Sadique was educated in Ujjain and Aurangabad. At present a Professor of Urdu in the University of Delhi, he also served as Secretary, Urdu Akademi, Delhi. An established critic and poet, Sadique has talent in drawing and his sketches have been published in several books and magazines. He is deeply interested in Indian languages and has been an editor of Aiwan-e-Urdu, an Urdu journal, and also Umang, a children's magazine.