Kalbe Sadiq
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. 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