Siddiq (, ; meaning "truthful") is an

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and is given as an

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to certain individuals. The feminine gender for Siddiq is Siddiqah. The word is sometimes used as a title given to individuals by the Islamic prophet

Muhammad Muhammad (8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious and political leader and the founder of Islam. Muhammad in Islam, According to Islam, he was a prophet who was divinely inspired to preach and confirm the tawhid, monotheistic teachings of A ...

. For example, it was a title of

Abu Bakr Abd Allah ibn Abi Quhafa (23 August 634), better known by his ''Kunya (Arabic), kunya'' Abu Bakr, was a senior Sahaba, companion, the closest friend, and father-in-law of Muhammad. He served as the first caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate, ruli ...

, the first Islamic caliph from 632 to 634. Otherwise, it is used to denote that the person is totally trustworthy.

Sunni usage

Sunni Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam and the largest religious denomination in the world. It holds that Muhammad did not appoint any successor and that his closest companion Abu Bakr () rightfully succeeded him as the caliph of the Mu ...

Muslims use Siddiq as an epithet for

, the first

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of Islam and the closest friend of Muhammad, while they use Siddiqah for

Aisha Aisha bint Abi Bakr () was a seventh century Arab commander, politician, Muhaddith, muhadditha and the third and youngest wife of the Prophets and messengers in Islam, Islamic prophet Muhammad. Aisha had an important role in early Islamic h ...

, Abu Bakr's daughter and the Prophet's wife.

Sufi term

Sufi Sufism ( or ) is a mysticism, mystic body of religious practice found within Islam which is characterized by a focus on Islamic Tazkiyah, purification, spirituality, ritualism, and Asceticism#Islam, asceticism. Practitioners of Sufism are r ...

sm, Siddiq is a rank that comes after prophet. It is generally given to a person who verified the claim of prophethood in its early stage. Sufis believe the following four ranks are free of time and space and therefore life and death becomes meaningless to them. #

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– Prophet, someone who learned of the unseen from God directly #Siddiq – Early day Muslim who learned the unseen from Muhammad #

Shaheed ''Shahid'' ( , , ) denotes a martyr in Islam. The word is used frequently in the Quran in the generic sense of "witness" but only once in the sense of "martyr" (i.e. one who dies for his faith); the latter sense acqui ...

– Martyr, someone who gave their life for the will of God and has thus become beyond mortality. #Salih – Righteous, someone who spends every bit of their life per the will of God and thus achieved the status of "

Baqaa Baqaa () is a term in Sufi philosophy which describes a particular state of life with God in Islam; through God, in God, and for God. The related term , literally "land of ''baqāʾ''", is a term for Heaven. It is the summit of the mystical man ...

" through '' Fanaa''. Also referred to as

Wali The term ''wali'' is most commonly used by Muslims to refer to a saint, or literally a "friend of God".John Renard, ''Friends of God: Islamic Images of Piety, Commitment, and Servanthood'' (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2008); John ...

. These four ranks are mentioned in the

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Shia usage

According to Ibn Dimashqi,

referred to

Ali Ali ibn Abi Talib (; ) was the fourth Rashidun caliph who ruled from until his assassination in 661, as well as the first Shia Imam. He was the cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Born to Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib an ...

as ''al-Siddiq al-Akbar'' (the greatest truthful one). According to this narration, Ali is identified as one of the three truthful ones. The other two were Habib al-Najjar, a pre-Islamic saint; and the other is from the people of

Pharaoh Pharaoh (, ; Egyptian language, Egyptian: ''wikt:pr ꜥꜣ, pr ꜥꜣ''; Meroitic language, Meroitic: 𐦲𐦤𐦧, ; Biblical Hebrew: ''Parʿō'') was the title of the monarch of ancient Egypt from the First Dynasty of Egypt, First Dynasty ( ...

, who is mentioned in Surah

Ghafir Ghafir (, ; " The All-Forgiving", referring to God), also known as Al-Muʼmin (, ; The Believer), is the 40th chapter (sūrah) of the Qur'an, with 85 verses ( āyāt). It takes its name from verse 28, which mentions a distinguished believer fr ...

, verses 28-45. ''Siddiqa'', the feminine equivalent of Siddiq, is from the titles of

Fatima Fatima bint Muhammad (; 605/15–632 CE), commonly known as Fatima al-Zahra' (), was the daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his wife Khadija. Fatima's husband was Ali, the fourth of the Rashidun caliphs and the first Shia imam. ...

in Shia.

Other usage

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the word/name "

Tzadik Tzadik ( ''ṣaddīq'' , "righteous ne; also ''zadik'' or ''sadiq''; pl. ''tzadikim'' ''ṣadīqīm'') is a title in Judaism given to people considered righteous, such as biblical figures and later spiritual masters. The root of the word ...

" (צדיק), has a similar meaning. The title of

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's satirical novella ''

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'' also stems from this name root.

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Sunni usage

Sufi term

Shia usage

Other usage

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