Having been significantly influenced by his father, Sheikh Muhammad Siddiq El-Minshawi was also a protégé of the venerable Sheikh Mohamed Salamah, a great reciter of the 20th century. He studied the rules of recitation under the respected Sheikh Ibrahim As-Su'oodi at a young age
Minshawi is especially admired for the immense spirituality of his recitation. He had a smooth style, which could move the listener to tears
Sheikh Muhammad Siddiq El-Minshawi has become a household name across the Muslim world. He traveled to many countries outside of his homeland, including Indonesia, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Palestine (Al-Aqsa Mosque), Saudi Arabia and Syria
He married the daughter of his uncle in 1938 at the age of eighteen, and had two sons and two daughters, and then married once more after exceeding the age of forty-second, from the center of "Akhmim" Sohag and fathered nine children, five males and four females. He lived with his two wives in the house and shared the same love and affection. His second wife died while performing the Hajj (pilgrimage) one year before his death
A popular proverb says ((like father like son)) Indeed, this applies to Sheikh Muhammad Siddique who inherited the sweetness of the sound of his father, as well as the uniqueness of the recitation and professorship in the provisions of Quran
Sheikh Muhammad has left more than one hundred and fifty Quranic recordings in the radio of the Arab Republic of Egypt and other radio stations. He recorded the Quranic khatmah ( the whole Quran) that is still to be broadcast in the Radio of Quran , approximately once per month
Muhammad Siddique was one of those who dedicated their lives to serve in the state of reciting the Holy Quran
He was affected by the Sheikh Mohamed Refaat ,God's mercy be upon, and loving him, he was an admirer of his voice and his recitation, and he also loved to listen to the voices of senior reciters who were at his time, such as Sheikh Abdul Fattah She'shaie, al-Banna, and others.
And personal qualities of Sheikh Muhammad Siddique, Allah's mercy be upon him , that he was very humble,kind, loving the poor and needy, a lover of good coming to him
Of attitudes that is reminiscent of the Sheikh, his position on the invitation extended to him during the reign of President Abdel Nasser, as one of the ministers has invited him, saying to him: "You will get a great honor by your presence to a ceremony attended by President Abdul Nasser", the Sheikh's reply was : " Why not Abdul Nasser himself to have honor to listen to the voice of Minshawi," and he refused to meet the call
Sheikh Muhammad Siddique ,God's mercy be upon him,spent his life for the recitation of the book of God, then he passed away after an incurable disease, pain, and that was in 1388 AH -1969 AD, at that he was at the age of forty nine. May God have mercy on Sheikh, and May God reward him for all the Muslims