[EARLY ISLAMIC PRINTING IN FINLAND / RUSSIA / PRINTING ACTIVITIES IN EXILE / PAN-TURKIST & ISLAMIC IDEALS IN FINLAND] Hakîkî bir Müslüman her zaman tam bir insandır! Türk balâlarinin din dersleri: 1-2nçi bölük

HAKIM, WELI-AHMED (1882-1970).

Finlandiya Türk Nesriyât Sirketi Basmanevi, Helsinki, 1939.

COMPLETE TITLE: [EARLY ISLAMIC PRINTING IN FINLAND / RUSSIA / PRINTING ACTIVITIES IN EXILE / PAN-TURKIST & ISLAMIC IDEALS IN FINLAND] Hakîkî bir Müslüman her zaman tam bir insandır! Türk balâlarinin din dersleri: 1-2nçi bölük. Imân, namaz, zekât, rûze, hac, tahâret, ahlâk bahislerini bildirür.

Original pink wrappers with green borders surrounded the title and printing details. Demy 8vo. (22 x 14 cm). In Tatar with Arabic letters. 64, [1] p.

First and only edition of this extremely rare “religious textbook of children” (including two chapters together in one) printed in Helsinki by Tatar émigré Hakim, in one of the earliest Muslim printing houses in Finland. In this book, Hakim teaches the pillars and principles of Islam to the children of the Muslim community in Finland.

Hakim was a Tatar who was a founding member and a long-time imam of the Finnish-Islamic Congregation. Hakim also operated as an imam in Tampere. He was a key figure in organizing religious gatherings in Finland before a Tatar congregation was established. He was also a major contributor in helping Islamic theologians and Idel-Ural State refugees in Finland, as well as taking a part in the forming of the Tatar community in Narva, Estonia. Hakim was aligned with Pan-Turkism. When referring to his community, he avoided the term “Tatar” and rather identified them as “Turks”. (Turkkilainen in Finnish). He moved to Finland in 1914 from Nizhny Novgorod Governorate, a Tatar village named Oli Rbishcha he was born in (Russian: Bolshoye Rybushkino) and acquired citizenship in 1926.

The local Tatar community invited Hakim after the previous imam, Semiulla Sadretdinoff moved to Turku. Hakim got his imam's training in Ufa. He had also studied in Medina and Mecca. Before he moved to Finland, Hakim was the imam in Kasimov and worked as a teacher in Moscow.

The predecessor to the Tatar congregation, Suomen musulmaanien hyväntekeväisyysseura (1915, Eng. The Finnish Mohammedan Charity Club) first organized their gatherings at the home of Hakim in Helsinki. The main building of the Finnish-Islamic Congregation was completed in 1961 and is located on a street called Fredrikinkatu.

Hakim has been named as an honorary member of the Finnish-Islamic Congregation. In addition to his work as an imam, he made a major contribution to helping the Islamic theologians and Idel-Ural State leaders when they came to Finland, as well as fellow Mishars arriving from Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. Hakim was in close contact with Jadidists visiting the country. He has been called a talented speaker, who recited the Quran with a melodic voice.