Sadiq (name)

Sadiq (Arabic: صادق) is a masculine given name and surname of Arabic origin. 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). Notable people with the name include:

• Sadiq (Indian actor) (born 1956), or Mohammed Sadiq, Indian actor
• Mir Sadiq or Gudu Khan (died 1799), Indian politician

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), Husainid Bey of Tunis
• Abdullah Hashem Aba Al-Sadiq (born 1983), Egyptian-American religious leader and founder of the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light

• Sadiq-ur-Rashid Ibrahim Abbasi (1928–2002), Pakistani general, Governor of Sindh
• Sadiq Abdullahi (born 1960), Nigerian tennis player
• Sadiq Abdulkarim Abdulrahman (born 1966), Libyan politician and physician who served as first deputy prime minister
• Sadiq Adebiyi (born 1997), Nigerian rugby league footballer
• Sadiq Ahangaran (born 1957), Iranian Zaker (Karbala/Ahlul-Bayt tragedies reciter)
• Sadiq al-Ahmar (1956–2023), Yemeni politician and the leader of the Hashid tribal federation
• Sadiq Alhassan (born 1996), Ghanaian footballer
• Sadiq Ali (1952–2011), Indian politician from Kashmir, poet, writer and environmentalist activist
• Sadiq Ali (freedom fighter) (1910–2001), Indian politician and freedom fighter
• Sadiq Ali (general), Pakistani Army general
• Sadiq Jalal Al-Azm (1934–2016), Syrian professor of Modern European Philosophy
• Sadiq Batcha (1972–2011), Indian entrepreneur
• Sadiq Daba (1951/52–2021), Nigerian actor and former broadcaster
• Sadiq Dadashov (1905–1946), Azerbaijani architect and architecture historian
• Sadiq al-Damaluji (1880–1958), Iraqi historian and writer
• Sadiq Fakir (1967–2015), Pakistani singer of Sindhi music
• Sadiq Farhad, Afghan cricketer
• Sadiq El Fitouri (born 1994), Libyan professional footballer
• Sadiq Al-Ghariani (born 1942), Grand Mufti of Libya
• Sadiq Gurbanov (born 1972), Azerbaijani politician
• Sadiq Ibrahim (born 1964), Nigerian politician and lawyer
• Sadiq Iftikhar, Pakistani politician
• Sadiq Jaber (born 1960), Iraqi footballer
• Sadiq ul Khairi (1915–1989), Indian born Pakistani Urdu novelist, playwright, and translator
• Sadiq Khan (born 1970), British politician
• Sadiq Muhammad Khan or Sir Sadiq Muhammad Khan V Abbasi (1904–1966), the Nawab, and later Amir, of Bahawalpur State
• Sadiq Mahmud Khurram (born 1973), Pakistani jurist
• Sadiq-ur-Rahman Kidwai, Indian writer, academician
• Sadiq Kirmani (born 1989), Indian cricketer
• Sadiq Larijani (born 1963), Iranian cleric and politician
• Sadiq al-Mahdi, also known as Sadiq as-Siddiq (1935–2020), Sudanese political and religious figure
• Sadiq Ali Memon, Pakistani politician, member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
• Sadiq Mohammad (born 1945), Pakistani cricketer
• Sadiq Al-Mohsin (born 1997), Saudi Arabian handball player
• Sadiq Mousa (born 1959), Iraqi footballer
• Sadiq Nawaz, fictional character from Ackley Bridge
• Sadiq Quliyev (born 1995), Azerbaijani footballer
• Sadiq Hussain Qureshi (1927–2000), Pakistani politician, Governor and Chief Minister of Punjab in the 1970s
• Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman (born 1992), Malaysian politician
• Sadiq Saadoun (born 1972), Iraqi footballer
• Sadiq Sani Sadiq (born 1981), Nigerian film actor
• Sadıq Sadıqov (1965–2026), Azerbaijani sports administrator, President of the Neftchi Baku PFK
• Sadiq Sanjrani (born 1978), Pakistani politician
• Sadiq Ali Shahzad (1951–2016), Pakistani sculptor
• Sadiq Al Shehabi (1944–2017), Bahraini politician
• Sadiq Hussaini Shirazi (born 1942), Iranian Twelver Shia Marja'
• Sadiq Sillah (born 1969), Sierra Leonean politician
• Sadiq Sulieman Umar (born 1970), Nigerian politician
• Sadiq Zazzabi (born 1970), Nigerian Hausa language singer and songwriter

• Abubakar Sadiq A. Mohammed (born 1961), Nigerian politician and government minister
• Ghulam Sadiq Khan (1939–2016), Indian classical vocalist
• Jam Sadiq Ali (1934–1992), Pakistani politician
• Muhammad Sadiq Ardestani (died 1721), an Iranian Shia philosophers during Safavid period
• Suleiman Sadiq Umar (born 1971), Nigerian politician and Senator
• Tahir Sadiq Khan (born 1950), Pakistani politician, member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
• Muhammad Saddiq Al-Minshawi (1920–1969), Egyptian reciter of the Quran

• 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
• Ayman Sadiq (born 1992), Bangladeshi educator, entrepreneur and founder of 10 Minute School
• 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 (1939–2020), or Moulana Dr. Kalbe Sadiq, Islamic scholar, thinker, reformer, educationist and preacher
• Karim Sadiq (born 1984), Afghan cricketer
• Kenyon Sadiq (born 2005), American football player
• Mirwais Sadiq (1973–2004), Afghan politician and government minister
• Muhammad Sadiq (disambiguation), multiple people
• 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
• Sayed Sadiq (1945–2025), Egyptian 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

• 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