Sadiq (name)
Appearance
Gender | Male |
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Meaning | "Truthful" |
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See also | Zadoc |
Sadiq is a male name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Ja'far al-Sadiq, the 8th-century Muslim scholar and scientist, considered as an Imam and founder of the Ja'fari school of jurisprudence by Twelver and Isma'ili Shi’as, and a major figure in the Hanafi and Maliki schools of Sunni jurisprudence,[1] known at times simply as Sadiq (The Truthful).
Sadiq or Sadik is also an Arabic / Islamic common given name and surname.
Mononym
[edit]- Sadiq (Indian actor), or Mohammed Sadiq, an Indian actor in Malayalam movies
- Mir Sadiq or Gudu Khan, politician who held the post of a minister in the cabinet of Tipu Sultan of Mysore in the late 18th century
Titular
[edit]Sadiq or As-Sadiq (Al-Sadiq) can be used as an epithet:
- Muhammad III as-Sadiq or 'As-Sadiq' (Arabic: الصادق) meaning 'the righteous') (1813–1882), the Husainid Bey of Tunis from 1859 until 1882
- Abdullah Hashem Aba Al-Sadiq (born 1983), Egyptian-American religious leader and founder of the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light
Given name
[edit]- Sadiq-ur-Rashid Ibrahim Abbasi (1926 or 1928–2002), Pakistani general, Governor of Sindh
- Sadiq Abdullahi (born 1960), Nigerian tennis player
- Sadiq Abdulkarim Abdulrahman, Libyan politician and physician who served as first deputy prime minister
- Sadiq Adebiyi (born 1997), Nigerian rugby league footballer
- Sadiq Ahangaran, Iranian Zaker (Karbala/Ahlul-Bayt tragedies reciter)
- Sadiq al-Ahmar (born 1956), Yemeni politician and the leader of the Hashid tribal federation
- Sadiq Ali (1952–2011), Indian politician from Kashmir, poet, writer and environmentalist activist
- Sadiq Al-Ghariani, Grand Mufti of Libya
- Sadiq Jalal Al-Azm (1934–2016), Syrian professor of Modern European Philosophy
- Sadiq Batcha (c. 1972–2011), Indian entrepreneur
- Sadiq Daba, Nigerian actor and former broadcaster
- Sadiq Fakir (born 1967), Pakistani singer of Sindhi music
- Sadiq Farhad, Afghan cricketer
- Sadiq El Fitouri (born 1994), Libyan professional footballer
- Sadiq Jaber (born 1960), Iraqi footballer
- Sadiq Khan, British politician, mayor of London
- Sadiq-ur-Rahman Kidwai, Indian writer, academician
- Sadiq Kirmani (born 1989), Indian cricketer
- Sadiq al-Mahdi, also known as Sadiq as-Siddiq (born 1935), Sudanese political and religious figure, Prime Minister of Sudan from 1966 to 1967 and again from 1986 to 1989
- Sadiq Ali Memon, Pakistani politician, member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
- Sadiq Mohammad, Pakistani cricketer
- Sadiq Muhammad Khan or Sir Sadiq Muhammad Khan V Abbasi (1904–1966), the Nawab, and later Amir, of Bahawalpur State from 1907 to 1966.
- Sadiq Al-Mohsin (born 1997), Saudi Arabian handball player
- Sadiq Mousa (born 1959), Iraqi footballer
- Sadiq Nawaz, fictional character from Ackley Bridge
- Sadiq Hussain Qureshi (1927–2000), Pakistani politician, Governor and Chief Minister of Punjab in the 1970s
- Sadiq Saadoun, Iraqi footballer
- Sadıq Sadıqov (born 1965), Azerbaijani sports administrator, President of the Neftchi Baku PFK
- Sadiq Sanjrani (born 1978), Pakistani politician from Balochistan and Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan
- Sadiq Hussaini Shirazi (born 1942), an Iranian Twelver Shia Marja'
- Sadiq Sillah (born 1969), Sierra Leonean politician
- Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman (born 1992), Malaysian politician
Middle name
[edit]- Abubakar Sadiq A. Mohammed, Nigerian politician and government minister
- Ghulam Sadiq Khan (1939–2016), Indian classical vocalist
- Jam Sadiq Ali (ca. 1934–1992), Pakistani politician from Sindh
- Muhammad Sadiq Ardestani (died 1721), an Iranian Shia philosophers during Safavid period
- Suleiman Sadiq Umar (born 1971), Nigerian politician and Senator
- Tahir Sadiq Khan, Pakistani politician, member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
- Muhammad Saddiq Al-Minshawi Egyptian rectiter of the Quran
Surname
[edit]- Agha Sadiq (1909–1977), Pakistani writer and poet
- Ahmed Sadiq (born 1979), Nigerian boxer
- Ayaz Sadiq (born 1954), Pakistani politician, member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
- Ghazi al-Sadiq (died 2012), Sudanese politician and government minister
- Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq (1912–1971), Indian politician, Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir from 1964 to 1965
- Hana Sadiq, Iraqi fashion designer
- Ibrahim Sadiq (born 2000), Ghanaian footballer
- Kalbe Sadiq, or Moulana Dr. Kalbe Sadiq, Islamic scholar, thinker, reformer, educationist and preacher
- Karim Sadiq (born 1984), Afghan cricketer
- Mirwais Sadiq (1973–2004), Afghan politician and government minister
- Mohammed Sadiq (disambiguation), many people with the surname
- Muhammad Sadiq (disambiguation), many people with the surname
- Munir Sadiq (born 1955), Pakistani sportsman and medalist in sailing
- Nauman Sadiq (born 1979), Pakistani cricketer
- Nuzhat Sadiq, Pakistani politician, member of the Senate of Pakistan
- Rashidat Sadiq (born 1981), Nigerian women's basketball player
- S M Sadiq, or Sheikh Muhammad Sadiq, Pakistani lyricist and poet
- Saba Sadiq (born 1966), Pakistani politician, member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
- Sadiq Sani Sadiq (born 1981), Nigerian film actor
- Shagufta Sadiq, Pakistani politician, member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
- Shazia Sadiq, Australian computer scientist
- Umar Sadiq (born 1997), Nigerian footballer
- Yousif Muhammed Sadiq (born 1978), Iraqi Kurdish politician
- Zahid Sadiq (born 1965), Kenyan cricketer
See also
[edit]- Sadykhov/Sadykov
- Sadek (disambiguation)
- Sadeq (disambiguation)
- Sadegh (disambiguation)
- Siddiq (name)
- Siddique (disambiguation)
- Sadiq Abad (disambiguation)
- Al-Sadiq Mosque or Wabash Mosque, a mosque in the Bronzeville neighborhood in city of Chicago funded with the money predominantly donated by African-American Ahmadi Muslim converts
- Sadiq Public School (SPS), a Pakistani college-preparatory boarding school located in Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan
References
[edit]- ^ "Jaafar As-Sadiq". Muslim Heritage. Retrieved 2020-05-27.