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# Eternal Virtue Presents First "Unsung Hero Award" to Sadruddin Usman
- URL: https://www.iqra.ca/2026/eternal-virtue-presents-first-unsung-hero-award-to-sadruddin-usman/
- Published: 2026-10-12T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-12T15:00:00.000Z
- Description: For years, Usman, affectionately known as "Sadro," has quietly built and supported initiatives that bring Muslims together in times of loss, service and community need.
- Author: Iqra
- Tags: Real Lives, Sadruddin Usman, Eternal virtue, Siddiq Rustam, Imraan Asim

Sadruddin Usman is well known in the Muslim community, yet he has long managed to keep his work out of the spotlight.

For years, Usman, affectionately known as "Sadro," has quietly built and supported initiatives that bring Muslims together in times of loss, service and community need.

One of his most lasting contributions began simply: an email list announcing the deaths of Muslims in the community, along with details of funeral prayers and burials. 

It started mainly within the Guyanese Muslim community in the Greater Toronto Area, but it grew steadily. 

Today it reaches thousands of recipients across ethnic communities, cities and sometimes countries. A few years ago, one notice reached roughly 60,000 views.

The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ taught that a person who attends a Muslim's funeral prayer receives a reward comparable in size to Mount Uhud, and one who accompanies the procession to the burial receives twice that. 

He also taught: "Whoever guides someone to goodness will have a reward like the one who does it."

Usman's service goes well beyond funeral notices. More than a decade ago, a small group of Toronto volunteers, who later founded the Canadian charity Eternal Virtue, set out to try what they believed was a new idea: preparing nutritious meals at a local mosque and delivering them to shelters and people experiencing homelessness.

They soon learned Usman was already doing it. As they visited mosques across Toronto, they kept hearing the same story: Usman gathered volunteers on weekend mornings to prepare and package hot meals, then arranged for them to reach shelters and vulnerable residents throughout the city.

He became a mentor to the newer group. He introduced them to shelters, shared practical advice on food preparation and logistics, and helped them avoid mistakes he had already learned from.

Usman is quick to say these efforts were never his alone, and that many other dedicated volunteers, organizers and community members worked beside him.

Eternal Virtue recently honored that legacy by presenting Usman with its inaugural *Unsung Hero Award* at a community event in Mississauga, Ont. 

The award recognized his "decades of selfless service," his commitment to uplifting Canadian communities, and his lasting impact as a mentor through "compassion, leadership and service."

For the Eternal Virtue team, the recognition was long overdue.

"Sometimes a community needs to pause long enough to notice the people who have quietly been carrying it for years," said Siddiq Rustam, Founding Director of Eternal Virtue.

After years of watching Usman organize food programs, connect families to janazas, mentor volunteers and support community initiatives, all without seeking attention, the organization felt it was time for the community to recognize the person behind so much of that work.

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