Muhammed Osman Sirajeddin

Sheikh Muhammed Osman Sirajeddin Naqshbandi (Arabic: الشيخ مُحَمَدْ عُثمان سراجُ الدّین نَقشبَندی), Seyyid Osman Sirajeddin-i Thani or Baba Shah (1314 AH/1896 AD, Byara District) – 1418 AH/1997 AD, Istanbul, Turkey) was an Islamic scholar and Naqshbandi mystic.
== Biography ==
The ancestry of Osman Sirajuddin, the grandson of Sheikh Omar Ziyaeddin and son of Sheikh Muhammed Alaeddin, is connected to Prophet Muhammad through Husayn ibn Ali.Osman Sirâceddîn-i Tavilî (en-nakshibendî, el-evvel) ve Ailesi, s. 40 Since he was named Osman in honor of his great-grandfather, Uthman Sirâj-ud-Dîn Naqshbandi, he was given the nickname "Thani"/"Sani", which means the second in Arabic. Osman Sirajeddin was of Kurdistan or Kurds in Iraq origin and born in 1896 in the Iraq village of Biyara. After studying religious sciences under the supervision and training of his father at a young age, he completed his education in Arabic and Persian language at the Duru and Biyara Madrasa. Following the death of his father, he settled in the Biyara Sufi Lodge (Zawiya (institution)).Muhammed, Serbürdeki Havraman, s. 583 He continued his spreading knowledge and guidance activities without interruption until 1958. He immigrated to Iran in 1959 due to the unsuitable political environment at the time in Kurdistan.
=== Time in Iran/Kurdistan ===
Osman Sirajeddin was appreciated and respected by the people of knowledge and madrasah in [Kurdistan[Iran and brought back to life the Duru Tekke founded by his father. As a result of his travels to different parts of Iran, he established a strong bond between the members of the Khalidiyya Naqshbandi in the Sunni Islam in the northwest and in the Talish (region) of Iran. He had a school built for 450 students providing education in the field of Islamic sciences. At the same time, more than 100 schools were built in the region under his leadership. There was an increase in the number and activities of Naqshbandi members during the twenty-year period he was in Iran.Algar, Nakşibendîlik, s. 331-338
After the 1979 Iranian Revolution, he left Iran and returned to Biyara, but he soon moved to Baghdad due to the Iran–Iraq War at the time. He then continued his activities in France and later in Turkey.TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (volume 15, H LİDİYYE p. 295)
=== Time in Turkey ===
Osman Sirajeddin settled in Turkey in 1990 and had religious conversations with his domestic and foreign visitors in his guesthouse in Hadımköy, Istanbul. He sought remedies for the material and spiritual ailments of the people who came to him. The sweet smile on his face was never lost. It spread brotherhood, friendship and agreement among people. He helped the poor and the needy and saw himself as a poor servant. Osman Sirajeddin asked people to work hard to earn a halal livelihood and encouraged people in this way. He would advise young people to learn useful knowledge and sciences. People came to him for important life decisions and he would guide them with divine inspiration. He was also an expert in herbal medicine and left a written record of it.
== Death ==
Seyyid Muhammed Osman Sirajeddin, a sheikh of the Naqshbandi and Qadiriyya, was one of the great mystic scholars of the 20th century and passed away on January 30, 1997. He was buried in the garden of his tekke in Hadımköy, Istanbul.
== Works ==
* Sirâcü'l-Kulûb (Translation: Selahattin Alpay) ISBN 9789751625472
* Tafsīr Sūra Wa al-Tīn
* Risāla al-Shihāb al-Thāqib
* Al-'Itiqād al-Rasīn wal-Yaqīn billah
Category:1896 births
Category:1997 deaths
Category:Islamic scholars