Sheikh Muhammad Sadiq Muhammad Yusuf ibn Muhammad Ali (1952-2015) Mufti of the Religious Department of Muslims of Central Asia and Kazakhstan (1989-1993). Member of the International Union of Islamic Scholars.
He was born on April 15, 1952 in the village of Buloqbashi district of Andijan region.
In 1970, he was accepted to study at the Mir Arab madrasa in Bukhara. Later, he studied at the Tashkent Islamic Institute and graduated in 1975.
In 1976, he was admitted to the Islamic University in Libya and graduated in 1980.
In 1980-1986, he was an employee of the International Relations Department of the Central Asia and Kazakhstan Muslim Religious Department and a teacher at the Tashkent Islamic Institute.
Rector of Tashkent Islamic Institute in 1986-1989.
In 1989-1993, he was the chairman of the Religious Department of Muslims of Central Asia and Kazakhstan, deputy of the Supreme Soviet.
In 1993-2001, he was a teacher at the Islamic University in Libya.
In 2001-2015, he was a member of the Council of Scholars of the Office of Muslims of Uzbekistan.
He died of a heart attack on March 10, 2015.
The viewing ceremony of the sheikh was held at the Sheikh Zayniddin mosque in Kokcha district of Tashkent city. About 250,000 people from different regions of Uzbekistan and other countries took part in the funeral ceremony.
A mosque was built in his name in Kojedo, Republic of Korea.
One of the streets in Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, is named after him
A mosque was built in his name in Shymkent, Kazakhstan.
A women's and men's madrasah was established in Balashikha district of Moscow region,
a mosque was built in Chilonzor district of Tashkent city in his name.
