Moulana Siddiq Ahmed Bandwi

The rûh [spirit] which remained uneasy due to separation, the nafs [soul] which remained desirous of the Hereafter, the saint who lived like a traveller as commanded in the hadîth, the epitome of simplicity, the one whose heart brimmed with the love of Allâh, finally bade farewell to this transitory abode on 23 Rabî’uth-Thani 1418 A.H. (28 August 1997) on a Thursday in Lucknow, India.

Early Life:

Moulana Siddiq Ahmed wars born in approximately 1341 AH. in Hathora District Bandah. His ancestors had migrated from Mousil iin Iraq to India. He was still very young when his father passed away. His mother made arrangements for him to travel to Kanpur to further his studies. For some reason or the other, he did not partake of the madrasah food.

For the first few days he survived on the food his mother had given him. However, the supply was exhausted after a few days. Thereafter Allâh Ta’âla provided an opportunity for him to earn a meal. One of his teachers asked him to run the errand of bringing some water daily from the municipal tap to his house. In exchange for this errand, he would provide him with some food. For a whole year he survived in this manner on one meal only. In fact, later on, one of his colleagues from Bandah joined him. Now there were two of them partaking of the same ration. A third companion arrived but he could not endure such hardship and left shortly thereafter.

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