Padma Bhushan
Kalbe Sadiq
TitlePadma Bhushan, Mufakir-e-Islam, Hakem-e-Ummat
Personal
Born(1939-06-22)22 June 1939
Lucknow, United Provinces, British India
Died24 November 2020(2020-11-24) (aged 81)
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
ReligionIslam
NationalityIndian
Parent
  • Kalbe Hussain Sahib (father)
LineageSyed
EducationPhD in Arabic
Other namesKalbe Sadiq Sahab Qibla, Hakim-e-Ummat
Pen nameKalbe Sadiq Naqvi
ProfessionAcademic and reformer
Senior posting
AwardsPadma Bhushan
InitiationTauheedul Muslimeen Trust
ProfessionAcademic and reformer
Present postFounder

Vice President (AIMPLB)

General Secretary
Websitewww.tauheed.net

Kalbe Sadiq (22 June 1939 – 24 November 2020) was an Indian Islamic scholar.

He was born in 1939 in Lucknow and died on 24 November 2020 after a prolonged terminal sickness. He was posthumously bestowed with the accredited national award of Padma Bhushan in 2021.[1]

Education and professional Life

Kalbe Sadiq received his early education from the Madrasa of Sultan ul Madaris and Nazmia in Lucknow. He then moved to Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh and obtained the degree of Ph.D. in Arabic Literature with a gold medal in 1971.

Beside Arabic, Kalbe Sadiq had mastery over Urdu, Persian, English and Hindi languages. He traveled overseas to deliver speeches and lectures on Islamic theology.

Kalbe Sadiq engaged on religious and social issues with the Muslim masses in mid 1970s. He was moved by the pathetic condition of the community. He believed that the root cause of the backwardness of Muslims lies in its distance from education and knowledge. He therefore resolved to spread education and knowledge on modern lines and waged a community wide war against illiteracy and ignorance. This became the aim of his life.

Philanthropic works

He founded the Tauheedul Muslimeen Trust on 18 April 1984 with an aim to give educational assistance and scholarships to needy and poor students. The educational, charitable and constructive projects that were running under his supervision include:

  • Tauheedul Muslimeen Trust, Lucknow
  • Unity College, Lucknow[2]
  • Unity Mission School, Lucknow[3]
  • Unity Industrial Training Center, Lucknow[4]
  • Unity Public School, Allahabad
  • M.U. College, Aligarh[5]
  • Unity Computer Centre, Lucknow
  • Unity Free Education Programmes in Lucknow, Jaunpur, Jalalpur, Allahabad, Barabanki, Moradabad and Aligarh etc.
  • Hiza Charitable Hospital, Lucknow[6]
  • T.M.T Medical Centre, Shikarpur, U.P.
  • T.M.T’s Widows' Pension Scheme
  • T.M.T’s Orphans' Educational Sponsorship Scheme
  • Reconstruction and expansion of the Imam Bargah of Ghufran Maab, Lucknow
  • Reconstruction and renovation of the tomb of Urdu elegy writer and Marsia Khwan Hazrat Meer Anees, Lucknow

He was also the President of The Era’s Medical College & Hospital Lucknow and the general secretary of All India Shia Conference besides being a member of Anjuman-e-Wazifiya-e-Sadat-o-Momineen. [7]

References

  1. ↑ "Padma Bhushan honour for reformer cleric Kalbe Sadiq". 26 January 2021. Archived from the original on 31 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  2. ↑ "Unity College | About the College". Archived from the original on 7 December 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  3. ↑ "Unity Mission School | about us". Archived from the original on 7 December 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "UITC | about us". Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  5. ↑ MU College, Aligarh
  6. ↑ HIZA Hospital, Lucknow
  7. ↑ Islamic cleric, Maulana Kalbe Sadiq dies at the age of 82 years

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