Rashidun Caliph [[Abu Bakr]] who was known as Al-Siddiq and is considered the common ancestor of Siddiquis.{{Citation needed|date=September 2025}}


== People ==
Notable people with the name include:
{{Main|Siddiqui (name)}}


== References ==
==Given name==
{{reflist}}
*[[Siddiqui Ahmed Khan]] (1914–?), Indian [[sarangi]] player
 
==Surname==
===Siddiqui===
*[[Aafia Siddiqui]] (born 1972), Pakistani scientist
*[[Abul Lais Siddiqui]] (1916–1994), Pakistani author and linguist
*[[Abdul Latif Siddiqui]] (born 1943), Bangladeshi politician, serving as a member of Jatiya Sangsad
*[[Abdul Samad Siddiqui]], Indian politician
*[[Adnan Siddiqui]] (born 1969), Pakistani actor and model
*[[Aftab Siddiqui]], Pakistani politician and member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
*[[Ahmed Siddiqui (American youth)]] (born 1996), American who was kidnapped as a child
*[[Akhtar Hameed Siddiqui]] (1947–2017), Bangladeshi politician who served as the Deputy Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad
*[[Ali Jehangir Siddiqui]] (born 1976), Pakistani politician, administrator and ambassador
*[[Arifa Siddiqui]], Pakistani actress
*[[Asad Siddiqui]], Pakistani actor
*[[Ashraf Siddiqui]] (1927–2020), Bangladeshi poet, researcher, folklorist and essayist
*[[Ataullah Siddiqui]], British academic
*[[Ausaf Umar Siddiqui]] (born 1966), also known as Omar Siddiqui, Pakistani business executive
*[[Aziza Siddiqui]] (born c. 1983), Afghan women's rights activist
*[[Bari Siddiqui]] (1954–2017), Bangladeshi singer-songwriter, flutist, and folk musician
*[[Barkat Siddiqui]], Pakistani television director, producer and actor
*[[Fawad Siddiqui]], American actor, improvisational comedian, journalist and cartoonist
*[[Hammad Siddiqui]], Pakistani politician
*[[Haroon Siddiqui]], Indo-Canadian newspaper journalist, columnist and a former editor
*[[Iqbal Siddiqui]] (born 1974), Indian cricketer
*[[Islam A. Siddiqui]], American lobbyist of Indian descent
*[[Ishrat Ali Siddiqui]], Indian gandhian, poet of Urdu literature and editor
*[[Jahangir Siddiqui]], Pakistani businessman and philanthropist
*[[Javed Siddiqi]] (born 1942), Indian screenwriter
*[[Khalid Siddiqui]] (born 1958), Indian film and television actor
*[[Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui]], Pakistani politician and government minister
*[[Kalim Siddiqui (writer)|Kalim Siddiqui]] (1931–1996), Pakistani-British writer and Islamic activist
*[[Kamal Uddin Siddiqui]], Bangladeshi economist and social scientist
*[[Mohsin Siddiqui]], Pakistani politician and businessman
*[[Mona Siddiqui]] (born 1963), British academic and professor of Islamic and Interreligious Studies
*[[Muhammad Alauddin Siddiqui]] (1936–2017), Islamic Sufi scholar from Nerian Sharif Azad Kashmir Pakistan
*[[Muhammad Ali Siddiqui]] (1938–2013), Indian scholar of Urdu literature
*[[Muhammad Ibrahim Siddiqui]], Indian Islamic scholar
*[[Muhammad Shafi Siddiqui]] (born 1965), Pakistani jurist and Justice of the Sindh High Court
*[[Muhammad Shoaib Siddiqui]], Pakistani politician and Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
*[[Muneeba Ali Siddiqui]] (born 1997), Pakistani female cricketer
*[[Naeem Siddiqui]] (1916–2002), Pakistani Islamic scholar, writer and politician
*[[Nasimuddin Siddiqui]] (born 1959), Indian Uttar Pradesh politician, member of Indian National Congress
*[[Nawazuddin Siddiqui]] (born 1974), Indian film actor
*[[Nazim Hussain Siddiqui]] (born 1940), Pakistani jurist who served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan
*[[Obaidur Rahman Siddiqui]] (born 1964), Indian historian+
*[[Qamar Siddiqui]], Pakistani poet
*[[Rasheed Ahmad Siddiqui]] (1892–1977), Urdu writer and a professor
*[[Rauf Siddiqui]], Pakistani politician and a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh
*[[Sadiya Siddiqui]], Indian film and television actress
*[[Sadaf Siddiqui]] (born 1985), Pakistani track and field sprint athlete
*[[Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui]] (1939–2017), Pakistani jurist and legislator, former Chief Justice of Pakistan
*[[Salimuzzaman Siddiqui]] (1897–1994), Pakistani organic chemist specialising in natural product chemistry
*[[Saghar Siddiqui]] (1928–1974), Pakistani poet in Urdu
*[[Shahid Siddiqui]], Indian politician and journalist, former member of the Rajya Sabha
*[[Shaukat Siddiqui]] (1923–2006), Pakistani writer of fiction
*[[Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui]] (born 1959), Pakistani jurist and former senior Justice of the Islamabad High Court
*[[Shakeel Siddiqui]], Pakistani television stand-up comedian
*[[Sultana Siddiqui]], Pakistani television director, producer and businessperson
*[[Tasneem Siddiqui]], Pakistani politician and member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
*[[Tooba Siddiqui]], Pakistani model
*[[Uroosa Siddiqui]], Pakistani television actress and comedian
*[[Zeeshan Siddiqui]] (born 1975), Pakistani-born Norwegian cricketer
*[[Zillur Rahman Siddiqui]] (1928–2014), Bangladeshi writer, academic and educationist
*[[Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi|Mohammad Iftikhar Ali Khan Siddiqui Pataudi]] (1910–1952), 8th Nawab of Pataudi
*[[Sheheryar Munawar Siddiqui]] (born 1988), Pakistani actor and model
 
===Siddiqi===
*[[Abul Hasan Siddiqi]] (1943–2020), Indian mathematician and Professor of Applied Mathematics
*[[Abdul Wahab Siddiqi]] (1942–1994), Pakistani Sunni Muslim religious scholar and Sufi master
*[[Aijaz Siddiqi]] (1911–1978), Urdu writer and poet
*[[Anis Siddiqi]] (born 1959), Pakistani cricketer
*[[Asif Azam Siddiqi]], Bangladeshi American space historian
*[[A. Y. B. I. Siddiqi]] (1945–2021), Bangladeshi Inspector General of Police
*[[Hafiz Siddiqi]] (1931–2018), Bangladeshi academic
*[[Imran Siddiqi]] (born 1957), Indian geneticist
*[[Irfan Siddiqi]], American physicist and currently a Professor of Physics at the Quantum Nanoscience
*[[Jameela Siddiqi]], British novelist, journalist, broadcaster, linguist
*[[Javaid Siddiqi]] (born 1977), American educator
*[[Javed Siddiqi]] (born 1942), Indian Hindi and Urdu writer
 
*[[Jawed Siddiqi]], Pakistani British computer scientist and software engineer
*[[Kamal Siddiqi]], Australian journalist of Pakistani origin
*[[Kashif Siddiqi]] (born 1986), English footballerof Indian descent
*[[L. K. Siddiqi]] (1939–2014), Bangladeshi politician and philanthropist and member of parliament
*[[Manzoor Ul Haq Siddiqi]] (1917–2004), Indian educationist, historian and an author
*[[Muhammad Abdul Aleem Siddiqi]] (1892–1954), Indian Islamic scholar
*[[Mustafizur Rahman Siddiqi]] (1925–1992), Bangladeshi entrepreneur, politician and diplomat
*[[Nasir Siddiqi]] (born 1965), Pakistani Emirati cricketer
*[[Nawab Khwaja Abid Siddiqi]], also known as Kilich Khan, Nawab under Aurangzeb
*[[Obaid Siddiqi]] (1932–2013), Indian geneticist
*[[Ravish Siddiqi]] (1911–1971), Urdu Ghazal and Nazm writer
*[[Shujauddin Siddiqi]] (1919–2003), Indian cricketer
*[[Sumaiya Siddiqi]] (born 1988), Pakistani cricketer
 
==See also==
*[[Amblyseius siddiqui]], a species of mite in the family Phytoseiidae
*[[Daniel Seddiqui]], American traveler and writer


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For the community of Muslims known as Siddiqui, see Muslim Kayasths.
Not to be confused with Siddique (disambiguation).

Siddiqui (Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.) are a Muslim community, found mainly in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, and in communities in Saudi Arabia, the Middle East and North Africa.[citation needed]

It is also an Islamic-based common name in reference to the 1st Rashidun Caliph Abu Bakr who was known as Al-Siddiq and is considered the common ancestor of Siddiquis.[citation needed]

Notable people with the name include:

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