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| colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-size: larger; padding: 5px 0;" |'''Pirzada Saud Siddique al Qadri'''  
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| style="width: 30%; background-color: #f9f9f9; padding: 5px;" |'''Born'''  
| style="width: 70%; background-color: #f9f9f9; padding: 5px;" |20 August, [[wikipedia:West Medinipur|West Medinipur]], [[wikipedia:West Bengal|West Bengal]], [[wikipedia:India|India]]  
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| style="width: 30%; background-color: #f9f9f9; padding: 5px;" |'''Birth name'''  
| style="width: 70%; background-color: #f9f9f9; padding: 5px;" |Abde Mustafa Pirzada Syed Abu Saeed Muhammad Saud Siddiqui Al Hussaini Wal Qadri  
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| style="width: 30%; background-color: #f9f9f9; padding: 5px;" |'''Nationality'''  
| style="width: 70%; background-color: #f9f9f9; padding: 5px;" |[[wikipedia:India|Indian]]  
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| style="width: 30%; background-color: #f9f9f9; padding: 5px;" |'''Religion'''  
| style="width: 70%; background-color: #f9f9f9; padding: 5px;" |[[wikipedia:Islam|Islam]] (Sunni)  
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| style="width: 30%; background-color: #f9f9f9; padding: 5px;" |'''School/Tradition'''  
| style="width: 70%; background-color: #f9f9f9; padding: 5px;" |Sufism ([[wikipedia:Qadiriyya|Qadiriyya]], [[wikipedia:Chishti Order|Chishtiyya]], [[wikipedia:Naqshbandi|Naqshbandi]], [[wikipedia:Mujaddidiyya|Mujaddidi]])  
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| style="width: 30%; background-color: #f9f9f9; padding: 5px;" |'''Lineage'''  
| style="width: 70%; background-color: #f9f9f9; padding: 5px;" |[[wikipedia:Sayyid|Sayyid]] (descendant of [[wikipedia:Muhammad|Prophet Muhammad]])  
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| style="width: 30%; background-color: #f9f9f9; padding: 5px;" |'''Title'''  
| style="width: 70%; background-color: #f9f9f9; padding: 5px;" |Pirzada, Islamic preacher, spiritual leader  
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| style="width: 30%; background-color: #f9f9f9; padding: 5px;" |'''Order'''  
| style="width: 70%; background-color: #f9f9f9; padding: 5px;" |[[wikipedia:Qadiriyya|Qadiriyya]]  
|-  
| style="width: 30%; background-color: #f9f9f9; padding: 5px;" |'''Founder (Lineage)'''  
| style="width: 70%; background-color: #f9f9f9; padding: 5px;" |[[wikipedia:Muhammad Abu Bakr Siddique (Furfura Sharif)|Muhammad Abu Bakar Siddiqui al-Qurayshi]] ([[wikipedia:Furfura Sharif|Furfura Sharif]])  
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| style="width: 30%; background-color: #f9f9f9; padding: 5px;" |'''Influences'''  
| style="width: 70%; background-color: #f9f9f9; padding: 5px;" |  
* Mujaddid-e-Zaman Abu Bakar Siddiq  
* [[wikipedia:Tahir ul-Qadri|Allama Tahir ul Qadri]]  
* Pir Siraj Siddiqui al Qurayshi  
* Syed Pir Hashimuddin Gilani al-Baghdadi  
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| style="width: 30%; background-color: #f9f9f9; padding: 5px;" |'''Disciples'''  
| style="width: 70%; background-color: #f9f9f9; padding: 5px;" |Numerous across [[wikipedia:India|India]] and [[wikipedia:Bangladesh|Bangladesh]]  
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| style="width: 30%; background-color: #f9f9f9; padding: 5px;" |'''Notable works'''  
| style="width: 70%; background-color: #f9f9f9; padding: 5px;" |  
* ''Prio Nobi (s.) Nur er Sristi''  
* ''Tarbiyyatut Tariqat''  
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| style="width: 30%; background-color: #f9f9f9; padding: 5px;" |'''Affiliations'''  
| style="width: 70%; background-color: #f9f9f9; padding: 5px;" |[[wikipedia:Minhaj-ul-Quran International|Minhaj-ul-Quran International]]  
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| style="width: 30%; background-color: #f9f9f9; padding: 5px;" |'''Era'''  
| style="width: 70%; background-color: #f9f9f9; padding: 5px;" |21st century  
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'''Pirzada Saud Siddique al Qadri''' is a Sunni Sufi scholar, Islamic preacher, and spiritual leader associated with the [[wikipedia:Furfura Sharif|Furfura Sharif]] Darbar in [[wikipedia:West Bengal|West Bengal]], [[wikipedia:India|India]]. He is a descendant of the Siddiqui Qurayshi and Syed lineages, tracing spiritual heritage to the [[wikipedia:Muhammad|Prophet Muhammad]] through titles such as ''Al-Qadri'', ''Al-Hussaini'', and ''Al-Hashimi''.  

== Lineage and spiritual heritage ==  
Pirzada Saud Siddique al Qadri is the fourth generation descendant of Hazrat Mujaddid-e-Zaman Pir [[wikipedia:Muhammad Abu Bakr Siddique (Furfura Sharif)|Muhammad Abu Bakar Siddiq al-Qurayshi]] (R.A.), founder of the Furfura Silsila and known as ''Amir-e-Shariat''. His family has played a central role in the 800-year history of [[wikipedia:Furfura Sharif|Furfura Sharif]], a major centre of Islamic learning and Sufi tradition in [[wikipedia:Bengal|Bengal]].  

His father, ''Siraj-e-Millat'' Shah Sufi Pir Siraj Siddiqui al Qurayshi (Hafi.), is a spiritual teacher and descendant of the first Caliph of Islam, [[wikipedia:Abu Bakr|Abu Bakr as-Siddiq]] (R.A.). His mother, a descendant of [[wikipedia:Husayn ibn Ali|Imam Hussain]] (A.S.), is active in the spiritual education of women.  

Two of Pirzada Saud Siddiqui al Qadri’s paternal cousins are [[wikipedia:Abbas Siddiqui|Abbas Siddiqui]] and [[wikipedia:Naushad Siddiqui|Naushad Siddiqui]].  

== Education ==  
Saud Siddiqui al Qadri was born in [[wikipedia:West Medinipur|West Medinipur]], [[wikipedia:West Bengal|West Bengal]], and received early education in local madrassas. He later studied at Furfura Fatehia Senior Title Madrasa, which earned him the title ''Fatehi''.  

In 2020, he received the ''Ijazah Sanad'' (authorisation) in Hadith studies from [[wikipedia:Tahir ul-Qadri|Allama Tahir ul Qadri]], Shaykh al-Islam and reviver of the 15th Islamic century. He also received spiritual training and Bay‘ah (oath of allegiance) from his father and from leading shaykhs of [[wikipedia:India|India]], [[wikipedia:Bangladesh|Bangladesh]], and the Arab world, including Syed Pir Hashimuddin Gilani al Baghdadi.  

He received the Bay‘ah (oath of allegiance) in the four spiritual paths of the Furfura Silsila in India—Qadriyyah, Chishtiyyah, Naqshbandiyyah, and Mujaddidiyyah—at the blessed hand of the great scholar, Khalifa-e-Mufti-e-Azam, Badrut Tariqat, Burhanul Awliya, Shaykh Sufi Pir Allama Badruddin Saeed Al-Azhari Misri Huzur Panchla Huzur (rahimahullah), who was also a former Professor at Aliah University, Kolkata.  

== Career and contributions ==  
Pirzada Saud Siddiqui al Qadri is noted for his sermons (''waz''), writings, and spiritual guidance. His teachings emphasise Islamic spirituality, moral values, community welfare, and Sufi practices such as ''zikr'', ''muraqaba'', and meditation.  

He supervises the publication of religious books, and delivers lectures on Islamic jurisprudence, Sufi philosophy, Hadith, Sirah, and comparative theology. He is also associated with [[wikipedia:Minhaj-ul-Quran International|Minhaj-ul-Quran International]], a global organisation founded by [[wikipedia:Tahir ul-Qadri|Allama Tahir ul Qadri]], which promotes interfaith dialogue and Islamic moderation.  

== Works ==  
Pirzada Saud Siddiqui al Qadri has authored the following books:  
* ''Prio Nobi (s.) Nur er Sristi''  
* ''Tarbiyyatut Tariqat''  

== Philosophy and teachings ==  
Saud Siddiqui al Qadri teaches that true happiness lies in inner peace and remembrance of Allah. He advocates simplicity, humility, and love as pathways to spirituality, and stresses that Islam’s Sufi tradition provides practical solutions to modern anxieties.  

His philosophy emphasises that:  
* Spirituality should be applied in daily life, beyond khanqahs and dargahs.  
* The human heart is the real centre of worship.  
* Sufism is not escapism but engagement with the world through divine love.  

He promotes interfaith coexistence and universal brotherhood, often addressing gatherings of students, scholars, corporate professionals, and religious communities.  

== Minhaj-ul-Quran International ==  
Pirzada Saud Siddiqui al Qadri holds lifelong membership of [[wikipedia:Minhaj-ul-Quran International|Minhaj-ul-Quran International]]. The organisation, founded in 1981, gained special consultative status with the [[wikipedia:United Nations Economic and Social Council|United Nations Economic and Social Council]] in 2011.  

== Personal life ==  
Pirzada Saud Siddiqui al Qadri is the only child of his parents. He remains unmarried and resides between his ancestral home in [[wikipedia:Furfura Sharif|Furfura Sharif]] and [[wikipedia:West Medinipur|West Medinipur]].  

== See also ==  
* [[wikipedia:Furfura Sharif|Furfura Sharif]]  
* [[wikipedia:Muhammad Abu Bakr Siddique (Furfura Sharif)|Muhammad Abu Bakar Siddiq (Furfura Sharif)]]  
* [[wikipedia:Tahir ul-Qadri|Tahir ul Qadri]]  
* [[wikipedia:Minhaj-ul-Quran International|Minhaj-ul-Quran International]]