This article is an incomplete list of noted modern-era (20th to 21st century) Islamic scholars. This refers to religious authorities whose publications or statements are accepted as pronouncements on religion by their respective communities and adherents. Geographical categories have been created based on commonalities in culture and across the Islamic World.

Africa

Nigeria

* Aminu Ibrahim Daurawa (born 1969) * Dahiru Usman Bauchi (born 1927) *

Isa Ali Pantami Isa Ali Ibrahim " Pantami" born in Gombe, and commonly known as Sheikh Pantami, an Islamic cleric who is currently serving as Minister of Communications and Digital Economy in Nigeria. He was the Director General of the National Information Te ...

Ja'afar Mahmud Adam Ja'afar Mahmud Adam (February 12, 1960 – April 13, 2007) was a Nigerianbr>Salafist Islamic scholarand member of Nigeria's Jama’at Izalat al Bid’a Wa Iqamat as Sunna, a religio-political organisation with headquarters in Abuja. He lived prim ...

(1960–2007) *

Kabiru Gombe Kabir Muhammad Haruna popularly known as Kabiru Gombe is a Nigerian Islamic scholar and preacher. He has been the present National Secretary General of the Jama'atu Izalatil Bid'ah wa Iqamatus Sunnah, the largest Salafiyyah movement in Nigeria,s ...

(born 1960) * Muhammad Auwal Albani Zaria (1960–2014) * Sani Umar Rijiyar Lemo (born 1970) * Sani Yahaya Jingir

Egypt

Abd al-Hamid Kishk Abdal-Hamid Kishk ( ar, عبد الحميد كشك; March 10, 1933 – December 6, 1996) was an Egyptian preacher, scholar of Islam, activist, and author. He was a graduate of Al-Azhar University in Cairo and was known for his humour, popular se ...

(1933–1996) *

Ahmad al-Tayyeb Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed El-Tayeb ( ar, أحمد محمد أحمد الطيب) (born 6 January 1946) is an Egyptian Islamic scholar and the current Grand Imam of al-Azhar, Al-Azhar Al Sharif and former president of al-Azhar University. He was appo ...

(born 1946) *

Ahmad Muhammad Shakir Ahmad Muhammad Shakir ( ar, أحمد محمد شاكر, Aḥmad Muḥammad Shākir) (January 29, 1892, Cairo – June 14, 1958) was an Egyptian Islamic scholar of hadith. He is the son of Muḥammad Shākir ibn Aḥmad, an Islamic scholar of A ...

(1892–1958) *

Ali Gomaa Ali Gomaa ( ar, علي جمعة, Egyptian Arabic: ) is an Egyptian Islamic scholar, Jurist, and public figure who has taken a number of controversial political stances. He specializes in Islamic Legal Theory. He follows the Shafi`i school of ...

(born 1952) *

Muhammad Metwalli al-Sha'rawi Muhammad Metwalli al-Sha'rawi ( ar, محمد متولي الشعراوي) (April 15, 1911 – June 17, 1998) was an Islamic scholar, former Egyptian minister of Endowments and Maliki jurist. He has been called one of Egypt's most popular and suc ...

(1911–1998) *

Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy ( ar, محمد سيد طنطاوي; 28 October 1928 – 10 March 2010), also referred to as ''Tantawi'', was an influential Islamic scholar in Egypt. From 1986 to 1996, he was the Grand Mufti of Egypt. In 1996, presid ...

(1928–2010) *

Yusuf al-Qaradawi Yusuf al-Qaradawi ( ar, يوسف القرضاوي, translit=Yūsuf al-Qaraḍāwī; or ''Yusuf al-Qardawi''; 9 September 1926 – 26 September 2022) was an Egyptian Islamic scholar based in Doha, Qatar, and chairman of the International Union of ...

(1926–2022) *

Zainab al Ghazali Zaynab al-Ghazali ( ar, زينب الغزالي; 2 January 1917 – 3 August 2005) was an Egyptian Muslim activist. She was the founder of the Muslim Women's Association (''Jamaa'at al-Sayyidaat al-Muslimaat''). Biography Early life Her father ...

(1917–2005)

Mauritania

* Abdallah Bin Bayyah (born 1935)

South Africa

* Abdalqadir as-Sufi (1930–2021) * Ebrahim Desai (1963–2021) * Taha Karaan (1969–2021) *

Yusuf Karaan Yusuf Karaan (also written as Yousuf Abdullah Karaan) (15 November 1935 - 10 May 2015) was a South African Sunni Muslim scholar from Strand who served as head mufti of Muslim Judicial Council. Biography Karaan was born on 15 November 1935. H ...

(1935–2015)

Zimbabwe

Ismail ibn Musa Menk Ismail ibn Musa Menk ( ar, إسماعيل بن موسى منك, translit=ʾismāʿīl ibn mūsā mink) (born 27 June 1975) is a Zimbabwean Islamic scholar, best known as Mufti Menk. He is the Grand Mufti of Zimbabwe's Muslim community, which ma ...

(born 1975)

Ghana

* Ahmed Tijani Ben Omar (born 1950) *

Osman Nuhu Sharubutu Osmanu Nuhu Sharubutu (born 23 April 1919) is a Ghanaian Islamic cleric who currently serves as the Chief Imam of Ghana, as well as a member of the National Peace Council. He was first appointed as the Deputy Regional Chief Imam in 1974 after a ...

(born 1919)

Senegal

* Ibrahim Niass (1900–1975)

Somalia

Sharif Sheikh Ahmed Sharif Sheikh Ahmed ( so, Shariif Sheekh Axmed, ar, شريف شيخ أحمد; born 25 July 1964) is a Somali politician who served as President of Somalia from 2009 to 2012. He is the founder and leader of Himilo Qaran political party and ...

(born 1964)

Morocco

* Abd al-Aziz al-Ghumari (1920-1997) *

Asma Lamrabet Asma Lamrabet ( Rabat, Morocco, 1961) is a Moroccan doctor, Islamic feminist, scholar and author. Personal life Asma Lamrabet was born in Rabat. She currently resides in Rabat, Morocco. She considers her education to be occidental. She is marr ...

(Born 1951) *

Fatima al-Kabbaj Fatima al-Kabbaj (Tamazight: ⴼⴰⵜⵉⵎⴰ ⵍⵇⴱⴱⴰⵊ) was one of the first female students to attend the University of al-Qarawiyyin. She later became the sole female member of the Moroccan Supreme Council of Religious Knowledge. ...

(born 1932) *

Muhammad Abu Khubza Abu Uways Muhammad Abu Khubza al-Hassani ( ar, مُحَمَّد بن الأَمِين بُوخُبْزَة الْحسْنِيُّ; July 30, 1932 – January 30, 2020)International Institute for Counter-Terrorismbr>report 1 January 2012. was a Moro ...

(1932-2020)

Asia

West Asia

Iran

Abd al-A'la al-Sabziwari Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Abd al-A'la al-Musawi al-Sabziwari ( fa, ; ar, عبد الأعلى الموسوي السبزواري; December 21, 1910 – August 16, 1993) was an Iranian- Iraqi Shia marja'. He is regarded as one of the most influenti ...

(1910–1993) *

Abdollah Javadi-Amoli Abdollah Javadi Amoli ( fa, عبدالله جوادی آملی; born ) is an Iranian Twelver Shi'a Marja. He is a conservative and principlist Iranian politician, philosopher and one of the prominent Islamic scholars of the Hawza. The offic ...

(born 1933) *

Ahmad Jannati Ahmad Jannati ( fa, احمد جنتی, born 23 February 1927) is an Iranian conservative politician. He was born in Ladan, Isfahan. Jannati is known for his anti-LGBT rhetoric and opposition to secularism. He is also a founding member of the Ha ...

(born 1927) * Ahmad Mojtahedi Tehrani (1923–2008) * Ali Akbar Ghoreishi (born 1928) *

Ali Mohammad Dastgheib Shirazi Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Mohammad Dastgheib Shirazi (Persian: السيد علی‌محمد دستغیب شيرازي ) (born 14 March 1935) is an Iranian Twelver Shi'a Marja. Biography Ayatollah Dastegheib has studied in seminaries of Qum ...

(born 1935) *

Ali Movahedi-Kermani Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Movahedi-Kermani ( fa, محمدعلی موحدی کرمانی) is Tehran's Friday Prayer Ephemeral Imam and the former secretary-general of Combatant Clergy Association. He is also a member of the Assembly of Experts. He i ...

(born 1931) * Ali Khamenei (born 1939) * Fakhraddin Mousavi (born 1930) * Hassan Hassanzadeh Amoli (born 1928) *

Hossein Mazaheri Grand Ayatollah Hossein Mazaheri Isfahani ( ar, حسين المظاهري الأصفهاني) (born November 16 1933) is a senior Iranian Twelver Shia Marja. He was also a member of the Third Assembly of Experts. Biography Grand Ayatollah Hossei ...

(born 1933) *

Hossein Wahid Khorasani Grand Ayatollah Sheikh Hossein Wahid Khorasani ( fa, حسین وحید خراسانی; born Mohammad-Hossein Molla-Saleh (Persian: )‎; 1 January 1921) is an Iranian author and Shia marja'. He is the current head of the Qom Seminary. Khorasa ...

(born 1921) *

Hussein-Ali Montazeri Grand Ayatollah Hussein-Ali Montazeri ( fa, حسینعلی منتظری‎ ; 24 September 1922 – 19 December 2009) was an Iranian Shia Islamic theologian, Islamic democracy advocate, writer and human rights activist. He was one of the lea ...

(1922–2009) * Iftikhār al-Tujjar (1912-1977) * Ja'far Sobhani (born 1929) *

Jawad Tabrizi Grand Ayatollah Sheikh Mirza Jawad Kubar Tabrizi ( fa, ; 1926 – November 20, 2006) was an Iranian Shia marja'. Tabrizi was another prominent student of the late grand Ayatollah Sayyid Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei, and one of the leading religious au ...

(1926–2006) * Lotfollah Safi Golpaygani (born 1919) *

Mohammad Ali Gerami Qomi Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Gerami Qomi (Persian: محمدعلى گرامى قمي; born 1938) is an Iranian peoples, Iranian Twelver Shi'a Marja', Marja. He has studied in seminaries of Qum, Iran under Grand Ayatollah Hussein-Ali Montazeri, Al ...

(born 1938) *

Mohammad Ali Mousavi Jazayeri Ayatollah Sayyid Mohammad-Ali Mousavi Jazayeri ( fa, محمدعلی موسوی جزایری) (born 1941) is an Iranian Twelver Shia cleric, who has been appointed as the representative of Vali-Faqih (Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist) in Khuzest ...

(born 1941) * Mohammad Ebrahim Jannaati (born 1933) *

Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari Sayyid Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari ( fa, محمد کاظم شریعتمداری), also spelled Shariat-Madari (5 January 1906 – 3 April 1986), was an Iranian Grand Ayatollah. He favoured the traditional Shiite practice of keeping clerics away ...

(1904–1986) * Mohammad Khamenei (born 1935) *

Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai Muhammad Husayn Tabataba'i or Sayyid Mohammad Hossein Tabataba'i (16 March 1903 – 15 November 1981) was an Iranian scholar, theorist, philosopher and one of the most prominent thinkers of modern Shia Islam. He is perhaps best known for his '' ...

(1903–1981) * Mohammad Sadeq Rouhani (born 1926) * Mohammad Sadeqi Tehrani (1926–2011) *

Mohammad Sadoughi Mohammad Sadoughi ( fa, محمد صدوقی; 1909–1982) known as "Sevomin-Shahide-Mehrab" (the 3rd martyr of Mihrab) is an Iranian Twelver Shia Ayatollah who was born in Yazd. He was a/the representative of Yazd people in the assembly of experts ...

(1909–1982) * Mohammad Taghi Mesbah Yazdi (1935–2021) *

Mohammad-Taqi Bahjat Foumani Grand Ayatollah Mohammad-Taqi Bahjat Foumani ( fa, محمدتقی بهجت فومنی) (24 August 1916 – 17 May 2009) was an Iranian Twelver Shia Marja'. Biography Mohammad-Taqi was born on 24 August 1916 in the Fouman, Gilan province in ...

(1916–2009) *

Mohammad Yazdi Mohammad Yazdi ( fa, محمد یزدی, 2 July 1931 – 9 December 2020) was an Iranian conservative and principlist cleric who served as the head of Judiciary System of Iran between 1989 and 1999. In 2015, he was elected to lead Iran's Assembl ...

(1931–2020) *

Mousa Shubairi Zanjani Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Mousa Shubairi Zanjani ( fa, موسی شبیری زنجانی, ar, موسی الشبيري الزنجاني, born March 2, 1928) is an Iranian Twelver Shia Marja'. Biography He was born in Qom to Sayyid Ahmed Shubairi ...

(born 1928) *

Naser Makarem Shirazi Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi (, born 25 February 1927 in Shiraz, Iran) is an Iranian Shia '' marja and religious leader. Biography He was born in the city of Shiraz, Iran. According to his website, his father was Ali Mohammad, his g ...

(born 1927) * Ruhollah Khomeini (1900–1989) *

Taqi Tabatabaei Qomi Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Taqi Tabatabaei Qomi ( ar, تقي الطباطبايي القمي fa, , February 21, 1923–October 26, 2016) was an Iranian Shia marja'. He, along with Ali al-Sistani, and Ali Falsafi, were among the only three people t ...

(1923–2016) * Yasubedin Rastegar Jooybari (born 1940) *

Yousef Saanei Grand Ayatollah Yousef Saanei ( fa, يوسف صانعى; 16 October 1937 – 12 September 2020) was an Iranian Twelver Shi'a Marja' and politician, a member of the Islamic Republic of Iran's powerful Guardian Council from 1980 to 1983 and al ...

(1937–2020) * Zīnah al-Sādāt Humāyūnī (born 1917) *

Zohreh Sefati Zohreh Sefati is a female Mujtahida. Sefati is a member of the Women's Socio-Cultural Council and a representative to the Supreme Council of Cultural Reforms. Personal and Education Life Sefati was raised in a religious family. She was born in ...

(born 1948)

Cyprus

Nazim Al-Haqqani Shaykh Muhammad Nazim Adil Al-Qubrusi Al-Haqqani (qaddas Allahu sirruhu) (born Mehmet Nâzım Âdil; 21 April 1922 – 7 May 2014) ( tr, Şeyh Muhammed Nâzım Âdil El-Kıbrısî Hakkanî), commonly known as Shaykh Nazim ( tr, Şeyh Nâzım ...

(1922–2014)

Iraq

* Abbas Modaresi Yazdi (1943–2020) *

Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Abu al-Qasim al-Musawi al-Khoei ( ; ar, أبو القاسم الموسوي الخوئي; fa, ; November 19, 1899 – August 8, 1992) was an Iranian- Iraqi Shia marja'. Al-Khoei is considered one of the most influential t ...

(1899–1992) * Ahmad Hassani Baghdadi (born 1945) *

Ali al-Milani Ayatollah Sayyid Ali al-Husayni al-Milani ( ar, علي الحسيني الميلاني; ; b. July 1948) is an Iraqi-Iranian Shia scholar. He is the founder of the Center for Islamic Facts in Qom. He is also the author of many books on the Islam ...

(born 1948) *

Ali al-Sistani Ali al-Husayni al-Sistani ( ar, علي الحسيني السيستاني; fa, , Ali-ye Hoseyni-ye Sistāni; born 4 August 1930), commonly known as Ayatollah Sistani, is an Iranian–Iraqi Twelver Shia Ayatollah and marja'. He has been describe ...

(born 1930) * Allaedin Ghoraifi (born 1945) * Fazel Maleki (born 1953) * Hassan al-Shirazi (1935–1980) * Hussein Esmaeel al-Sadr (born 1952) * Kamal al-Haydari (born 1956) *

Kazem al-Haeri Grand Ayatollah Kadhim Husayni al-Haeri ( ar, كاظم الحسيني الحائري) (born 1938) is a prominent Twelver Shi'a Marja. He has studied in seminars of Najaf, Iraq under Grand Ayatollah Sadeq al-Sadr. Haeri was born in Karbala, Ira ...

(born 1938) * Mahmoud al-Sarkhi (born 1964) * Mohammad al-Sadr (1943–1999) *

Mohammad al-Shirazi Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Muhammad al-Husayni al-Shirazi ( ar, محمد الحسيني الشيرازي; fa, ; August 31, 1928 – December 17, 2001), commonly known as Imam Shirazi, was an Iranian- Iraqi Shia marja' and political activist. Early ...

(1928–2001) *

Mohammad Ali Tabatabaei Hassani Grand Ayatollah Sayed Mohammed Ali Tabatabai Al-Hassani ( ar, السيد محمد علي الطباطبائي الحسني; 1945 – February 2017) was an Iraqi, Twelver Shia Muslim Marja'. He studied in Shia Islamic seminaries of Karbala an ...

(1945–2017) *

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(1925–2019) * Mohammed Ridha al-Shirazi (1959–2008) * Mohammad Taher Khaqani (born 1940) *

Mohammad Taqi al-Modarresi Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Muhammad-Taqi al-Husayni al-Modarresi ( ar, محمد تقي الحسيني المدرسي; fa, ; b. 1945) is an Iraqi-Iranian Shia marja' and political theorist. al-Modarresi is the author of over 400 books on matte ...

(born 1945) *

Mohammad Yaqoobi , birth_date = , birth_place = Najaf, Iraq , location = Najaf, Iraq , Title = Grand Ayatollah , Period = 2003–present , Predecessor = Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr , Successor = , ordinatio ...

(born 1960) *

Morteza Hosseini Fayaz Sayyid Murtadha Husayni al-Fayadh (9 April 1929 - 20 August 2014, Arabic: السيد مرتضى الحسيني فياض) was an Iraqi Twelver Shi'a Marja. He has studied in seminaries of Najaf, Iraq under Abul-Qassim Khoei and Muhsin al-Haki ...

(1929–2014) *

Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr ( ar, آية الله العظمى السيد محمد باقر الصدر; 1 March 1935 – 9 April 1980), also known as al-Shahīd al-Khāmis (the fifth martyr), was an Iraqi philosopher, and the ideological founde ...

(1935–1980) *

Sadiq al-Shirazi Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Sadiq al-Husayni al-Shirazi ( ar, صادق الحسيني الشيرازي; fa, سید صادق حسینی شیرازی; born August 20, 1942) is an Iraqi-Iranian Shia marja'. He hails from an influential transnational c ...

(born 1942) * Shamsodin Vaezi (born 1936) *

Shahab ud-Din Mar'ashi Najafi Shahab ad-Din Muhammad Hussain Mar'ashi Najafi (July 21, 1897 – August 29, 1990) ( ar, اية الله العظمى السيد شهابالدين الحسينى المرعشى نجفى) was an Iraqi Shia ''Grand Ayatollah'' and Marja'. Educat ...

(1897–1990)

Jordan

Umar Sulayman al-Ashqar Umar Sulaiman Al-Ashqar (1940 - 10 August 2012: Arabic: عمر بن سليمان الاشقر) was a Salafi Muslim Brotherhood The Society of the Muslim Brothers ( ar, جماعة الإخوان المسلمين'' ''), better known as the Musl ...

(1930–2012) *

Sa'id Foudah Sa'id 'Abd al-Latif Foudah ( ar, سعيد عبد اللطيف فودة) is a Shafi'i-Ash'ari academic working in Islamic theology (kalam), logic, legal theory (usul al-fiqh), and a prolific polemicist best known for his criticism of Ibn Arabi and ...

(born 1967) *

Nuh Ha Mim Keller Nuh Ha Mim Keller (born 1954) is an American Islamic scholar, teacher and author who lives in Amman. He is a translator of a number of Islamic books. Life and scholarship Keller studied philosophy and Arabic at the University of Chicago and th ...

(born 1954) * Abdul Karim Khasawneh (born 1944) * Nuh al-Qudah (born 1939)

Lebanon

* Abdullah al-Harari (1910–2008) *

Gibril Haddad Gibril Fouad Haddad (born 1960) ( ar-at, جبريل فؤاد حداد; ) is a Lebanese-born Islamic scholar, hadith expert (''muhaddith''), author, and translator of classical Islamic texts. He was featured in the inaugural list of ''The 500 Mo ...

(born 1960) * Hisham Kabbani (born 1945) *

Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Husayn Fadlallah (also Sayyed Muhammad Hussein Fadl-Allāh; ar, محمد حسين فضل الله; 16 November 1935 – 4 July 2010) was a prominent twelver Shia cleric from a Lebanese family. Born in Najaf, Iraq, ...

(1935–2010) *

Musa al-Sadr Musa Sadr al-Din al-Sadr ( ar, موسى صدر الدين الصدر; 4 June 1928 – disappeared 31 August 1978) was an Iranian-born Lebanese scholar and political leader who founded the Amal Movement. Born in the Chaharmardan neighborhood o ...

(1928–1978) * Sobhi Mahmassani (1909–1986)

Oman

Zohurul Hoque Zohurul Hoque ( bn, জহূরুল হক; 11 October 1926 – 18 January 2017) was an Indian Islamic scholar and doctor known for his translations of the Qur'an into the Bengali, Assamese and English languages. He later moved to Muscat in ...

(1926–2017)

Palestine

* Taqiuddin al-Nabhani (1909–1977)

Saudi Arabia

Abd al-Aziz ibn Abd Allah ibn Baaz Sheikh Abd al Aziz ibn Abdullah ibn Baz ( ar, عبد العزيز بن عبد الله بن باز, ʿAbd al ʿAzīz bin ʿAbdullāh bin Bāz, 21 November 1912 – 13 May 1999) was a Saudi Arabian Islamic ulama, scholar who served as the Grand Muf ...

(1910–1999) *

Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais Abdul Rahman Ibn Abdul Aziz al-Sudais ( ar, عَبْدُ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ بْنُ عَبْدِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلسُّدَيْسِ, ʻAbd ar-Raḥman ibn ʻAbd al-ʻAziz as-Sudais), better known as Al-Sudais, is one of the nine i ...

(born 1960) * Abdul-Azeez ibn Abdullaah Aal ash-Shaikh (born 1943) * Abdullah Ibn Jibreen (1933–2009) *

Adil al-Kalbani Adil al-Kalbani () is a Saudi Arabian Muslim cleric of Afro-Saudi background who served as the Imam of the Great Mosque of Mecca. Biography Early years and studies Adil al-Kalbani was born in Riyadh on April 4, 1958 to poor emigrants from Ras ...

(born 1959) *

Ali Bin Abdur Rahman Al Huthaify Ali Bin Abdur Rahman Al Huthaify (born 22 May 1947) (Arabic; علي بن عبد الرحمن الحذيفي) is a Saudi imam and khateeb of the Al-Masjid an-Nabawi, and a former Imam of Quba Mosque. His style of reciting the Qur’an in a slow ...

(born 1947) *

Muhammad Al-Munajid Muhammad Saalih Al-Munajjid (محمد صالح المنجد) (born June 7, 1960/30 Dhul hijjah,1380) is a Syrian-born Palestinian- Saudi Islamic scholar. He is the founder of the fatwa website IslamQA, a popular website for Saudi Arabian Salafi r ...

(born 1960) * Muhammad ibn al Uthaymeen (1925–2001) *

Muhammad Muhsin Khan Muhammad Muhsin Khan (Pashto/Dari/Arabic: ; 1927 – 14 July 2021) was an Islamic scholar and translator of Afghan origin, who lived in Madinah and served as the Chief of Department of Chest Diseases at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and ...

(born 1927) *

Rabee al-Madkhali Rabīʿ bin Hādī ʿUmayr al Madkhalī ( ar, ربيع بن هادي عمير المدخلي), is a former head of the Sunnah Studies Department at the Islamic University of Madinah. He is a Salafi Muslim scholar and the founder of Madkhalism ...

(born 1931) *

Saleh Al-Fawzan Saleh Al-Fawzan ( ar, صالح بن فوزان الفوزان; born 1933) is an Islamic scholar and has been a member of several high religious bodies in Saudi Arabia. He is considered to be the most senior scholar of Islam in Saudi Arabia. His s ...

(born 1933) *

Saud Al-Shuraim Saud ibn Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Shuraim (Arabic: سعود بن ابراهيم بن محمد الشريم; born 19 January 1964), is one of the prayer leaders and Friday preachers at the Grand Mosque Masjid al-Haram in Makkah. A Quranic reciter, ...

(born 1964)

Syria

Ahmed Kuftaro Ahmed Kuftaro or Ahmad Kaftaru (Arabic: أحمد كفتارو; December 1915 – 1 September 2004) was the Grand Mufti of Syria, the highest officially appointed Sunni Muslim representative of the Fatwa-Administration in the Syrian Ministry of ...

(1915–2004) * Muhammad Ali al-Sabuni (1930-2021) *

Muhammad al-Yaqoubi Muhammad Abul Huda al-Yaqoubi ( ar, محمد أبو الهدى اليعقوبي; born 7 May 1963) is a Syrian Islamic scholar and religious leader. He has opposed both Bashar al-Assad and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Early life and background Al-Y ...

(born 1963) * Muhammad bin Yahya al-Ninowy (born 1966) *

Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani Muhammad b. al-Haj Nuh b. Nijati b. Adam al-Ishqudri al-Albani al-Arnauti ( ar, مُحَمَّد نَاصِر ٱلدِّيْن ٱلْأَلْبَانِي الأرنؤوط), better known simply as Al-Albani (August 16, 1914 – October 2, 1999), ...

(1914–1999) *

Muhammad Said Ramadan al-Bouti Mohammed Said Ramadan Al-Bouti ( ar, مُحَّمَد سَعِيد رَمَضَان ٱلْبُوطِي, Muḥammad Saʿīd Ramaḍān al-Būṭī) (1929 - 21 March 2013) was a notable Sunni Muslim scholar who was also known as "Shaykh of the ...

(1929–2013) *

Munira al-Qubaysi Shaykha Munira Qubaysi (also spelled Qubeysi; 1933 – December 25, 2022) was an Islamic scholar and spiritual guide to a vast number of women around the world who were impacted by her either directly or indirectly through her students. Educatio ...

(born 1933)

Turkey

* Ahmet Mahmut Ünlü (born 1965) * Ali Bardakoğlu (born 1952) * Ali Erbaş (born 1961) * Cemalnur Sargut (born 1962) *

Fethullah Gülen Muhammed Fethullah Gülen (born 27 April 1941) is a Turkish Islamic scholar, preacher, and a one-time opinion leader, as de facto leader of the Gülen movement. Gülen is designated an influential neo-Ottomanist, Anatolian panethnicist, Isl ...

(born 1941) * Hidayet Şefkatli Tuksal (born 1963) *

Hüseyin Hilmi Işık Huseyin Hilmi Işık (March 8, 1911 - October 26, 2001) was a Turkish, Sunni Islamic scholar. Life Hüseyn Hilmi Işık was born in Eyüp, Istanbul. He received religious education from mujtahid Abdulhakim Arvasi. He learned ma'qûl, manqûl, ...

(1911-2001) * Mahmud Esad Coşan (1938–2001) * Mahmut Ustaosmanoğlu (1929-2022) * Mehmed Fatih Çıtlak (born 1967) * Mehmet Görmez (born 1959) *

Mustafa Çağrıcı Mustafa Çağrıcı is a Turkish former mufti of Istanbul ) , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = 34000 to 34990 , area_code = +90 212 (European side) +90 216 (Asian side) , registration_plat ...

(born 1950) *

Muzaffer Ozak Muzaffer Ozak (formally: Sheikh Muzaffer Özak Âșkî al-Jerrahi) (1916 – 12 February 1985) was a Turkish Muslim spiritual author, imam, and the 19th Grand Sheikh of the Halveti- Jerrahi Order of Dervishes, a traditional Ottoman Sufi order ...

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Osman Nuri Topbaş Osman Nuri Topbaş (born 1942) is a Turkish Sufi master and author who lives in Istanbul, Turkey. He is the spiritual leader of the Naqshbandi Sufi Order based in Kadıköy, İstanbul. Biography He was born in 1942 in Erenköy, İstanbul ...

(born 1942) *

Ömer Tuğrul İnançer Ömer Tuğrul İnançer (5 May 1946, Bursa - 4 September 2022, Istanbul) was a Turkish lawyer, Sufi musician, and Shaykh of the Jerrahi Order. He retired from his duty as the founding general manager of the Istanbul Historical Turkish Music Ense ...

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Süleyman Ateş Süleyman Ateş (born 3 January 1933) is a Turkish theologian, philosopher, and writer. He was 12th Director of religious affairs of Turkey. He graduated at Ankara University and passed out the highest degree. He attended an assistant program ...

(born 1933) *

Yaşar Nuri Öztürk Yaşar Nuri Öztürk (February 5, 1951 – June 22, 2016) was a Turkish Islamic scholar, university professor of Islamic theology, lawyer, columnist and a former member of Turkish parliament. He has been described as a Quranist and has given many ...

(1951-2016)

Yemen

* Abdul Majeed al-Zindani (born 1942) *

Habib Ali al-Jifri Habib Ali Zain al-Abidin al-Jifri ( ar, الحبيب علي زين العابدين الجفري; born 16 April 1971) is a Yemeni-born Sunni and Sufi Islamic scholar and spiritual educator located in the United Arab Emirates. He is the founder o ...

(born 1971) *

Habib Umar bin Hafiz Habib Umar bin Hafiz ( ar-at, عمر بن حفيظ, Ḥabīb ʿUmar bin Ḥafīẓ; ; born 27 May 1963) is a Yemeni Sunni and Sufi Islamic scholar, teacher, and founder and dean of Dar al-Mustafa Islamic seminary. He also a member of the Suprem ...

(born 1963) *

Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i Muqbil bin Hadi bin Muqbil bin Qa’idah al-Hamdani al-Wadi’i al-Khallali (1933 – 21 July 2001) ( ar, مقبل بن هادي الوادعي) was an Islamic scholar and a major proponent of Quietist Salafism in Yemen. He was the founder of a ...

(1933–2001) * Yahya al-Hajuri

South Asia

Bangladesh

Abdul Latif Chowdhury Fultali Abdul Latif Chowdhury ( bn, আব্দুল লতিফ চৌধুরী; 25 May 1913 – 16 January 2008), widely known as Saheb Qiblah Fultali, was a Bangladeshi Sufi Islamic scholar and theologian who is the founder of the Fultali movem ...

(1913–2008) * Abdul Halim Bukhari (born 1945) *

Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani (12 December 1880 – 17 November 1976), often shortened as Maulana Bhashani, was a Bengali politician. His political tenure spanned the British colonial India, Pakistan and Bangladesh periods. Maulana Bhashani was pop ...

(1880–1976) *

Abdul Haque Faridi Abul Faraḥ Muḥammad ʿAbdul Ḥaque Farīdī (25 May 1903 – 5 February 1996) was a Bangladeshi educator and author. In recognition of his contributions in the field of linguistics, he was awarded a Bangla Academy Fellowship. Faridi was t ...

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Abdul Jabbar Jahanabadi Muhammad Abdul Jabbar Jahanabadi ( bn, মোহম্মদ আব্দুল জব্বার জাহানাবাদী) was an Islamic scholar and secretary general of Befaqul Madarisil Arabia Bangladesh. He has been described as a pio ...

(1937–2016) * Abdul Khaleque Mondal (born 1944) * Abdul Malek Halim *

Abdul Matin Chowdhury Abdul Matin Chowdhury (1 May 1921 – 24 June 1981) was a Bangladeshi academic and physicist. He served as the 14th Vice-chancellor of the University of Dhaka. Education Chowdhury passed entrance examination from Arunchandra High School in No ...

(1915–1990) *

Abdur Rahim ʻAbd al-Raḥīm ( ALA-LC romanization of ar, عبد الرحيم) is a male Muslim given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words ''ʻabd'', ''al-Raḥīm'', one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to ...

(1918–1987) * Abdur Rahman Chatgami (1920–2015) * Abdur Rahman Kashgarhi (d. 1971) * Abdus Salam Chatgami (1943–2021) *

Abdus Sobhan Maulana Muhammad Abdus Sobhan ( bn, মাওলানা মুহাম্মদ আব্দুস সুবহান; 19 February 1936 – 14 February 2020) was a Bangladeshi politician. He was a member of the central working committee of the ...

(1936–2020) *

Abu Zafar Mohammad Saleh Abu Zafar Mohammad Saleh ( bn, আবু জাফর মোহাম্মদ সালেহ; 1915 – 13 February 1990), popularly known as the Pir of Sarsina, was a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar. He was said to have contributed to the establis ...

(1915–1990) * A F M Khalid Hossain (born 1959) *

Ahmed Ali Enayetpuri Ahmed Ali Enayetpuri ( bn, আহমদ আলী এনায়েতপুরী) was a Bengali writer, journalist, and politician. Early life and education Ahmed Ali was born on 21 January 1898, to a Bengali Muslim family in the village of ...

(1898–1959) *

Ashraf Ali Bishwanathi Ashraf Ali Bishwanathi (1928–2005) was a Bangladeshi Deobandi Islamic scholar, educator, politician and religious writer. He was called "Baba-e Jamiat" in order to lay the foundation of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh in East Pakistan and prese ...

(1928–2005) *

Athar Ali Bengali Athar Ali ( bn, আতহার আলী; 1891-1976) was a Bangladeshi Islamic activist, author, teacher and politician. He participated in the Indian independence movement, and was former president of the Nizam-e-Islam Party. Ali was also a '' ...

(1891–1976) * Azizul Haq (1903–1961) * Azizul Haque (1919–2012) *

Deen Muhammad Khan Deen Muhammad Khan (1900–1974) was a Bangladeshi Deobandi Islamic scholar and Tafsir, Mufassir. He was known for interpreting the ''Quran'' in Urdu. After completed his studies at Darul Uloom Deoband, he started teaching. He was one of the foun ...

(1900–1974) * Delwar Hossain Sayeedi (born 1940) * Farid Uddin Chowdhury (b. 1947) *

Fazlul Karim Fazlul Karim ( ar, فضل الکریم ) is a male Muslim given name, meaning ''bounty of the Generous One''. Bearers of the name include: *Sheikh Fazlul Karim (1882–1936), Bangladeshi poet and writer * Fazlul Karim (lawyer) (1905-1986), Banglad ...

(1935–2006) *

Fazlul Haque Amini Faḍl al-Ḥaqq ibn Wājid ad-Dīn al-Amīnī ( ar, فضل الحق بن واجد الدين الأميني; 194512 December 2012), or simply Fazlul Hoque Amini ( bn, ফজলুল হক আমিনী) was an Islamic scholar and politician ...

(1945–2012) * Gulamur Rahman (1865–1937) * Hafezzi Huzur (1895–1997) * Ibrahim Chatuli (1894–1984) *

Ibrahim Ujani Muhammad Ibrahim of Ujani ( bn, মুহম্মদ ইব্রাহীম উজানী; 1863 – 1943) was a Bengali Deobandi scholar and founder of the Jamia Islamia Ibrahimia. He was a senior disciple of Rashid Ahmad Gangohi, and his k ...

(1863–1943) *

Izharul Islam Izharul Islam Chowdhury ( bn, মুফতি ইজহারুল ইসলাম) is the founder of Jamiatul Uloom Al-Islamia Lalkhan Bazar. He is the present executive president of Nizam-e-Islam Party and Nayeb-e-Ameer of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangl ...

Junaid Babunagari Muḥammad Junaid, popularly known as Junaid Babunagari ( bn, জুনায়েদ বাবুনগরী; 8 October 1953 – 19 August 2021), was a Bangladeshi Deobandi Islamic scholar, educator, writer, researcher, Islamic speaker and s ...

(1955–2021) * Khwaja Yunus Ali (1886–1951) * Mahfuzul Haque (born 1969) * Mahmudul Hasan (born 1950) *

Mamunul Haque Maʾmūn al-Ḥaqq ibn ʿAzīz al-Ḥaqq ibn Irshād ʿAlī ad-Dākawī ( ar, مأمون الحق بن عزيز الحق بن إرشاد علي الداكوي; born November 1973), or simply Mamunul Haque ( bn, মামুনুল হক), is a ...

(born 1973) *

Mohammad Akram Khan Mohammad Akram Khan ( bn, মোহাম্মদ আকরম খাঁ; 1868 – 18 August 1968) was a Bengali journalist, politician and Islamic scholar. He was the founder of Dhaka's first Bengali newspaper, '' The Azad''. He was among the ...

(1868–1969) * Muhammad Abdul Malek (born 1969) *

Muhammad Asadullah Al-Ghalib Muhammad Asadullah Al-Ghalib ( bn, মুহম্মদ আসাদুল্লাহ আল-গালিব; born 15 January 1948) is a Bangladeshi reformist Islamic scholar and former professor of Arabic at the University of Rajshahi. He is ...

(born 1948) *

Muhammad Faizullah Muḥammad Fayḍ Allāh ibn Hidāyat ʿAlī al-Islāmābādī ( ar, محمد فيض الله بن هداية علي الإسلام آبادي, 1890–1976), popularly known as Mufti Faizullah ( bn, মুফতি ফয়জুল্লাহ) ...

(1892–1976) *

Muhammad Shahidullah Muhammad Shahidullah ( bn, মুহম্মদ শহীদুল্লাহ; 10 July 1885 – 13 July 1969) was a Bengali linguist, philologist, educationist, and writer. In 2004, he was ranked number 16 in BBC's poll of the Greatest Benga ...

(1885–1969) * Muhammad Wakkas (1952–2021) *

Muhibbullah Babunagari Shah Mohammad Muhibbullah Babunagari ( bn, শাহ মোহম্মদ মুহিব্বুল্লাহ বাবুনগরী; born 15 February 1934) is a Bangladeshi Deobandi Islamic scholar, Politician and Academician. He is the c ...

(born 1935) *

Muhiuddin Khan Muhiuddin Khan ( bn, মুহিউদ্দিন খান; 1935–2016) was an Islamic scholar from Bangladesh and editor of ''Monthly Madina''. Khan was also a Quranic commentator, journalist, poet, writer and translator. He translated for t ...

(1935–2016) * Mushahid Ahmad Bayampuri (1907–1971) * Nur Hossain Kasemi (1945–2020) *

Nur Uddin Gohorpuri Nur Uddin Ahmed Gohorpuri ( bn, নূর উদ্দিন আহমদ গহরপুরী; 1924 – 26 April 2005) was a Bengali Muslim religious scholar and teacher. He was notable for his association with Qawmi Madrasahs in Bangladesh ...

(1924–2005) * Nurul Islam Farooqi (died 2014) * Nurul Islam Jihadi (born 1948) * Nurul Islam Olipuri (born 1955) *

Obaidul Haque Obaidul Haque ( bn, ওবায়দুল হক) was a politician, teacher and the former Member of Parliament of Sylhet-5. Early life and education Haque was born on 2 January 1934 into a Bengali Muslim in the village of Wazirpur in Khola ...

(1934–2008) * Obaidullah Hamzah (born 1972) * Ruhul Amin (b. 1962) *

Sayed Muhammad Amimul Ehasan Barkati Sayyid Muḥammad ʿAmīmul Eḥsān al-Barkatī ( ur, , bn, সাইয়্যেদ মুহম্মদ আমীমুল এহসান বরকতী) was a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar who served as the third Khatib of the Baitul Mu ...

(1911–1974) * Syed Najibul Bashar Maizbhandari (b. 1959) * Syed Rashid Ahmed Jaunpuri (1889–2001) *

Sajidur Rahman Sajidur Rahman (born 30 December 1964) is a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and educator. He is the Secretary General of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh and Co-chairman of Al-Haiatul Ulya Lil-Jamiatil Qawmia Bangladesh, the highest authority of Qawmi Mad ...

(b. 1964) * Sayed Kamaluddin Zafree (born 1945) *

Shah Ahmad Hasan Aḥmad Ḥasan ibn Waṣī ar-Raḥmān ibn Ḥamīd ʿAlī al-Jīrawī ( ar, أحمد حسن بن وصي الرحمن بن حامد علي الجيروي; 1882–1967), popularly known as Shah Ahmad Hasan ( bn, শাহ আহমদ হাস� ...

(1882–1967) *

Shah Ahmad Shafi Shah Ahmad Shafi ( bn, শাহ আহমদ শফী) (1916 – 18 September 2020) was a Bangladeshi Sunni Islamic scholar, the chief of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh, Rector of Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam Hathazari and also the ch ...

(1916–2020) * Shahidul Islam (born 1960) *

Shahinur Pasha Chowdhury Shahinur Pasha Chowdhury ( bn, শাহীনুর পাশা চৌধুরী; born 1985) is a Bangladeshi politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Sunamganj-3 constituency during 2005–2006. He was elected a membe ...

(b. 1985) *

Shamsul Haque Faridpuri Shams al-Ḥaqq ibn Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Chirāgh ʿAlī al-Farīdfūrī ( ar, شمس الحق بن محمد عبد الله بن تشراغ علي الفريدفوري), or simply known as Shamsul Haque Faridpuri ( bn, শামসু� ...

(1896–1969) *

Shamsul Huda Panchbagi Shamsul Huda Panchbagi ( bn, শামছুল হুদা পাঁচবাগী; 1897 – 24 September 1988) was an Islamic scholar and politician from Bangladesh. He was a member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly and later founded the Emar ...

(1897–1988) *

Sultan Zauq Nadvi Sulṭān Zauq Nadvī ( bn, সুলতান যওক নদভী) is a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar, author and the founder of Jamia Darul Ma'arif Al-Islamia. He is known mainly for his expertise in and contribution to Arabic language and lit ...

(born 1939) *

Syed Fazlul Karim Syed Muhammad Fazlul Karim ( bn, সৈয়দ মোহম্মদ ফজলুল করিম; 1935 – 25 November 2006) was an Islamic scholar and politician. He was the founder of Islami Andolan Bangladesh, and founded a residential m ...

(1935–2006) *

Syed Mohammad Saifur Rahman Syed Mohammad Saifur Rahman Nizami (born 1916) is a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and researcher of Hadith. He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2020 by the Government of Bangladesh. Birth and early life Syed Mohammad Saifur Rahman Nizami was born in ...

(born 1916) * Syed Rezaul Karim (born 1971) * Ubaidul Haq (1928–2007) *

Zia Uddin Mufakkir al-Islām Ḍiyā' ad-Dīn ibn Muqaddas ʿAlī ( ar, مفكر الإسلام ضياء الدين بن مقدس علي; born 4 April 1941), better known simply as Zia Uddin ( bn, জিয়া উদ্দিন) or reverentially as Nazi ...

(born 1941)

India

* Abdul Hamid Qadri Badayuni (1898–1970) *

Abdul Haq Azmi Abdul Haq Azmi (1928 – 30 December 2016) was an Indian Muslim scholar who was a senior professor of hadith at the Darul Uloom Deoband. He was an alumnus of Darul Uloom Mau and Darul Uloom Deoband. His students included Mahmood Madani, Mohamm ...

(1928–2016) * Abdul Jalil Choudhury (1925-1989) * Abdul Khaliq Sambhali (1950–2021) * Abdul Rashid Dawoodi (born 1979) * Abdul Razzaq (1932–2021) * Anzar Shah Kashmiri (1927–2008) *

Ameen Mian Qaudri Syed Muhammad Ameen Mian Qadri is the custodian (Sajjada Nashin) of the Khanqah-e-Barkatiya Marehra Shareef (Sufi Khanqah) of Qadri Order, a subgroup of the Indian Sufi Barelvi movement and founder of Al Barkaat Educational Institutions,Aligarh ...

Atiqur Rahman Usmani Atīqur Rahmān Usmānī (1901 – 12 May 1984) was an Indian Muslim scholar and an activist of Indian independence movement who co-founded Nadwatul Musannifeen and the All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat. Usmānī was an alumnus of the Darul ...

(1901–1984) * Bashir al-Najafi (born 1942) * Bashir-ud-din Farooqi (1934–2019) * E. K. Aboobacker Musliyar (1914–1996) * Faizul Waheed (1966–2021) * Fuzail Ahmad Nasiri (born 1978) * Habibur Rahman Khairabadi (born 1933) *

Hafizur Rahman Wasif Dehlavi Hafizur Rahman Wasif Dehlavi (10 February 1910 – 13 March 1987) was an Indian Muslim scholar, jurist, literary critic, and a poet of the Urdu language, who served as the rector of Madrasa Aminia from 1955 to 1979. He participated in the India ...

(1910–1987) *

Hamid al-Ansari Ghazi Hāmid al-Ansāri Ghāzi (1909 – 16 October 1992) was an Indian Muslim scholar, author and a journalist, who co-founded the Nadwatul Musannifeen and served as the editor of bi-weekly newspaper Madina. He was the son of Muhammad Mian Mansoor An ...

(1909–1992) * Hashmi Miya (born 1947) * Kafilur Rahman Nishat Usmani (1942–2006) * Kalbe Abid (1923–1986) *

Kalbe Sadiq 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 ...

(1939–2020) * Kanniyath Ahmed Musliyar (1900–1993) *

Kanthapuram A. P. Aboobacker Musliyar Kanthapuram A. P. Aboobacker Musliyar known as Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad (Born as ''A. P. Aboobacker'' at ''Kanthapuram'' on 22 March 1931) is the Grand Mufti of India and also the Social Worker. He is also the Chancellor of the Jamia M ...

(born 1931) * Khalid Saifullah Rahmani (born 1956) *

Mohammad Najeeb Qasmi Mohammad Najeeb Qasmi Sambhali is an Indian Sunni Islamic scholar who established Al-Noor Public School, Sambhal. He is an alumnus of Darul Uloom Deoband, Delhi University and the Jamia Millia Islamia. He has authored ''Dars-e-Hadith'', ''Dars-e ...

Muhammad Salim Qasmi Muhammad Salim Qasmi Siddiqi (8 January 1926 — 14 April 2018) was an Indian Muslim scholar who co-founded the Darul Uloom Waqf in Deoband and served as its first rector. He was an alumnus of Darul Uloom Deoband. He received the fourth Shah Wa ...

(1926–2018) *

Muhammad Sufyan Qasmi Muhammad Sufyan Qasmi Siddiqi is an Indian Sunni Muslim scholar and current rector of Darul Uloom Waqf, Deoband. Biography Muhammad Sufyan Qasmi was born on 26 September 1954 into the Siddiqi family of Nanauta. His father Muhammad Salim Qasm ...

(born 1954) * Muhammad Taqi Amini (1926–1991) * Muhammad Yunus Jaunpuri (1937–2017) *

Minnatullah Rahmani Minnatullah Rahmani (7 April 1913 – 20 March 1991) was an Indian Sunni Muslim scholar who served as the first General Secretary of All India Muslim Personal Law Board. He was an alumnus of Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama and Darul Uloom Deoband, and ...

(1913–1991) * Mufti Syed Ziauddin Naqshbandi *

Muhammad Madni Ashraf Ashrafi Al-Jilani Syed Mohammed Madni Ashraf often referred to as Shaykh al-Islām, and Madni Miyan (born on 27 August 1938 Common Era, CE; 1 Rajab 1357 Islamic calendar, AH) is an Indian people, Indian Islamic scholar, theologian, murshid, spiritual leader and a ...

(born 1938) * Mujahidul Islam Qasmi (1936–2002) * Mustafa Raza Khan Qadri * Nazir Ahmad Qasmi (born 1 June 1965) * Nizamuddin Asir Adrawi (1926–2021) *

Noor Alam Khalil Amini Noor Alam Khalil Amini (18 December 1952 – 3 May 2021) was an Indian Sunni Muslim scholar, academic and a litterateur of Arabic and Urdu. He was a senior professor of Arabic language and literature at the Darul Uloom Deoband. His book ''Falasti ...

(1952–2021) *

Qamaruzzaman Azmi Qamaruzzaman Azmi (born 23 March 1946), also known as Allama Azmi, is an Indian Islamic scholar, philosopher and speaker. He is president of the World Islamic Mission. From 2011 to 2021, he was listed in The 500 Most Influential Muslims in the ...

* Rafiq Ahmad Pampori (born 1956) * Rahmatullah Mir Qasmi (born 1956) * Saeed Ahmad Akbarabadi (1908–1985) *

Sa'id Akhtar Rizvi Sayyid Sa‘eed Akhtar Rizvi ( ur, سيد سعيد اختر رضوي) (1927–2002) was an Indian born, Twelver Shī‘ah scholar, who promoted Islam in East Africa. He was given authorizations ( ar, اجازة) by fourteen Grand Ayatullahs for ...

(1927–2002) *

Salman Mazahiri Salman Mazahiri (10 October 1946 – 20 July 2020) was an Indian Muslim scholar who served as chancellor of Mazahir Uloom Jadeed. Early life and education Mazahiri was born on 10 October 1946. Aged 15, he entered Mazahir Uloom, Saharanpur in ...

(1946–2020) *

Sayyid Abdurahman Imbichikoya Thangal Al-Aydarusi Al-Azhari Sayyid Abdurahman Imbichikoya Thangal Al-Aydarusi Al-Azhari ( السيد عبد الرحمان العيدروس الأزهري تنكل), also known as Azhari Thangal (അസ്ഹരി തങ്ങള്‍) was the President of Samastha K ...

(1924–2015) *

Sayyid Ibraheem Khaleel Al Bukhari Sayyid Ibraheem Khaleel Al Bukhari (Malayalam: സയ്യിദ് ഇബ്റാഹീം ഖലീല്‍ അല്‍ ബുഖാരി) (Arabic: السيد ابراهيم الخليل البخاري) is founder and chairman of Ma'din ...

(born 1964) *

Shihabuddeen Ahmed Koya Shaliyathi Shihabuddeen Ahmed Koya Shaliyathi (Arabic:شهاب الدين احمد كويا شاليات, Malayalam:ശിഹാബുദ്ദീന് അഹ്മദ് കോയ ശാലിയാത്തി), who played vital roles in the reformati ...

Shakir Ali Noori Shakir Ali Noorie (also written as Muhammad Shākīr ´Alī Nūrī) is an Indian Sunni Muslim scholar, preacher and current President of Sunni Dawate Islami, a non-political, religious organisation in Mumbai, India. He has been ranked among the ...

Shams Naved Usmani Shams Naved Usmani (1931 – 26 August 1993) was an Indian Muslim scholar. He belonged to the Usmani family of Deoband and was an alumnus of the University of Lucknow. He held the titles of Acharya and Maulana together. He was known for his in ...

(1931–1993) *

Syed Ahmad Hashmi Syed Ahmad Hashmi (17 January 1932 - 4 November 2001) was an Indian Muslim scholar and politician who served as the seventh general secretary of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind and the chairman of Passenger Amenities Committee. He was a member of the Rajya ...

(1932–2001) * Syed Aqeel-ul-Gharavi (born 1964) *

Syed Hamidul Hasan Syed Hamidul Hasan is a Shia scholar from Lucknow, India. He is also the current principal of Jamia Nazmia. Education He completed his education from Jamia Nazmia up to Mumtaz-ul-Afazil and was taught by Syed Ahmad Ali (son of Mohammad Abb ...

* Syed Mohammed Mukhtar Ashraf (1916-1996) * Syed Muhammedali Shihab Thangal (1936–2009) * Syed Zafrul Hasan Rizvi (1911–1983) *

Usman Mansoorpuri Muḥammad Usmān Mansoorpuri (12 August 1944 – 21 May 2021) was an Indian Muslim scholar who served as the first National President of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind's Mahmood faction. He taught hadith at the Darul Uloom Deoband and served the seminary a ...

(1944–2021) * Wahiduddin Khan (1925–2021) * Yasin Mazhar Siddiqi (1944–2020) * Zayn al-Abidin Sajjad Meerthi (1910–1991) * Zeeshan Haider Jawadi (1938–2000) *

Ziauddin Madani Ziauddin Madani ( ur, ) was a Sufi also known as Qutb-e-Madina. He lived most of his life in Medina. He was born in 1877 in Sialkot and died on 2 October 1981. He was buried in Al-Baqi. He was an Islamic scholar and disciple of Imam Ahmad R ...

Ziaul Mustafa Razvi Qadri Zia ul Mustafa Aazmi Qadri Razvi Amjadi ( ur, مفتی ضیاء المصطفیٰ اعظمی رضوی قادری امجد; hi, हिन्दी मुफ्ती अल्लामा ज़ियाउल मुस्तफा कादर� ...

Pakistan

* Abdur Razzaq Iskander (1935–2021) * Abu Salman Shahjahanpuri (1940–2021) * Abu Yahya (born 1969) *

Abdul Sattar Khan Niazi Abdus Sattar Khan Niazi (مولاناعبدالستارخان نیازی) (1 October 1915 – 2 May 2001) was a Pakistani religious and political leader. Early life He was born on 1 October 1915 at Isakhel in Mianwali District, Punjab, B ...

(1915–2001) * Alauddin Siddiqui (1936–2017) *

Amin Ahsan Islahi Amin Ahsan Islahi ( ur, مولانا امین احسن اصلاحی; 1904 – 15 December 1997), was a Pakistani Muslim scholar best known for his Urdu exegesis of the Quran, ''Tadabbur-i-Quran'' "Pondering on the Quran", which he based ...

(1904–1997) *

Ameer Muhammad Akram Awan Ameer Muhammad Akram Awan ( ur, , ; born 31 December 1934 in Noorpur Sethi, British India – died 7 December 2017 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan) was an Islamic scholar and spiritual leader of the Naqshbandia Owaisiah order of Sufism. He belonged ...

(1934–2017) * Ehsan Elahi Zaheer (1940-1987) * Fazal-ur-Rehman (born 1953) * Fateh Muhammad Panipati (1905–1987) * Ghulam Ali Okarvi (1919–2000) * Ghulam Ahmed Perwez (1903–1985) * Ghulam Mohi-ud-Din Ghaznavi (1902–1975) * Hakeem Muhammad Akhtar (1928–2013) *

Ilyas Qadri Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadri ( ur, ), known as ''Attar'' (), is a Sufi Islamic preacher, Muslim scholar and founding leader of Dawat-e-Islami. He is based in Karachi, Pakistan. Qadri is the author of Faizan-e-Sunnat. Family background His ...

(12 July 1950) *

Israr Ahmed Israr Ahmad ( ur, اسرار احمد; 26 April 1932 – 14 April 2010) was a Pakistani Islamic theologian, philosopher, and Islamic scholar who was followed particularly in South Asia as well as by South Asian Muslims in the Middle East, We ...

(1932–2010) *

Javed Ahmad Ghamidi Javed Ahmad Ghamidi ( ur, , translit=Jāvēd Aḥmad Ghāmidī; April 7, 1952) is a Pakistani philosopher, educationist, and scholar of Islam. He is also the founding President of Al-Mawrid Institute of Islamic Sciences and its sister organisat ...

(born 1952) * Khadim Hussain Rizvi (1966-2020) * Khalid Masud (1935–2003) * Khurshid Ahmad (born 1932) *

Muhammad Adil Khan Muḥammad Adil Khan (or Adil Khān; 195710 October 2020) was a Pakistani Sunni Muslim scholar who served as the rector of Jamia Farooqia. He was seen as an influential scholar in Pakistan. Khan was an alumnus of the Jamia Farooqia and the Uni ...

(died 2020) *

Muhammad Ali Mirza Muhammad Ali Mirza, commonly known as Engineer Muhammad Ali Mirza (; born 4 October 1977) is a Pakistani Islamic scholar and commentator. Biography Muhammad Ali Mirza was born on 4 October 1977 in Jhelum, a city in Punjab, Pakistan. He is a 19t ...

(born 1977) * Muhammad Ishaq Madni (1935-28 August 2013) *

Muhammad Rafi Usmani Muhammad Rafi Usmani ( ur, محمد رفیع عثمانی; 21 July 1936 – 18 November 2022) was a Pakistani Muslim scholar, jurist and author who served as the President of Darul Uloom Karachi. He was an alumnus of Darul Uloom Deoband, Univer ...

(born 1936) * Muhammad Raza Saqib Mustafai (born 1972) *

Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri ( ur, ‎; born 19 February 1951) is a Pakistani–Canadian Islamic scholar and former politician who founded Minhaj-ul-Quran International and Pakistan Awami Tehreek. He was also a professor of international co ...

(born 1951) *

Muhammad Taqi Usmani Muhammad Taqi Usmani (born 5 October 1943) is a Pakistani Islamic scholar and former judge who is the current president of the Wifaq ul Madaris Al-Arabia and the vice president and Hadith professor of the Darul Uloom Karachi. An intellectual ...

(born 1949) *

Muneeb-ur-Rehman Muḥammad Muneeb-ur-Rehman ( Munīb-ur-Rehmān; born ) is a Pakistani Mufti and former chairman of Ruet-e-Hilal Committee. He is a professor at Jinnah University for Women, Member of National Academic Council of Institute of Policy Studies, ...

(born 1945) *

Nizamuddin Shamzai Nizamuddin Shamzai (12 July 1952 – 30 May 2004) was a pro-Taliban Pakistani Sunni Islamic scholar and the senior professor of hadith at the Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia. He was considered "one of the most important Deobandi figures in Pakistan" ...

(12 July 1952 – 30 May 2004) * Rasheed Turabi (1908–1973) *

Shah Ahmad Noorani Shah Ahmad Noorani Siddiqi (1 October 1926 – 11 December 2003, known as Allama Noorani) was a Pakistani Islamic scholar, mystic, philosopher, revivalist and politician. Siddiqi was founder of the World Islamic Mission, leader of the Jamiat ...

(1926–2003) *

Shah Turab ul Haq Shah Turab ul Haq Qadri (15 September 1944 – 6 October 2016) (Urdu: شاہ تراب الحق قادری) was a Sunni Muslim scholar, preacher and politician from Hyderabad who represented the Sufi Barelvi movement in Karachi, Pakistan. He wa ...

(1944–2016) *

Syed Adnan Kakakhail Syed Adnan Kakakhail ( ur, سید عدنان کاکاخیل; born 27 September 1975) is a Pakistani Sunni Muslim scholar, columnist and author. He is the founder and CEO of Al-Burhan Institute. He is a recipient presidential award for the "Bes ...

(born 1975) *

Syed Jawad Naqvi Syed Jawad Naqvi ( ur, ; born 1952) is a Pakistani philosopher, scholar, Religious Leader, Quranic interpreter and theologian of Twelver Shi'ism, Twelver Shia. Early life and family details He was born on 5 March 1952 in a village named Thipr ...

(born 1952) * Syed Shehanshah Hussain Naqvi (born 1974) * Syed Shujaat Ali Qadri (1941–1993) * Talib Jauhari (1939–2020) *

Tariq Jamil Tariq Jamil ( ur, , Ṭāriq Jamīl; born 1 October 1953), is a Pakistani Islamic television preacher, religious writer, scholar, and a member of the Tablighi Jamaat. The recipient of the Pride of Performance award, Jamil has been named twice i ...

(born 1953) *

Tariq Masood Tariq Masood (commonly known as Mufti Tariq Masood, ur, ; born 4 March 1975) is a Pakistani Deobandi author and Islamic scholar, who teaches at the Jamia Tur Rasheed seminary in Karachi. He has authored books Including ''Aik se Za'id Shadiyo ...

(born 1975) * Uzair Gul Peshawari (died 17 November 1989) *

Zar Wali Khan Mufti Zar Wali Khan (1953 – 7 December 2020), was a Pakistani Islamic scholar, writer and Friday sermon preacher. He was the founder and the principal of Jamia Ahsan Ul Uloom. Biography Khan was born in Jehangira and studied at Jamia Uloom- ...

(1953–2020)

Indonesia

Abdurrahman Wahid Abdurrahman Wahid ( ; born Abdurrahman ad-Dakhil; 7 September 1940 – 30 December 2009), though more colloquially known as Gus Dur (), was an Indonesian politician and Islamic religious leader who served as the 4th president of Indonesia, fr ...

(1940–2009) * B.J. Habibie (1936-2019) *

Fakih Usman Fakih Usman (Alternatively spelled as Faqih Usman; ; 2 March 1904 – 3 October 1968) was an Indonesian Islamic leader and politician of the Masyumi Party. He twice served as the Minister of Religious Affairs under the cabinets of Abdul ...

(1904–1968) *

Hamka Abdul Malik Karim Amrullah, better known by his pen name Hamka (17 February 1908 – 24 July 1981) was an Indonesian ʿālim, philosopher, writer, lecturer, politician and journalist. First affiliated with the Masyumi Party, until it was d ...

(1908–1981) * Ilyas Ruhiat (1934–2007) *

Maria Ulfah Maria Ulfah ( ar, ماريا أولفا; born 21 December 1955) is an Indonesian qāriʾah (reciter of the Quran) and manager of the Central Institute for the Development of Quranic Recitation. She is the winner of two Indonesian national Qur'an ...

(born 1955) *

Mas Mansoer Mas Mansoer (EYD: Mas Mansur; 25 June 1896 – 25 April 1946) was an Indonesian religious leader who served as the 4th chairman of Muhammadiyah from 1937 to 1942. He was declared a national hero by President Sukarno in 1964. Biography Mas ...

(1896–1946) *

Mohammad Natsir Mohammad Natsir (17 July 19086 February 1993) was an Islamic scholar and politician. He was Indonesia's fifth prime minister. After moving to Bandung from his hometown Solok, West Sumatra for senior high school, Natsir studied Islamic doctrine e ...

(1908–1993) * Quraish Shihab (born 1944) * Siti Noordjannah Djohantini (born 1958) * Siti Chamamah Soeratno (born 1941)

Malaysia

Abdul Hadi Awang Abdul Hadi bin Awang ( Jawi: عبدالهادي بن اواڠ; born 20 October 1947) is a Malaysian politician and religious teacher who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Marang since October 1990, 7th President of the Malaysian ...

(born 1947) * Asri Zainul Abidin (born 1971) * Haron Din (1940–2016) *

Nenney Shushaidah Binti Shamsuddin Nenney Shuhaidah Binti Shamsuddin (born c. 1975) is a Malaysian lawyer who has served as a Syariah Court, Syariah High Court judge in Selangor since 2016. She and Noor Huda Roslan are the only two female Syariah High Court judges in Malaysia. Sh ...

(born 1975) *

Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat Nik Abdul Aziz bin Nik Mat ( Jawi: ; 10 January 1931 – 12 February 2015) was a Malaysian politician and Muslim cleric. He was the Menteri Besar of Kelantan from 1990 to 2013 and the ''Mursyidul Am'' or Spiritual Leader of the Pan-Malaysian I ...

(1931–2015) *

Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas Syed Muhammad al Naquib bin Ali al-Attas ( ar, سيد محمد نقيب العطاس '; born 5 September 1931) is a Malaysian Muslim philosopher. He is one of the few contemporary scholars who is thoroughly rooted in the traditional Islamic sci ...

(born 1931) * Zailan Morris * Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri (born 1969)

Central Asia

Uzbekistan

* Muhammad Sadik Muhammad Yusuf (1952–2015)

East Asia

China

* Du Shuzhen (born 1924) * Muhammad Ma Jian (1906–1978)

Europe

The Balkans

* Abdul Qader Arnaoot (1928–2004) Kosovo *

(1914–1999) Albania *

Mustafa Cerić Mustafa Cerić (, born 5 February 1952) is a Bosnian imam who served as the Grand Mufti (''Reis-ul-Ulema'') of Bosnia and Herzegovina and is currently president of the World Bosniak Congress. He was also a candidate for a List of Bosniak members ...

(born 1952) Bosnia and Herzegovina * Shefqet Krasniqi (born 1966) Kosovo *

Shuaib Al Arna'ut The Late Al Arnaout. Shuaib ibn Muharram al-Albani al-Arnauti (in Arabicشعيب بن محرم الألباني الأرناؤوطي ) (2016-1928) was a well known Albanian scholar of Hadith in the Islamic World. He was famous for his works on H ...

(1928-2016) Albania * Vehbi Sulejman Gavoçi (1923-2013) Albania

Western Europe

Austria

* Adnan Ibrahim (born 1966) Vienna *

Muhammad Asad Muhammad Asad, ( ar, محمد أسد , ur, , born Leopold Weiss; 2 July 1900 – 20 February 1992) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Pakistani journalist, traveler, writer, linguist, political theorist and diplomat. He was a Jew but, later conve ...

(1900–1992)

Germany

* Ahmad Milad Karimi (born 1979) *

Halima Krausen Halima Krausen is a German Muslims, Muslim leader, theologian and scholar. Krausen served as an imam for the Islamic Centre Hamburg, Islamic Centre of Hamburg following the resignation of Imam Mehdi Razvi in 1996, and she held this position unti ...

(born 1949)

Ireland

Umar Al-Qadri Umar Al-Qadri is a Sunni Islamic scholar and sheikh based in Ireland who was born to a Pakistani Muslim scholarly family. His father is Sunni Muslim scholar Mehr Ali Qadri, who arrived in the late 1970s in The Hague, Netherlands, to serve as an ...

(born 1982) Dublin

United Kingdom

* Abdul Qayum (born 1960) London *

Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera (born 1974) is a Sunni Islamic scholar, author, and founder of Whitethread Institute and Zamzam Academy. He authored ''Fiqh al-Imam'' and ''Healthy Muslim Marriage''. He featured in the 2020 edition of The 500 Mo ...

(born 1974) *

Abu-Abdullah Adelabu Abdul-Fattah Abu-Abdullah Taiye Ejire Adelabu ( ar, عبد الفتّاح أبو عبد الله تَائيي أيجيري أديلابو) or simply Sheikh Adelabu (), also known as Al-Afriqi () or Shaykh Al-Afriqi () is a Nigeria-born British M ...

London * Abu Yusuf Riyadh ul Haq (born 1971) Leicester *

Ajmal Masroor Ajmal Masroor ( bn, আজমল মসরূর; born 19 October 1971) is a Bangladeshi-born British imam, broadcaster and politician. He is well known for being a television presenter on political discussions and on Muslim channels. Early lif ...

(born 1971) London * Ahmed Saad Al-Azhari (born 1978) London * Haifaa Jawad Birmingham * Haitham al-Haddad (born 1971) London *

Ibrahim Mogra Ibrahim Mogra is an imam from Leicester and former Assistant Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Britain. Early life Mogra was born in 1965 into a family of Gujarati Indian origin and emigrated to the UK at the age of 18 to study and ...

(born 1965) Leicester *

Joel Hayward Joel Hayward (born 1964) is a New Zealand-born British scholar, writer and poet. The daily newspaper '' Al Khaleej'' called Hayward "a world authority on international conflict and strategy". '' The National'' newspaper called Hayward "eminent" ...

(born 1964) London *

Khurshid Ahmad (scholar) Khurshīd Ahmad ( ur, ; b. 23 March 1932) , is a Pakistani economist, philosopher, politician, and an Islamic activist who helped to develop Islamic economic jurisprudence as an academic discipline and one of the co-founders (along with Khur ...

(born 1932) Leicester *

Martin Lings Martin Lings (24 January 1909 – 12 May 2005), also known as Abū Bakr Sirāj ad-Dīn, was an English writer, Islamic scholar, and philosopher. A student of the Swiss metaphysician Frithjof Schuon and an authority on the work of William Sh ...

(1909–2005) Manchester *

Mohammad Akram Nadwi Mohammad Akram Nadwi (born c. 1963) is an Islamic scholar and the Dean of Cambridge Islamic College, principal of Al-Salam Institute, and an Honorary Visiting Fellow at the Markfield Institute of Higher Education. He is the author of the 43 vo ...

(born 1964) Oxford *

Muhammad Abdul Bari Muhammad Abdul Bari ( bn, মুহাম্মাদ আব্দুল বারি; born October 1953), is a Bangladeshi-born British physicist, writer, teacher, and community leader. He is a former secretary of Muslim Aid, a former chairm ...

(born 1953) London * Muhammad ibn Adam Al-Kawthari, Leicester * Muhammad Imdad Hussain Pirzada (born 1946) Nottinghamshire * Musharraf Hussain (born 1962) Nottingham * Nahiem Ajmal (born 1979) * Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood (born 1942) London *

Shabbir Akhtar Shabbir Akhtar is a British Muslim philosopher, poet, researcher, writer and multilingual scholar. He is on the Faculty of Theology and Religions at the University of Oxford. His interests include political Islam, Quranic exegesis, revival of p ...

(born 1960) Bradford *

Timothy Winter Abdal Hakim Murad (born: Timothy John Winter; 15 May 1960) is an English academic, theologian and Islamic scholar who is a proponent of Islamic neo-traditionalism. His work includes publications on Islamic theology, modernity, and Anglo-Muslim ...

(born 1960) London *

Yasser Al-Habib Sheikh Yasser al-Habib ( ar, ياسر الحبيب born 20 January 1979) is a Kuwaiti Twelver Shia scholar, and the head of the London-based Khoddam Al-Mahdi Organization, as well as Al-Muhassin mosque in Fulmer, Buckinghamshire, and the writer ...

(born 1979) * Yusuf Motala (1946–2019) Lancashire

Switzerland

Frithjof Schuon Frithjof Schuon (, , ; 18 June 1907 – 5 May 1998) was a Swiss metaphysician of German descent, belonging to the Perennialist or Traditionalist School of thought. He was the author of more than twenty works in French on metaphysics, spiritual ...

(1907–1998) *

Tariq Ramadan Tariq Ramadan ( ar, طارق رمضان, ; born 26 August 1962) is a Swiss Muslim academic, philosopher, and writer. He was a professor of contemporary Islamic studies at St Antony's College, Oxford and the Faculty of Theology and Religion, Uni ...

(born 1962) Geneva

North America

Canada

* Ahmad Kutty (born 1946), Toronto *

Faraz Rabbani Faraz Rabbani is a Pakistani-Canadian Islamic scholar, instructor in online Islamic institutes, of which he has been a developer, and the translator of books on Islamic teachings. Work Faraz Rabbani is the founder, education director, and instr ...

, Ontario * Farhat Hashmi (born 1957) *

Ingrid Mattson Ingrid Mattson (born August 24, 1963) is a Canadian activist and scholar, A professor of Islamic studies, she is currently the London and Windsor Community Chair in Islamic Studies at Huron University College at the University of Western Ontario ...

(born 1963), Ontario * Jamal Badawi, Halifax, Nova Scotia * Muzaffar Iqbal (born 1954), Edmonton *

Reza Hosseini Nassab Seyed Reza Hosseini Nassab (Persian: سيد رضا حسيني نسب) (born 1960) is an Iranian Twelver Shi'a Marja, currently residing in Canada. He was the President and Imam of the Islamic Centre in Hamburg, Germany, and since 2003 he has ser ...

(born 1960), Toronto

United States

* Aminah McCloud (born 1958) *

Amina Wadud Amina Wadud (born September 25, 1952) is an American Muslim theologian. Wadud serves as Professor Emeritus of Islamic Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University and is also a visiting scholar at Starr King School for the Ministry. Wadud has writ ...

(born 1952) * Amir Hussain Los Angeles, CA * Asifa Quraishi *

Asma Barlas Asma Barlas (born 1950) is a Pakistani-American writer and academic. Her specialties include comparative and international politics, Islam and Qur'anic hermeneutics, and women's studies. Early life and education Barlas was born in Pakistan i ...

(born 1950) * Azizah Y. Al-Hibri (born 1943) Virginia * Caner Dagli * Dalia Mogahed * Fazlur Rahman (1919–1988) Illinois * Fetullah Gulen (born 1941) Pennsylvania *

Hamza Yusuf Hamza Yusuf (born: Mark Hanson; 1958) is an American Islamic neo-traditionalist, Islamic scholar, and co-founder of Zaytuna College. He is a proponent of classical learning in Islam and has promoted Islamic sciences and classical teaching meth ...

(born 1958) Berkeley, CA *

Hamid Algar Hamid Algar (born 1940) is a British-American Professor Emeritus of Persian studies at the Faculty of Near Eastern Studies, University of California, Berkeley. He writes on Persian and Arabic literature and contemporary history of Iran, Turkey, the ...

(born 1940) Berkeley, CA * Hassan Hathout (1924–2009) Pasadena. CA * Jonathan A.C. Brown (born 1977) Washington DC *

Kecia Ali Kecia Ali (born 1972) is an American academic who focuses on the study of Islamic jurisprudence, ethics, women and gender, and biography. She is currently a professor of religion at Boston University. She previously worked with Brandeis Universi ...

(born 1972) Massachusetts *

Khaled Abou El Fadl Khaled Abou el Fadl ( ar, خالد أبو الفضل, ) (born October 23, 1963) is the Omar and Azmeralda Alfi Distinguished Professor of Law at the UCLA School of Law where he has taught courses on International Human Rights, Islamic jurisprude ...

(born 1963) California *

Khalid Yahya Blankinship Khalid Yahya Blankinship (born 1949 in Seattle, Washington) is an American historian who specialises in Islamic and Middle Eastern studies. Biography He graduated ( BA) in History from the University of Washington in 1973 and in the same year, whi ...

(born 1949) Philadelphia, PA *

Laleh Bakhtiar Laleh Mehree Bakhtiar (born Mary Nell Bakhtiar; July 29, 1938 – October 18, 2020) was an Iranian-American Islamic and Sufi scholar, author, translator, and clinical psychologist. Bakhtiar was the first American woman to translate the Quran in ...

(1938-2020) * Louay Safi (born 1955) *

Maria Massi Dakake Maria Massi Dakake ( ) is an American scholar of Islamic studies and associate professor of Religious Studies at George Mason University. Her research mainly focuses on Islamic intellectual history, Quranic studies, Shi`ite and Sufi traditions, a ...

(born 1968) * Mohammed Adam El-Sheikh (born 1945) Virginia * Mohammad Hassan Khalil Michigan *

Muqtedar Khan Muhammad Abdul Muqtedar Khan (Urdu: ) ( hi, मोहम्मद अब्दुल मुक्तेदार ख़ान) (born 1966) is an Indian American academic and a professor in the Department of Political Science and International Re ...

(born 1966) Delaware * Muzammil H. Siddiqi (born 1943) * Omar Khalidi (1953–2010) * Omar Suleiman Texas * Omid Safi North Carolina *

Ovamir Anjum Ovamir Anjum is a Pakistani-American academic. He is the Imam Khattab Chair of Islamic Studies at the Department of Philosophy, University of Toledo. He studies the connections between theology, ethics, politics, and law in classical and medieval I ...

Ohio *

Riffat Hassan Riffat Hassan (born 1943) is a Pakistani-American theologian and a leading Islamic feminist scholar of the Qur'an. Early life and career Hassan was born in Lahore, Pakistan, to an upper-class Sayid Muslim family. Hassan's maternal grandfather ...

(born 1953) *

Seyyed Hossein Nasr Seyyed Hossein Nasr (; fa, سید حسین نصر, born April 7, 1933) is an Iranian philosopher and University Professor of Islamic studies at George Washington University. Born in Tehran, Nasr completed his education in Iran and the United St ...

(born 1933) *

Sherman Jackson Sherman A. Jackson, also known as Abdul Hakim Jackson (born 1956) is an American scholar of Islam. Career Jackson is the King Faisal Chair of Islamic Thought and Culture and Professor of Religion and American Studies and Ethnicity at the Univer ...

California *

Umar Faruq Abd-Allah Umar Faruq Abd-Allah (born Wymann-Landgraf; born 1948) is an American Schools of Islamic theology, Islamic theologian, author, Sufi spiritual guide, and educator. Biography Umar Faruq Abd-Allah was born in 1948 in Columbus, Nebraska, Columbus, N ...

(born 1948) Chicago *

Wael Hallaq Wael B. Hallaq is the Avalon Foundation Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University, where he has been teaching ethics, law, and political thought since 2009. He is considered a leading scholar in the field of Islamic legal studies, and has ...

(born 1955) New York *

Warith Deen Mohammed Warith Deen Mohammed (born Wallace D. Muhammad; October 30, 1933 – September 9, 2008), also known as W. Deen Mohammed, Imam W. Deen Muhammad and Imam Warith Deen, was an African-American Muslim leader, theologian, philosopher, Muslim revi ...

(1933–2008) Illinois *

Yasir Qadhi Yasir Qadhi (born January 30, 1975), is an American preacher, theologian, and imam. Since 2001, he has served as Dean of Academic Affairs at the Al-Maghrib Institute, an international Islamic educational institution with a center in Houston, Tex ...

(born 1975) Texas *

Yasir Nadeem al Wajidi Yasir Nadeem al Wajidi (born 4 March 1982) is a Chicago based Indian Muslim scholar, author and a YouTuber. He is an activist of minority rights and a public speaker. He is a mufti and teaches Islamic sciences at the Islamic Institute of Educatio ...

(born 1982) Chicago *

Zaid Shakir Zaid Shakir ( ar, زيد شاكر; born Ricky Daryl Mitchell, May 24, 1956) is an American Muslim scholar"Lonny Shavelson, Fred Setterberg", Under the Dragon: California's New Culture, Oakland Museum of California, Heyday Books, p.64, "Edward ...

(born 1956) California

Trinidad

* Imran N. Hosein

Oceania

Australia

* Charis Waddy (1909–2004) *

Fehmi Naji , native_name_lang = Arabic , image = , alt = , caption = , religion = Islam , denomination = Sunni , temple = Preston Mosque , education = , alma_mater = , nationa ...

(1928–2016) *

Ibrahim Abu Mohamed Ibrahim Abu Mohamed (alternative spelling, Ibrahim Abu Mohammed) is an Egyptian-born and educated Sunni Islamic scholar and Grand Mufti of Australia from September 2011 to March 2018. He became Grand Mufti again after Afifi's death. Personal ...

Taj El-Din Hilaly Taj El-Din Hamid Hilaly (alternatively spelt Tajeddin Hilaly, Hilali, Al-Hilaly, Taj el-Din al-Hilali, Aldin Alhilali, Tajideen El-Hilaly or Tajeddine) Toni Hassan ABC Radio, The Religion Report (transcripKeysar Trad on an alternative Australia ...

(born 1941)

New Zealand

(born in Christchurch in 1964), lives in Abu Dhabi,

UAE The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...

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