In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

“In the bounty of Allah and in His mercy – in that let them rejoice; it is better than what they accumulate.”

Today is a day of joy, a day of compassion, a day of having bonds and communications, a bond between the relatives, and communication among those who are connected by agnation at ease and hardship in every land where the name of Allah is recited. It is the will of Allah that the descendants of Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq spread all over the Islamic countries. All of them, thanks to Allah, are descendents of Prophet Muhammad and Prophet Ibrahim (peace be upon them). Pride is their address, with no humiliation at their doors. Allah reinforces this religion with them as He did before with their great grandfather, praise be to the Lord of the worlds.

The Arabs said: “People, in the morning, praise their traveling at night and that sleep fades away from them.” Arabs were totally right in this saying as after a long journey by the sons of Al-Siddiq carrying their dreams and hopes to meet after a long separation and after their languages have changed as well as the contrast of their lives and conditions. Allah willed to rejoin the relatives as He wanted to honor us through our gathering on the "World Wide Web" for each of us can communicate with his cousin in the east or west, thanks and praises to Allah.“Exalted is He who has subjected this to us, and we could not have otherwise subdued it. And indeed we, to our Lord, will surely return.”

Sijjada Bakria Sheikdom in “Egypt” was for centuries a beacon and home that gather the family of Al-Siddiq, may Allah be pleased with him. This sheikdom was for them as the caliphate for Muslims. Thankfully, it still exists. It is chaired by His Eminence Sheikh Ahmed “Sheikh of Sijjada Bakria” bin al-Sheikh Muhammad Qublai, "Sheikh of the Sijjada Bakria", bin Ahmed Orkhan bin Zakia, daughter of Sheikh Abdul Baki Afandy Al-Bakri, "Sheikh of Sijjada Bakria and Sheikh of Sheikhs of Sufism and Head of the descendants of the Prophet in Egypt", bin Ali Afandy Al-Bakri Al-Siddiqi, descendant of  Al-Hassan’s family, descendant of Omar bin al-Khattab and descendant of Banū Makhzūm. Sheikh Ahmed responded to the desire of his people, sons of Al-Siddiq, to be reunited under the umbrella of their Sijjada again after their disunion. So, he issued his decision to establish a general secretariat of which emerge a committee for verifying and documenting the Bakari’s origin, and a committee of Bakri Sadiqi secretaries that consists of men, dignitaries, sheikhs and scholars from different tribes, families, and houses of the family of Al Sadiqi from Egypt, the Islamic Maghreb, Sudan, the East and the Horn of Africa, the Levant, the Land of the Two Holy Mosques, Yemen, the Arabian Peninsula, Pakistan and France. A gathering that is considered the first, the largest, and the most widespread one, thanks to Allah and His mercy; it was the first step of the process to revive the Sijjada Bakria.

Today we are in the second step … the establishment of an inclusive global edifice ... an electronic platform in the era of satellite channels, electronics and aircrafts. We, the sons of al-Siddiq, shall not be left behind by civilization! Therefore, comes this great edifice, in form and splendor, of good content and element, launched in three languages: Arabic, English, and Urdu. They are the most important three languages spoken by the vast majority of the Abu Bakr al-Siddiq family around the world; all al-Siddiq family living in the Arab countries of Iraq, Levant, Arabian Peninsula, Egypt, Sudan, the East, and the Horn of Africa and North African region all speak Arabic, Those living in the country of Pakistan, parts of northern India speak Urdu, and those living in countries like Bangladesh and Nepal speaks English and some Urdu. We would like to give them their right ... their right to be with us! Wherever they are, they communicate and know each other, Allah has commanded us to know each other (O mankind, surely We have created you from a male and a female, and made you tribes and families that you may know each other. Surely the noblest of you with Allah is the most dutiful of you. Surely Allah is Knowing, Aware.)

As the right has its own men, generosities have their own men, as poet Abu Tayeb al-Mutanabi says:

Resolutions are measured according those who take them …

 And so much is true for generosity and its givers

Trifle matters are magnified in the eyes of little people

While grandeur is belittled in the eyes of the great

By grace of Allah, and then with determination of al-Siddiq men who prefer that the left hand shouldn’t know what the right is doing! This great edifice is launched which costs a lot of effort, money and time; so I do thank them very much and I do thank everyone of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq`s son. We ask Allah that we celebrate soon more achievements and happy news, in everything related to kinship, and cooperation on goodness (Help ye one another in righteousness and piety, but help ye not one another in sin and rancour: fear Allah: for Allah is strict in punishment.)

O Allah, grant us devoutness, chastity and free of need, and keep us from the evil of ourselves and the evil of the demons of mankind and jinn. All praise is due to Allah and may peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, the leader of the pious and upon his family and his companions in their entirety.

We hope the Muslims and all al-Siddiq family are always well, blessed and well-being. We congratulate them on the coming of the Holy Month of Ramadan, the month of good deeds and blessings.

Written by: Ahmed Farghali Dapassi Bakri

General Secretary of Sijjada Bakria - Chairman of the Genealogy Committee

Qena Governorate - Upper Egypt

1 Ramadan 1438 AH / 26 May 2017 AD