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

• 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

• Muhammad III as-Sadiq or 'As-Sadiq' (Arabic: الصادق) meaning 'the righteous') (1813–1882), the Husainid Bey of Tunis from 1859 until 1882

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, Afghani 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), Afghani 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

• 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

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