Muhammad Sadik Muhammad Yusuf

Sheikh Muhammad Sadik Muhammad Yusuf (15 April 1952 - 10 March 2015) was an Uzbek Muslim scholar born in the region of Andijan.

Life

Sheikh Muhammad Sadik was the son of Muhammad-Yusuf (who died in 2004), who was the son of Muhammad-Ali, a scholar from Andijan. From 1989, he was the mufti of the Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of Central Asia and Kazakhstan. He was Uzbekistan’s first mufti after independence, until 1993.

Sheikh Muhammad Sadik was a member of the International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS), a non-governmental organization of Islamic scholars.

Biography Sheikh Muhammad Sadik received his primary religious education from his father. After finishing middle school in 1970, he attended the Mir-i Arab madrassa in Bukhara.

Sheikh Muhammad Sadik then studied at the Tashkent Islamic Institute in Tashkent, finishing with distinction in 1975.

In 1997 Sheikh Muhammad Sadik was put in charge of Muslim countries and federations of the Commonwealth of Independent States within Rabita al-Alam al-Islami (Muslim World League), an international Islamic organization in Saudi Arabia. He was a permanent member of the governing council of this organization.

Death

Sheikh Muhammad Sadik died on 10 March 2015 after suffering a heart attack.

Writings Writings include approximately 200 books covering almost all aspects of Islam. From 1994 to 2000, Sheikh Muhammad Sadik published approximately thirty popular articles and twenty-five books and pamphlets. Most were written in Uzbek, and some were translated into Russian. The main publisher was the Kara Su branch of the press of the Islamic cultural center in Osh.

Sheikh Muhammad Sadik's books include: Tafsiri Hilal (Translation and interpretation of the meanings of the Glorious Qur'an, in 6 volumes), Hadith wa Hayot (Hadith and life, series of books talking about the history and all details of Islam systematically in details, history of all prophets.., around in 40 volumes.), Ruhiy tarbiya (Spiritual attitude development/education, 3 volumes), Kifoya (books on fiqh (Islamic law) 3 volumes), and many other books, booklets, audio and video materials in Islam and translations of Imam Al-Bukhari's famous books into Uzbek language.

In his books since 2002, Sheikh Muhammad Sadik included the following credo at the beginning, in the style of an Islamic movement that is seeking to transcend the divisions within the faith: