Sadiq (name)

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, known at times simply as Sadiq (The Truthful).

Sadiq or Sadik is also an Arabic / Islamic common given name and surname.

Mononym

 * 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
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

 * 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

 * 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

 * 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