Kalbe Sadiq
Kalbe Sadiq is an Islamic scholar, reformer, educationist and preacher. He was born in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India in a Shia family, The Khawandah-e-Ijtihaad. He has visited several countries for delivering lectures mostly in the Islamic month of Muharram.[1] He recites and presides over the mourning sessions in Muharram.
Kalbe Sadiq | |
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 Kalbe Sadiq addressing a Majlis during Muharram | |
| Title | Mufakir-e-Islam, Hakem-e-Ummat |
| Personal | |
| Born | 22 June 1939 Lucknow, United Provinces, British India |
| Religion | Islam |
| Nationality | Indian |
| School | Jafri |
| Education | PhD in Arabic |
| Other names | Kalbe Sadiq Sahab Qibla |
| Profession | Zakir |
| Senior posting | |
| Initiation | Tauheedul Muslimeen Trust |
| Profession | Zakir |
| Present post | Vice President (AIMPLB) General Secretary |
| Post | Founder |
| Website | www |
Early life and family
He was born in 1939 in the city of Lucknow, the capital of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. His father Kalbe Hussain was an Islamic scholar and orator and his brother Kalbe Abid was also an Islamic scholar. He is the uncle of Shia Scholar Kalbe Jawad. He received his early education from the madrasa, Sultan ul Madaris. He then moved to Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree. He later went on to pursue his master's degree in Arabic Literature from the same University. He got his doctoral degree from the Lucknow University[2]
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 running under his supervision include:
- Tauheedul Muslimeen Trust, Lucknow
- Unity College, Lucknow[3]
- Unity Mission School, Lucknow[4]
- Unity Industrial Training Center, Lucknow[5]
- Unity Public School, Allahabad
- M.U. College, Aligarh[6]
- Unity Computer Centre, Lucknow
- Unity Free Education Programmes in Lucknow, Jaunpur, Jalalpur, Allahabad, Barabanki, Moradabad and Aligarh etc.
- Hiza Charitable Hospital, Lucknow[7]
- T.M.T Medical Centre, Shikarpur, U.P.
- T.M.T’s Widow’s Pension Scheme
- T.M.T’s Orphan’s Educational Sponsorship Scheme
- Reconstruction and expansion of the famed Imam Bargah of Ghufran Maab, Lucknow
- Reconstruction and renovation of the tomb of prominent Urdu elegy writer and Marsia Khwan Hazrat Meer Anees, Lucknow
He is 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.