Modern-era (20th to 21st century)

Islamic scholars In Islam, the ''ulama'' ( ; also spelled ''ulema''; ; singular ; feminine singular , plural ) are scholars of Islamic doctrine and law. They are considered the guardians, transmitters, and interpreters of religious knowledge in Islam. "Ulama ...

include the following, referring 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

Algeria

* Abdel-Hamid ibn Badis (1889–1940) * Abdul Baqi Miftah (born 1952) * Abu Bakr al-Jazaeri (1921–2018) * Brahim Boushaki (1912–1997) * Mohamed Bachir El Ibrahimi (1889–1965) * Muhammad al-'Arabi al-Tabbani (1897/1898-1970) * Muhammad al-Hashimi al-Tilimsani (1881–1961)

Egypt

* Abd al-Hamid Kishk (1933–1996) * Ahmad al-Tayyeb (born 1946) * Ahmad Muhammad Shakir (1892–1958) * Ali Gomaa (born 1952) * Muhammad Metwalli al-Sha'rawi (1911–1998) * Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy (1928–2010) *

Yusuf al-Qaradawi Yusuf al-Qaradawi (; 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 Muslim Scholars. His influences included Ibn Taymiyya, Ibn ...

(1926–2022) * Zainab al Ghazali (1917–2005)

Ghana

* Abdul Wahab Adam (1938–2014) * Ahmad Bamba (1940–2022) * Ibrahim Basha * Osman Nuhu Sharubutu (born 1919) * Saeed Abubakr Zakaria * Yusuf Soalih Ajura (1890–2004)

Libya

* Sadiq Al-Ghariani (born 1942)

Mali

* Chérif Ousmane Madani Haïdara * Mahmoud Dicko (born c.1954)

Mauritania

* Abdallah Bin Bayyah (born 1935) * Mohammad Al-Hasan Al-Dido (born 1963)

Morocco

* Abd al-Aziz al-Ghumari (1920–1997) * Abdullah al-Ghumari (1910–1993) *

Ahmad al-Ghumari Ahmad bin Muhammad bin al-Siddiq al-Ghumari (26 December 1902 – 1961) was a Muslim traditionist and scholar of Hadith from Morocco. Career Ghumari authored more than one hundred books. He was well known for a debate which acrimoniously began be ...

(1902–1961) *

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 marri ...

(born 1951) * Fatima al-Kabbaj (born 1932) * Hassan Kettani (born 1972) * Muhammad Abu Khubza (1932–2020) * Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali (1893–1987) * Said Al-Kamali (born 1972)

Nigeria

* Aminu Ibrahim Daurawa (born 1969) * Dahiru Usman Bauchi (born 1927) * Ibrahim Ahmad Maqary (born 1976) * Idris Abdul'aziz Dutsen Tanshi (1957-2025) * Isa Ali Pantami *

Ja'afar Mahmud Adam Shiekh Ja'afar Mahmud Adam (February 12, 1960 – April 13, 2007) was a Salafist Islamic scholar and 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) * Kabir Ahmad Azare (1960 - 2023) * Kabiru Gombe (born 1960) * Muhammad Auwal Albani Zaria (1960–2014) * Muyideen Ajani Bello (1940-2024) * Nasiru Kabara * Sani Yahaya Jingir * Sulaiman Muhammad Adam (born 1962)

Senegal

Ibrahim Niass Ibrāhīm Niasse (1900–1975)—or , , ''Shaykh al-'Islām al-Ḥājj Ibrāhīm ibn al-Ḥājj ʿAbd Allāh at-Tijānī al-Kawlakhī'' —was a Senegalese major leader (wolof) of the Tijānī Sufi order of Islam in West Africa. His followers ...

(1900–1975) * Hassan Cisse (1945–2008)

Sierra Leone

* Ahmad Tejan Sillah * Mohamed Sanusi Tejan (1950–2016)

Somalia

* Abdinasir Haji Ahmed (1957–2022) * Abdulkadir Nur Farah (1940–2013) * Ahmed Haji Abdirahman (1957–2011) * Ali Dhere * Ali Warsame (1939/1940-2022) * Mohamoud Sheikh Dalmar * Sheikh Omar Farouk (1939–2011)

South Africa

* Abdalqadir as-Sufi (1930–2021) * Ahmed Deedat (1918 - 2005) * 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 people, South African Sunni Muslim scholar from Strand, Western Cape, Strand who served as head mufti of Muslim Judicial Council. Biograph ...

(1935–2015) * Fadhlalla Haeri (1937 - still living)

Tunisia

* Mohamed Abdelaziz Djaït (1886–1970) * Othman Battikh (1941–2022)

Uganda

* Nuhu Muzaata (1955 - 2020) * Shaban Ramadhan Mubaje (born 1955)

Zimbabwe

* Ismail ibn Musa Menk (born 1975)

Asia

Afghanistan

* Abdul Ali Deobandi (1938–2009) * Abdul Hakim Haqqani (born 1967) * Abdul Malik * Abdul Rauf * Anwar Badakhshani (1932-2024) * Asif Mohseni (1935–2009) * Fazal Hadi Shinwari (1927–2011) * Fazel Ahmed Manawi *

Hibatullah Akhundzada Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada (born 19 October 1967), also spelled Haibatullah Akhunzada, is an Afghan cleric who is the supreme leader of Afghanistan in the internationally unrecognized Taliban regime. He has led the Taliban since 2016, and ...

(born c.1959–1961) *

Mohammad Nabi Mohammadi Mohammad Nabi Mohammadi (; 1920–21 April 2002) was an Afghan politician and mujahideen leader who was the founder and leader of the Harakat-i-Inqilab-i-Islami ( Islamic Revolution Movement) political party and paramilitary group. He served as ...

(1920 - 2002) * Mohammad Qasim Rasikh (1971) *

Muhammad Atta-ullah Faizani Muhammad Atta-ullah Faizani (born 17 April 1923, date of death unknown) was an Afghan Islamic scholar. The honorific "Faizani", that means "something that overflows with God's light" was presented to him by a imam of the Kaaba during his Hajj. E ...

(born 1923 - ?) *

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 ...

(1919-2022) * Muhammad Ayaz Niazi (1964–2020) * Mujib Rahman Ansari (1982–2022) *

Mullah Omar Muhammad Umar Mujahid (196023 April 2013), commonly known as Mullah Omar or Muhammad Omar, was an Afghan militant leader and founder and the first leader of the Taliban from 1994 until his death in 2013. During the Third Afghan Civil War, the T ...

(1960–2013) * Mufti Nemat * Rahimullah Haqqani (died 2022)

Bahrain

* Abdul Amir al-Jamri (1938-2006) *

Ali Salman Ali Salman Ahmed Salman () is a Bahraini Twelver Shi'ism, Twelver Shia Islam, Shi'a cleric and the Secretary-General of the Al Wefaq, Al-Wefaq political society. In January 1995, the Cabinet of Bahrain, Bahraini government forcibly exiled him to ...

(born 1965) * Isa Qassim (born 1937)

Iran

Abd al-A'la al-Sabziwari Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Abd al-A'la Musawi Sabziwari (; ; December 21, 1910 – August 16, 1993) was an Iranian Shia marja'. He is regarded as one of the most influential grand religious authorities and he was a contemporary of Abu al-Qasim Khoei ...

(1910–1993) * Abdulrahman Fattahi (born 1950s) *

Abdollah Javadi-Amoli Abdollah Javadi Amoli (; born 5 May 1933) is an Iranian Twelver Shi'a Marja. He is a conservative and political moderate politician, philosopher and one of the prominent Islamic scholars of the Iran. The official website for his scientific found ...

(born 1933) *

Ahmad Jannati Ahmad Jannati (Persian: احمد جنتی; born 23 February 1927) is an Iranian conservative politician. Jannati is known for his anti-LGBT rhetoric and opposition to secularism. He is also a founding member of the Haghani school of thought. ...

(born 1927) *

Ahmad Mojtahedi Tehrani Ayatollah Ahmad Mojtahedi Tehrani (Persian language, Persian: احمد مجتهدی تهرانی) was an Iranian Twelver Shia ayatollah/scholar who was born on 2 October 1923 in Tehran in a religious family. His father was Mohammad-Baqer, and his ...

(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 peoples, Iranian Twelver Shi'a Marja', Marja. Biography Ayatollah Dastegheib has studied ...

(born 1935) *

Ali Movahedi-Kermani Ayatollah Mohammad-Ali Movahedi Kermani (; born 1931) 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 is a conservative and principlis ...

(born 1931) *

Ali Khamenei Ali Hosseini Khamenei (; born 19 April 1939) is an Iranian cleric and politician who has served as the second supreme leader of Iran since 1989. He previously served as the third President of Iran, president from 1981 to 1989. Khamenei's tenure ...

(born 1939) *

Fakhraddin Mousavi Ayatollah Ayatollah (, ; ; ) is an Title of honor, honorific title for high-ranking Twelver Shia clergy. It came into widespread usage in the 20th century. Originally used as a title bestowed by popular/clerical acclaim for a small number o ...

(1930–2021) *

Hassan Hassanzadeh Amoli Hasan Hasanzade Amoli (: 10 February, 1927 – 25 September, 2021) was an Iranian Schools of Islamic theology#Shia schools of theology, Shi'ite theologian known for his Mysticism, mystical tendencies and Islamic philosophy. He was among clerics w ...

(1928–2021) *

Hossein Mazaheri Grand Ayatollah Hossein Mazaheri Isfahani (; born 16 November 1933) is an Iranian senior Twelver Shia Marja', Marja. He was also a member of the Third Assembly of Experts. Biography Grand Ayatollah Hossein Mazaheri was born in Isfahan in 1933. A ...

(born 1933) *

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

(born 1921) *

Hussein-Ali Montazeri Grand Ayatollah Hussein-Ali Montazeri ( ; 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 leaders of the Iranian Revolution and on ...

(1922–2009) * Iftikhār al-Tujjar (1912–1977) *

Ja'far Sobhani Grand Ayatollah Jafar Sobhani (; born 9 April 1929) is an Iranian Twelver Shia marja, influential theologian and writer. Sobhani was a former member of the Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom and founder of Imam Sadiq Institute in Qom. E ...

(born 1929) *

Jawad Tabrizi Grand Ayatollah Sheikh Mirza Jawad Kubar Tabrizi (; 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 authoriti ...

(1926–2006) * Lotfollah Safi Golpaygani (1919–2022) * Mohammad Ali Gerami Qomi (born 1938) * Mohammad Ali Mousavi Jazayeri (born 1941) * Mohammad Ebrahim Jannaati (born 1933) *

Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari Sayyid Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari (), 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 from governmental positions and was a crit ...

(1904–1986) *

Mohammad Khamenei Ayatollah Sayyid Mohammad Khamenei (, born 25 December 1935) is an Iranian cleric and politician. He is the older brother of Ali Khamenei, the current Supreme Leader of Iran, and Hadi Khamenei. Currently, he is the president of Iranology Foundati ...

(born 1935) * Mostafa Hosseini Tabatabaei (born 1936) *

Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai Muhammad Husayn 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 '' Tafsir al-Mizan'', a twenty-seven-vol ...

(1903–1981) *

Mohammad Sadeq Rouhani Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Muhammad-Sadiq Husayni Rohani (; 16 July 1926 – 16 December 2022) was an Iranian Shia marja'. Rohani resided in Qom. He claimed to have gained ijtihad from the grand Ayatollah Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei, at the age of 14. He ...

(1926–2022) *

Mohammad Sadeqi Tehrani Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Sadeqi Tehrani (Persian: محمد صادقی تهراني) (born 1926 - died March 21, 2011) was an Iranian Twelver Shi'a Marja. He has studied in seminaries of Qum, Iran under Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and Muh ...

(1926–2011) *

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

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

Mohammad-Taqi Bahjat Foumani Grand Ayatollah Mohammad-Taqi Bahjat Foumani () (24 August 1916 – 17 May 2009) was an Iranian Twelver Shia Marja'. Biography Ayatullah Mohammad-Taqi was born on 24 August 1916 in the Fouman, Gilan province in the north of Iran. Mohammad's ...

(1916–2009) * Mohammad Yazdi (1931–2020) *

Mousa Shubairi Zanjani Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Mousa Shubairi Zanjani (, born 2 March 1928) is an Iranian Twelver Shia Marja'. Biography He was born in Qom to Sayyid Ahmed Shubairi Zanjani in Azerbaijani family. He has studied in the Qom Seminary under Sayyid Hoss ...

(born 1928) *

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

(born 1927) *

Ruhollah Khomeini Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini (17 May 1900 or 24 September 19023 June 1989) was an Iranian revolutionary, politician, political theorist, and religious leader. He was the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the main leader of the Iranian ...

(1900–1989) *

Taqi Tabatabaei Qomi Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Taqi Tabatabaei Qomi ( , 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 to receive a written statement declaring their ijti ...

(1923–2016) *

Yasubedin Rastegar Jooybari Grand Ayatollah Yasubeddin Rastegar Jooybari (Persian: يعسوب الدين رستگار جويباري) (born 1940) is an Iranian Twelver Shi'a Marja'. He has studied in seminaries of Qom, Iran under Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Kazem Shariatmad ...

(born 1940) *

Yousef Saanei Yousef Saanei (; 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 also Attorney-General of Iran from 1983 to 1 ...

(1937–2020) *

Zīnah al-Sādāt Humāyūnī Zīnah al-Sādāt Humāyūnī (), also Alavīyah Humāyūnī, Zinatossadat Alevi Homayooni or Homayuni, (1917 - 2 July 2016) was a female religious scholar from Isfahan, Iran, who is the most prominent student of Iran's leading Mujtahid, mujtaheda ...

(1917–2016) *

Zohreh Sefati Ayatollah 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 w ...

(born 1948)

Iraq

Abbas Modaresi Yazdi Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Abbas Modaresi Yazdi (‎; 1943 – 19 November 2020) was an Iraqi Twelver Shi'a Marja. He died on 19 November 2020 in Qom, Iran at the age of 77 from a heart attack. He is the author of some Islamic books. Teachers H ...

(1943–2020) *

Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Abu al-Qasim Musawi Khoei ( ; (; ; November 19, 1899 – August 8, 1992) was an Iranian Shia marja'. Khoei is considered one of the most influential twelver scholars. After the death of Muhsin al-Hakim in 1970, he became ...

(1899–1992) *

Ahmad Hassani Baghdadi Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ahmad Hassani Baghdadi (Arabic: السيد أحمد الحسني البغدادي) (born 1945) is an Iraqi Twelver Shi'a Marja. He currently lives in Najaf, Iraq. He is the author of numerous Islamic books. End of th ...

(born 1945) * Ali al-Milani (born 1948) *

Ali al-Sistani Ali al-Husayni al-Sistani (; born 4 August 1930) is an Islamic scholar and the dean of the Hawza of Najaf in Iraq. A Grand Ayatollah, Sistani is considered one of the leading religious leaders of Twelver Shia Muslims. After the invasion of ...

(born 1930) *

Allaedin Ghoraifi Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Alaaeldeen bin Musa bin Mohammed Ali Almusawi Alghurayfi (Arabic: آية الله العظمى السيد علاء الدين بن موسى بن محمد علي الموسوي الغريفي) (born 1945) is an Iraqi Twelve ...

(born 1945) *

Fazel Maleki Grand Ayatollah Fadhil al-Maliki (Arabic: فاضل المالكي) (born 1953) is an Iraqi Twelver Shi'a Marja. He has studied in seminaries of Najaf, Iraq under Grand Ayatollah Abul-Qassim Khoei and Mohammad Baqir al-Sadr. See also *List ...

(born 1953) * Hassan al-Shirazi (1935–1980) *

Hussein Esmaeel al-Sadr Husayn al-Sadr (), is an Iraqi Marja', Grand Ayatollah who is widely seen as a highly respected and unifying figure that has been called upon to reach across Iraq's ethno-sectarian divides. A Sayyid, he traces his lineage to the Islamic prophet M ...

(born 1952) *

Kamal al-Haydari Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Kamal al-Haydari (; born 1956) is a Philosopher and Shiite, Shia marja' from Iraq, who resides in Qom, Iran. Al-Haydari's intellectual output can be loosely grouped with a critical school within Islamic studies sometimes k ...

(born 1956) * Kazem al-Haeri (born 1938) * Mahmoud al-Sarkhi (born 1964) *

Mohammad al-Sadr Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Mohammed al-Sadr (; born 23 March 1943 – 19 February 1999) was a prominent Iraqi Twelver Shiite cleric and marja'. He called for government reform and the release of detained Shia leaders during the rule of Saddam Huss ...

(1943–1999) * Mohammad al-Shirazi (1928–2001) *

Mohammad Ali Tabatabaei Hassani Grand Ayatollah Sayed Mohammed Ali Tabatabai Al-Hassani (; 1945 – February 2017) was an Iraqi, Twelver Shia Muslim Marja'. He studied in Shia Islamic seminaries of Karbala and Najaf, under Imam Khomeini, Sayed Abul-Qasim Al-Khoei, Sayed ...

(1945–2017) *

Mohammad Hussaini Shahroudi Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Mohammad Shahroudi (Arabic: آيت الله العظمى سيد محمد حسينى شاهرودى) (December 1925 – 7 July 2019) was a senior Iraqi Twelver Shi'a Marja' in Iran. He studied in seminars of Najaf and Q ...

(1925–2019) *

Mohammed Ridha al-Shirazi Ayatollah Sayyid Muhammad-Ridha al-Husayni al-Shirazi (; ; 1959 – June 1, 2008) was an Iraqis, Iraqi Shia Islam, Shia scholar, and the eldest son of Mohammad al-Husayni al-Shirazi, Muhammad al-Shirazi. Mohammad Ridha Shirazi was considered to b ...

(1959–2008) *

Mohammad Taher Khaqani Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Mohammad Taher Aleshobair Khagani (Arabic: محمد محمد طاهــــر آل شبيـر الخاقانـــــي) (born 1940) is an Iraqi Twelver Shi'a Marja. He has studied in seminaries of Najaf, Iraq under ...

(born 1940) *

Mohammad Taqi al-Modarresi Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Muhammad-Taqi al-Husayni al-Modarresi (; ; b. 1945) is an Iranian- Iraqi Shia marja' and political theorist. al-Modarresi is the author of over 400 books on theology, historiography, jurisprudence, philosophy, logic, and s ...

(born 1945) *

Mohammad Yaqoobi Ayatollah Mohammad al-Yaqoobi (; born 9 September 1960) is a prominent Iraqi Twelver Shi'a Marja'. He is the second most widely followed Marja' in Iraq, the most widely followed being Ali al-Sistani. As well as heading the Al-Sadr Religious Uni ...

(born 1960) *

Morteza Hosseini Fayaz Sayyid Murtadha Husayni al-Fayadh (1928 - 20 August 2014, Arabic: السيد مرتضى الحسيني فياض) was an Iraqi Twelver Shi'a Marja. Al-Fayadh was born in Najaf, Iraq in 1928,to an Alawite family. His father and grandfather both ...

(1929–2014) *

Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr (; 1 March 1935 – 9 April 1980), also known as al-Shahid al-Khamis (), was an Iraqi Islamic scholar, philosopher, and the ideological founder of the Islamic Dawa Party. He was the father-in-law to Muqtada al-Sadr, ...

(1935–1980) * Sadiq al-Shirazi (born 1942) *

Shamsodin Vaezi Grand Ayatollah Shams al-din al-Waizi al-sabzevari (Arabic: شمس الدين الواعظي السبزواري) (born 1936) is an Iraqi Twelver Shi'a Marja'. He has studied in seminaries of Najaf, Iraq under Grand Ayatollah Abul-Qassim Khoe ...

(born 1936) *

Shahab ud-Din Mar'ashi Najafi Shahab ad-Din Muhammad Hussain Mar'ashi Najafi (July 21, 1897 – August 29, 1990) () was an Iraqi Shia ''Grand Ayatollah'' and Marja'. Education He first mastered tajweed and learned the doctrines of tafsir which had been taught to him by ...

(1897–1990)

Jordan

Abdul Karim Khasawneh Abdul Karim Saleem Khasawneh (born 1944) is a Jordanian Muslim scholar who was Grand Mufti of Jordan between 23 February 2010 and 22 January 2017, when he became the chief Islamic justice. He returned to the post of Grand Mufti from 11 November 2 ...

(born 1944) *

Nuh al-Qudah Nuh Ali Salman al-Qudah (1939 – 19 December 2010) was a Jordanian Muslim scholar and the Grand Mufti of Jordan from 2007 to 2010. Career Qudah was born in Ain Jana in Ajloun in 1939. He went to Syria in 1954 to study at Islamic schools and he ...

(1939–2010) *

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 language, Arabic at the University ...

(born 1954) * Sa'id Foudah (born 1967) * Umar Sulayman al-Ashqar (1930–2012)

Kuwait

Muhammad Baqir al-Muhri Sayyid Muhammad Baqir Al-Mūsawī Al-Muhrī (; also spelled Al-Mohri; 25 December 1948 – 4 July 2015) was a Kuwaiti Shi'ite Islamic Scholar, and a representative (''wakil'') of the majority of the grand Shi'ite maraji'. Death Al-Muhri died on 4 ...

(1948-2015) *

Nabil Al Awadi Nabil Al-Awadi (; born 7 February 1970) is a former Kuwaiti writer, humanitarian, television presenter, university professor, journalist, orator, and he is a Muslim scholar. He had his bachelor's degree in education from the Kuwait University. H ...

(born 1970) *

Yasser Al-Habib Sheikh Yasser al-Habib (; born 20 January 1979) is a Kuwaiti Shia scholar, and the head of the London-based Mahdi Servants Union, as well as Al-Muhassin mosque in Fulmer, Buckinghamshire, and the writer of '' The Lady of Heaven''. Al-Habib's w ...

(born 1979)

Lebanon

Abdullah al-Harari 'Abdullah al-Harari () (1906 – September 2, 2008) was a Harari muhaddith and scholar of Islamic jurisprudence. He lived and taught in Beirut, Lebanon. History Al-Harariyy was born in 1906 in Harar, Ethiopia. In 1983, he founded Al-Ahbash, ...

(1910–2008) *

Gibril Haddad Gibril Fouad Haddad (born 1960) (; ) 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 Most Influential Muslims'' and has bee ...

(born 1960) *

Hisham Kabbani Hisham Kabbani (28 January 1945 – 4 December 2024) was a Lebanese-American Sunni Sufi Muslim scholar belonging to the Naqshbandi Haqqani Sufi order. Kabbani has counseled and advised Muslim leaders to build community resilience against violen ...

(born 1945) *

Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Husayn Fadlallah (; 16 November 1935 – 4 July 2010) was a prominent Lebanese- Iraqi Twelver Shia cleric. Born in Najaf, Iraq, Fadlallah studied Islam in Najaf before moving to Lebanon in 1952. In the following de ...

(1935–2010) *

Musa al-Sadr Musa Sadr al-Din al-Sadr (; ; 4 June 1928 – disappeared 31 August 1978) was a Lebanese-Iranian Shia Muslim cleric, politician and revolutionary In Lebanon. He founded and revived many Lebanese Shia organizations, including schools, charities ...

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

Oman

Ahmed bin Hamad al-Khalili Sheikh Ahmad bin Hamad Al-Khalili ( NP) (; born 1942) is the Grand Mufti of the Sultanate of Oman. Opinions The Grand Mufti appears regularly on TV, where he answers the public's questions on Islam. He urged the government to ban alcohol in Oman ...

(born 1942) * Zohurul Hoque (1926–2017)

Palestine

Abd Al Aziz Awda Abdul Aziz Awda, also known as Sheik Awda (born 1946 or 20 December 1950), is a Palestinian cleric who, along with Fathi Shaqaqi, founded the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), a Palestinian Islamist paramilitary organization based in Damascus, S ...

(born 1946 or 1950) * Abdel Latif Moussa (1959–2009) *

Abdullah Yusuf Azzam Abdullah Yusuf Azzam () was a Palestinian-Jordanian Islamist jihadist and theologian. Belonging to the Salafi movement within Sunni Islam, he and his family fled from what had been the Jordanian-annexed West Bank after the 1967 Six-Day War a ...

(1941–1989) *

Amin al-Husseini Mohammed Amin al-Husseini (; 4 July 1974) was a Palestinian Arab nationalist and Muslim leader in Mandatory Palestine. was the scion of the family of Jerusalemite Arab nobles, who trace their origins to the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Hussein ...

(1897–1974) *

Ekrima Sa'id Sabri Sheikh Ekrima Sa'id Sabri (; born 1939) is a religious leader and former Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and Palestine from October 1994 to July 2006. He was appointed by Yasser Arafat. Mahmoud Abbas removed Sabri as mufti in July 2006, reportedly for ...

(born 1939) *

Issam Amira Issam Amira is a Palestinian Islamic scholar, preacher, khatib and imam at Al-Rahman Mosque in Beit Safafa and Al-Aqsa Mosque. He is also one of the prominent figures of Hizb ut-Tahrir. In November 2018, Amira was arrested in Sur Baher and face ...

* Muhammad Ahmad Hussein (born 1966) *

Raed Salah Sheikh Raed Salah Abu Shakra (; ; born 1958) is a Palestinian religious leader from Umm al-Fahm, Israel. He is the leader of the Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel. Salah was elected mayor of his town Umm al-Falm, an Israeli-Ara ...

(born 1958) * Taissir Tamimi *

Taqiuddin al-Nabhani Muhammad Taqi al-Din bin Ibrahim bin Mustafa bin Isma'il bin Yusuf al-Nabhani (; 1914 – December 11, 1977) was a Palestinian Islamic scholar who founded the Pan-Islamism, pan-Islamist and Islamic fundamentalism, fundamentalist organization Hizb ...

(1909–1977)

Saudi Arabia

Abu Abd al-Rahman Ibn Aqil al-Zahiri Muhammad bin Umar bin Abd al-Rahman bin Abd Allah al-Aqil, better known as Abu Abd al-Rahman Ibn Aqil al-Zahiri, is a Saudi Arabian polymath. He has, at various times, been referred to as a theologian, jurist, historian, ethnographer, geographer, ...

(born 1938) *

Abd al-Aziz al-Tarifi Abdulaziz al-Tarifi (Arabic عبد العزيز بن مرزوق الطريفي) (born 29 November 1976) is a Saudi Arabian Islamic Teacher. Al-Tarifi is a Salafi scholar who is recognized for his knowledge in Hadith and Fiqh. He is particularly ...

(born 1976) *

Abd Al-Aziz Fawzan Al-Fawzan Abd Al-Aziz Fawzan Al-Fawzan (Arabic: فوزان، عبد العزيز بن فوزان بن صالح) is an Islamic scholar and author in Saudi Arabia. He is also known as ''Abd al-Aziz b. Fawzan al-Fawzan'', ''Abd Al-Aziz Al-Fawzan''. Backgroun ...

(born 1964) *

Abd al-Aziz ibn Abd Allah ibn Baaz Abdulaziz ibn Abdullah Al Baz (; 21 November 1912 – 13 May 1999), known as Ibn Baz or Bin Baz, was a Saudi Islamic scholar who served as the grand mufti of Saudi Arabia from 1993 until his death in 1999. According to French political scientis ...

(1910–1999) *

Abdulbari ath-Thubaity Abdulbari bin Awad ath-Thubaity () is an Imam and Khatib at the Prophet's Mosque, Medina. And former guest imam for taraweeh at Masjid al-Haram. Biography Birth Abdulbari bin Awwaad ath-Thubaity was born in the year 1960 ' in Mecca, Saudi ...

(born 1960) * Abdul-Rahman al-Barrak (born 1933 or 1934) *

Abdul Aziz al-Harbi Abdul Aziz bin Ali al-Harbi () is a Saudi Arabian Islamic scholar and associate professor at Umm al-Qura University in Mecca. He is one of the founders and the current president of the Arabic Language Academy in Mecca.Abdulaziz Al Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Al-Sheikh ( ''ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn ʿAbd Āllah Āl ash-Sheikh''; born 30 November 1940) is a Saudi Arabian scholar who is the current Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia. As such he is head of the Council of Senior Religious Sch ...

(born 1940) * Abdulmohsen Al-Qasim (born 1967) * Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais (born 1960) *

Abdullah Awad Al Juhany Abdullah Awad Al Juhany (), is one of the ten Imams of the Grand Mosque Masjid al-Haram in Mecca. He holds a B.A. from the faculty of Qur'an at the Islamic University of Madinah, and a doctorate (Ph.D.) from Umm al-Qura University in Mecca. Juh ...

(born 1976) *

Abdullah al-Ghudayyan Abdullah ibn Abdur-Rahman al-Ghudayyan (1926 – 1 June 2010) was a Saudi Arabian Islamic scholar, a leading proponent of the Salafi form of Islam and a member of the Saudi Council of Senior Scholars. His ancestry was of the tribe of Banu Anbar. ...

(1926–2010) * Abdullah al-Muhaysini *

Adil al-Kalbani Adil al-Kalbani () is a Saudi Arabian Muslim cleric who served as an 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 Al Khaimah in the United ...

(born 1959) * Ahmad ibn Umar al-Hazimi * Al-Shu'aybi (died 2001) *

Al-Uthaymin Muhammad ibn Salih al-Uthaymin (; 9 March 192910 January 2001), commonly known by his Ibn al-Uthaymin (), was a Saudi Islamic scholar. Family Background and Birth Shaykh Muhammad bin Salih Al-Uthaymin Al-Wuhaybi Al-Tamimi was born during the ...

(1925–2001) * Ali al-Khudair * Ali Bin Abdur Rahman Al Huthaify (born 1947) * Assim Al-Hakeem (born 1962) *

Bakr Abu Zayd Bakr Abu Zayd (Arabic: ) (born~ 1944 – 5 February 2008) from the tribe of Banu Zayd of Quda'a, was a Saudi Arabian Islamic scholar, a leading proponent of the Salafi form of Islam and a member of both the Saudi Council of Senior Scholars an ...

(1944–2008) * Bandar Baleela (born 1975) * Fahd Al-Qadi (1957–2019) * Hatim al-Awni (born 1966) * Ibn Humaid (1908–1981) *

Ibn Jibrin Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Jibrin (; 193313 July 2009), known simply as Ibn Jibrin, was a Saudi Islamic scholar who was a member of the Council of Senior Scholars and Permanent Committee for Islamic Research and Issuing Fatwas in Saudi Arab ...

(1933–2009) *

Ibrahim ibn Muhammad Al ash-Sheikh Ibrahim ibn Muhammad Al ash-Sheikh (; 1920-2006) was a leading Salafi scholar in Saudi Arabia and minister of justice between 1975 and 1990. Background Ibrahim ibn Muhammad Al ash-Sheikh was born into the noted family of Saudi religious scholars, ...

* Maher Al-Mu'aiqly (born 1969) * Mohamad al-Arefe (born 1970) * Muhammad ibn Alawi al-Maliki (1944–2004) * Muhammad Al-Munajid (born 1960) *

Muhammad Ayyub Muhammad Ayyub ibn Muhammad Yusuf ibn Sulaiman Umar () was a Saudi Islamic scholar, imam, and Qari known for his recitation of the Quran. He was an imam of Al-Masjid an-Nabawi and Masjid al-Quba in Medina, Saudi Arabia. He also worked as a facu ...

(1952–2016) * Muhammad bin Abdul Karim Issa (born 1965) *

(1927–2021) *

Nasir al-Fahd Nasir al-Fahd (, also known as Nasir bin Hamad al-Fahd; born 1968) is a Saudi Arabian Salafist Islamic scholar who supports jihad. He was arrested in 2003 by the Saudi Arabian government after "preaching to his followers to rise up against the i ...

(born 1968) * Rabee al-Madkhali (born 1931) * Saad al-Ateeq (born 1969) *

Saad al Ghamdi Saʻad al-Ghāmidī (; born 7 August 1967) is a Qāriʾ and a former imam of the great holy mosque Masjid an-Nabawi. Shaykh Sa'ad al-Ghamdi has served as imam to Muslim communities across the globe. Biography Al-Ghāmidī was born in Dammam, Sau ...

(born 1967) * Safar al-Hawali (born 1950) *

Salah Al Budair Salah Bin Muhammad Al Budair (born Hofuf, 1970) is a current Imam of the Masjid al-Nabawi, Grand Masjid in Madinah and a Judge of the High Court of Madinah. He also led Tarawih, taraweeh prayers in Masjid al-Haram in the year 2005 and 2006. Ed ...

(born 1970) *

Saleh Al-Fawzan Ṣāliḥ bin Fawzān bin ʻAbd Allāh Al-Fawzān (; born 1 Rajab 1354 AH / 28 September 1935 CE) is an Islamic scholar, Faqīh (jurist), university professor, a member of the council of senior scholars, a member of the Fiqh council in Mak ...

(born 1933) * Saleh Al-Maghamsi (born 1963) *

Saud Al-Shuraim Saud ibn Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Shuraim (born 19 January 1966) is a Quranic reciter who was one of the prayer leaders and Friday preachers at the Grand Mosque Masjid al-Haram in Makkah. He also holds a Ph.D degree in Sharia (Islamic studies) a ...

(born 1964) * Saleh Al-Talib (born 1974) * Sulaiman Al-Alwan (born 1969) * Sheikh Mahmoud Khalil Al-Qari (death 2022) *

Usama bin Abdullah Khayyat Masjid al-Haram (), also known as the Sacred Mosque or the Great Mosque of Mecca, is considered to be the most significant mosque in Islam. It encloses the vicinity of the Kaaba in Mecca, in the Mecca Province of Saudi Arabia. It is among the ...

(born 1956) * Yasser Al-Dosari (born 1980) * Ziya-ur-Rahman Azmi (1943–2020)

Syria

* Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghudda (1917–1997) * Adnan al-Aroor (born 1948) * Ahmad Badreddin Hassoun (born 1949) * Ahmed Kuftaro (1915–2004) * Ali Al-Tantawi (1909–1999) * Muhammad Ajaj Al-Khatib (1932–2021) *

Mohammed Rateb al-Nabulsi Mohammed Rateb Al-Nabulsi () (January 29, 1939) is a Syrian writer, professor, Islamic scholar, and Co-founder & manager (Nabulsi Encyclopedia of Islamic Science). He was a professor at Damascus University. He was living in Syria but after the ...

(born 1939) *

Muhammad Ali al-Sabuni Muhammad 'Ali al-Sabuni () (1 January, 1930 – 19 March, 2021) was a prominent Syrian Hanafi scholar. He is probably best known for his Qur'anic exegesis entitled Safwat al-Tafasir (The Elite of Interpretations). He died at the age of 91 in Tur ...

(1930–2021) *

Muhammad al-Yaqoubi Muhammad Abul Huda al-Yaqoubi (; born 7 May 1963) is a Syrian Islamic scholar. He has opposed former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Early life and background Al-Yaqoubi was born in Damascus, S ...

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

Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani Muhammad Nasir al-Din (19142 October 1999), commonly known as al-Albani, was an Albanian Islamic scholar. A leading figure of Salafism, he is commemorated for his works on revaluation of hadith studies. Born in Shkodër, Albania, to a family ad ...

(1914–1999) *

Muhammad Said Ramadan al-Bouti Muhammad Said Ramadan Al-Bouti () (1929 – 21 March 2013) was a renowned Syrian Sunni Muslim scholar and author. He was served as professor and vice dean at the Damascus University, also serving as the imam of the Umayyad Mosque. Al-Bouti wr ...

(1929–2013) * Munira al-Qubaysi (1933–2022) *

Salah al-Din al-Idlibi Salah al-Din ibn Ahmad al-Idlibi () is a Syrian traditionalist hadith scholar. Born in Idlib in 1948, al-Idlibi obtained a PhD in Islamic Sciences in 1980 from Dar al-Hadith al-Hasaniyyah in Morocco, specialising in hadith. He follows the Shafi'i ...

(born 1948) *

Shuaib Al Arna'ut The Late Al Arnaout. Shuaib ibn Muharram al-Albani al-Arnauti (in ) (1928-2016) was a well known Syrian scholar of Hadith in the Islamic World. He was famous for his works on Hadith Methodology, Manuscript Investigation and Research and Hadith Cri ...

(1928–2016)

Turkey

* Ahmet Mahmut Ünlü (born 1965) *

Ali Bardakoğlu Ali Bardakoğlu (born 1952) served as the president of the Presidency of Religious Affairs () of Turkey between 2003 and 2010. Background Ali Bardakoğlu was born in 1952 in Tosya in the province of Kastamonu. He was the president of the Diyanet ...

(born 1952) * Ali Erbaş (born 1961) *

Cemalnur Sargut Cemalnur Sargut (born November 3, 1952) is a Turkish people, Turkish Sufism, Sufi, a leader of the Rifaʽi, Rifa'i order, author, and Islamic scholar. Biography Cemalnur Sargut was born to Meskure Sargut and Omer Faruk Sargut on November 3, 19 ...

(born 1962) * 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, manq ...

(1911–2001) * Mahmud Esad Coşan (1938–2001) *

Mahmut Ustaosmanoğlu Mahmut Ustaosmanoğlu (1929 – 23 June 2022), also known as Mahmud Effendi and known to his followers as "Effendi Hazretleri", was a Turkish people, Turkish Sufi Sheikh and the leader of the influential İsmailağa Jamia of the Naqshbandi-Khali ...

(1929–2022) * Metin Balkanlıoğlu (1958-2018) * Mehmed Fatih Çıtlak (born 1967) *

Mehmet Görmez Mehmet Görmez (born 1959) is the former President of the Presidency of Religious Affairs ( from November 2010 to 31 July 2017, commonly known as ''Diyanet'') and as such legally the highest level Islamic scholar in Turkey and the Turkish Republi ...

(born 1959) *

Mustafa Çağrıcı Mustafa Çağrıcı is a Turkish people, Turkish former mufti of Istanbul. In 2018 he claimed “The Diyanet of today has a more Islamist, more Arab worldview”. References External linksOffice the Mufti of Istanbul official websiteMustafa Ca ...

(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 ord ...

(1916–1985) *

Nazim Al-Haqqani Shaykh Muhammad Nazim Adil Al-Qubrusi Al-Haqqani (born Mehmet Nâzım Âdil; 21 April 1922 – 7 May 2014) (), commonly known as Shaykh Nazim (), was a Turkish Cypriot Sunni Islam, Sunni Muslims, Muslim imam and one of the most influential ...

(1922–2014) *

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

(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 ...

(1946–2022) * Süleyman Ateş (born 1933) *

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

(1951–2016)

United Arab Emirates

* Ahmed al Haddad

Yemen

Abdul Majeed al-Zindani Abdul Majeed al-Zindani (; January 1, 1942 – April 22, 2024) was a Yemeni Islamist politician and founder and head of the Iman University in Yemen. He was also the head of Al-Islah political movement and founder of the Commission on Scienti ...

(born 1942) * Habib Ali al-Jifri (born 1971) * Habib Umar bin Hafiz (born 1963) * Mohammed bin Ismail Al Amrani (1921–2021) * Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i (1933–2001) *

Yahya al-Hajuri Yahya ibn Ali al-Hajuri is a Yemeni preacher. He leads the Hajoor tribe which is the dominant tribe in northern Yemen. On January 19, 2020, renewed clashes between the Houthis and the Hajoor occurred. The first clashes between the two was in 201 ...

South Asia

Bangladesh Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by ...

Abdul Latif Chowdhury Fultali Abdul Latif Chowdhury Fultali (; 25 May 1913 – 16 January 2008), reverentially known as Saheb Qiblah, was a late-twentieth century Bangladeshi Islamic scholar, ''mufassir'', ''qāriʾ'', poet and orator. As a prolific author, he completed sever ...

(1913–2008) * Abdul Halim Bukhari (1945–2022) *

Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani (12 December 1880 – 17 November 1976), also known reverentially as Maulana Bhashani, was a Bangladeshi politician and statesman who was one of the founder of the Awami League, the oldest and main political party in B ...

(1880–1976) * Abdul Haque Faridi (1903–1996) * Abdul Jabbar Jahanabadi (1937–2016) *

Abdul Khaleque Mondal Abdul Khaleque Mondal (1 August 1944 – 23 July 2023) was a politician of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and was a Jatiya Sangsad member, representing the Satkhira-2 constituency from 2001 to 2006. On 24 March 2022, he was sentenced to death for w ...

(1944–2023) * Abdul Malek Halim * Abdul Matin Chowdhury (1915–1990) * Abdur Rahim (1918–1987) *

Abdur Rahman (scholar) Abdur Rahman (; 1920–2015), also known as Faqihul Millat, was a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar of the Deobandi school. He was born in Imam Nagar, Fatikchhari, Chittagong, in 1920. He was the founder director of the Islamic Research Center Banglade ...

(1920–2015) * Abdur Rahman Kashgarhi (1912–1971) *

Abdus Salam Chatgami Abdus Salam Chatgami (1943 – 8 September 2021) was a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar, educator, writer, and researcher. He served as the Grand Mufti in both Pakistan and Bangladesh. Early life and education Abdus Salam Chatgami was born in 1943, ...

(1943–2021) * Abdus Sobhan (1936–2020) *

Abu Zafar Mohammad Saleh Abu Zafar Mohammad Saleh (; 1915 – 13 February 1990), popularly known as the Pir of Sarsina, was a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar. He was said to have contributed to the establishment of 3000 educational institutions. Saleh had also pushed for th ...

(1915–1990) *

A F M Khalid Hossain Abul Fayez Muhammad Khalid Hossain (popularly known as Dr. A F M Khalid Hossain, born 2 February 1959) is a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and currently serves as the Minister of Religious Affairs (Bangladesh), Adviser for Religious Affairs in the Y ...

(born 1959) * Ahmed Ali Enayetpuri (1898–1959) *

Belayet Hossain Birbhumi Belayet Hossain Birbhumi (; 1887 — 9 December 1984) was a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar, author and academic. He served as a professor at the madrasas of Dhaka, Chittagong and Calcutta. Early life and education Hossain was born in 1887 to a Be ...

(1887—1984) * Ashraf Ali Bishwanathi (1928–2005) *

Athar Ali Bengali Athar Ali (; 1891 – 6 October 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 ''khalifah'' of As ...

(1891–1976) *

Azizul Haq Azizul Haque, () meaning "strong in the truth", is a male Muslim given name. Notable bearers of the name include: * Qazi Azizul Haque (1872–1935), also Khan Bahadur Qazi Azizul Huq, Quazi Syed Azizul Haque, police officer and fingerprint pioneer ...

(1903–1961) *

Azizul Haque Azizul Haque, () meaning "strong in the truth", is a male Muslim given name. Notable bearers of the name include: * Qazi Azizul Haque (1872–1935), also Khan Bahadur Qazi Azizul Huq, Quazi Syed Azizul Haque, police officer and fingerprint pioneer ...

(1919–2012) * Deen Muhammad Khan (1900–1974) *

Delwar Hossain Sayeedi Delwar Hossain Sayeedi (2 February 1940 – 14 August 2023), widely known as Allama Sayeedi, was a Bangladeshi Islamic leader, politician, scholar and public speaker who served as a Member of Parliament representing Pirojpur-1 constituency fro ...

(born 1940) *

Farid Uddin Chowdhury Farid Uddin Chowdhury (; born 25 December 1947) is a teacher, politician and businessman. He was the former Member of Parliament for the Sylhet-5 constituency from 2001 to 2008, representing Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami. Early life and education C ...

(born 1947) *

Farid Uddin Masood Farid Uddin Masood (; born 7 March 1950) is an Islamic scholar in Bangladesh known for his role as the Imam of Sholakia National Eidgah, Chairman of the National Religious Madrasa Education Board of Bangladesh, President of Bangladesh Jamiyatu ...

(born 1950) *

Fazlul Karim Fazlul Karim () is a Bengali masculine given name of Arabic Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The Inter ...

(1935–2006) *

Fazlul Haque Amini Fazlul Hoque Amini () (194512 December 2012) was an Islamic scholar and politician from Bangladesh. He served as an MP in the Parliament of Bangladesh from 2002 to 2007. He was an expert in the fields of Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh), hadith and ...

(1945–2012) *

Gulamur Rahman Gulamur Rahman Maizbhandari (; 1865–1937), also known by his sobriquet Baba Bhandari (), was a Bengalis, Bengali Sufis, Sufi preacher who succeeded his uncle, Syed Ahmad Ullah, as the head of the Maizbhandari, Maizbhandari Sufi Order, the fi ...

(1865–1937) * Hafezzi Huzur (1895–1997) *

Ibrahim Chatuli Ibrahim Ali Chatuli ( Arabic: إبراهيم على (جتولي); ; 1894–1984) was a Bangladeshis, Bangladeshi Islamic scholar, politician and social reformer. He was the Education Minister of Assam Legislative Council, and an elected Member o ...

(1894–1984) * Ibrahim Ujani (1863–1943) *

Izharul Islam Izharul Islam Chowdhury () 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 Bangladesh. Early life and education Chowdhury studied at A ...

* Khandaker Abdullah Jahangir (1961–2016) * Khwaja Yunus Ali (1886–1951) *

Mahfuzul Haque Mahfuzul Haque (born 15 November 1969) is a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar, educator, and former politician, currently serving as the Governor of the Islamic Foundation Bangladesh since 18 November 2024. He has held the position of Secretary-General ...

(born 1969) * Mahmudul Hasan (born 1950) * Mizanur Rahman (Islamic scholar) (born 1990) *

Mohammad Akram Khan Mohammad Akram Khan (; 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 founders of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind. Early life and edu ...

(1868–1969) * Muhammad Asadullah Al-Ghalib (born 1948) *

Muhammad Faizullah Mufti Faizullah (), was a Bangladeshi Deobandi Islamic scholar, mufti, poet, educator and a reformer. He was among early students to study at the Darul Uloom Hathazari. He was an alumnus of Darul Uloom Deoband and later served as the Chief Mufti ...

(1892–1976) *

Muhammad Shahidullah Muhammad Shahidullah (; 10 July 1885 – 13 July 1969) was a Bengali people, Bengali linguist, philologist, educationist, and writer. He played vital role in Language movement of 1952 he was the first to establish logic about Why Bengali should ...

(1885–1969) *

Muhammad Wakkas Muhammad Wakkas (15 January 1952 – 31 March 2021) was a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar, teacher, former Member of Parliament and State Minister. He was the founder of Jamia Imdadia Madaninagar Madrasa, the largest madrasa in South Bengal, accommo ...

(1952–2021) *

Muhibbullah Babunagari Muhibbullah Babunagari (born 15 February 1934) is a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar. He is the current and 3rd amir of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh, rector of Al-Jamiatul Islamiah Azizul Uloom Babunagar. He also held leading positions in Islami Oikya J ...

(born 1935) *

Muhiuddin Khan Muhiuddin Khan (; 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 the first time tafseer Maariful Quran into B ...

(1935–2016) *

Mushahid Ahmad Bayampuri Mushahid Ahmad Bayampuri (, ; 1907–1971) was a late-twentieth century Bengalis, Bengali Islamic Hadith scholar, teacher, writer, jurist, orator and politician. Often described by Bangladeshi scholars as the Muhammad al-Bukhari, Bukhari of Beng ...

(1907–1971) * Nur Hossain Kasemi (1945–2020) *

Nur Uddin Gohorpuri Nur Uddin Ahmed Gohorpuri (; 1924 – 26 April 2005) was a Bengali Muslim religious scholar and teacher. He was notable for his association with Qawmi madrasas in Bangladesh as well as for having been the founder of Gohorpur Hussainia Madra ...

(1924–2005) * Nurul Islam Farooqi (died 2014) * Nurul Islam Jihadi (1948–2021) * Nurul Islam Olipuri (born 1955) *

Obaidul Haque Obaidul Haque (; 1934–2008) was a politician, teacher and a member of parliament for Sylhet-5. Early life and education Obaid was born on 2 January 1934 into a Bengali Muslim in the village of Wazirpur in Kholachhora Union, Zakiganj, Sylhet ...

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

Sayed Muhammad Amimul Ehasan Barkati Sayyid Muḥammad ʿAmīmul Eḥsān al-Barkatī (19111974, , ) was a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar who served as the third Khatib of the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque. Early life Sayyid Muhammad Amimul Ehsan was born on 24 January 1911 in his ...

(1911–1974) * Syed Najibul Bashar Maizbhandari (born 1959) * Syed Rashid Ahmed Jaunpuri (1889–2001) * Sajidur Rahman (born 1964) * Sayed Kamaluddin Zafree (born 1945) * Sheikh Ahmadullah (born 1981) *

Shah Ahmad Hasan Shah Ahmad Hasan (), was a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and educationist. He was an early student of Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam in Hathazari. Hasan established Al-Jameatul Arabiatul Islamia Ziri, which was the second Qawmi madrasa o ...

(1882–1967) *

Shah Ahmad Shafi Shah Ahmad Shafi (; 5 April 1930 – 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 chairman of Bangladesh Qawmi Madr ...

(1916–2020) * Shahidul Islam (1960–2023) * Shahinur Pasha Chowdhury (b. 1985) *

Shamsul Haque Faridpuri Shamsul Haque Faridpuri (; 189621 January 1969) was an Islamic scholar, educationist, and social reformer. He was the founding principal of Jamia Qurania Arabia Lalbagh. He also founded many other madrasas. Organisations that he initiated inclu ...

(1896–1969) * Shamsul Huda Panchbagi (1897–1988) *

Syed Fazlul Karim Syed Fazlul Karim (; 1935 – 25 November 2006) was an Islamic scholar and politician. He was the founder of Islami Andolan Bangladesh, and founded a residential madrassah in Charmonai, Barisal, southern Bangladesh. Early life and education Syed ...

(1935–2006) * Syed Mohammad Saifur Rahman (born 1916) *

Syed Rezaul Karim Syed Rezaul Karim (born 1 February 1971), also known by his title Charmonai Pir, is a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar, politician, who serving as the Amir of Islami Andolan Bangladesh. He is also President of the Bangladesh Mujahid Committee and Ba ...

(born 1971) *

Ubaidul Haq Ubaidul Haq (; 2 May 1928 – 6 October 2007), also spelt Obaidul Haq (), was a Bangladeshi teacher, muhaddith, mufassir and writer. He was the former khatib of the national mosque of Bangladesh. Early life and education Obaidul Haq was born ...

(1928–2007) *

Zia Uddin Mufakkir al-Islām Ḍiyā' ad-Dīn ibn Muqaddas ʿAlī (; born 4 April 1941), better known simply as Zia Uddin () or reverentially as Nazim Saheb Huzur (), is a Bangladeshi Deobandi Islamic scholar, politician and educationist. He is currently ...

(born 1941)

India

* Abdul Hakkim Azhari (born 1971) * Abdul Ghani Azhari (1922 - 2023) *

Abdul Hamid Qadri Badayuni Abd al-Ḥāmid al-Qādirī al-Badāyūnī (; November 11, 1898 – July 20, 1970), also known as ''Mujahid-e-Millat'', was a Pakistani Islamic scholar, Sufi, poet, and leader from Pakistan. He was the founder of the Islamic college Jamia-Tali ...

(1898–1970) *

Abdul Haq Azmi Abdul Haq Azmi (1928 – 30 December 2016) was an Indian Islamic 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. Biography Abdul Haq Azmi was born in 1928 in ...

(1928–2016) *

Abdul Jalil Choudhury ʿAbdul Jalil Choudhury Badarpuri (19 December 1989) was an Indian Deobandi Islamic scholar, teacher and politician. Born in what is now Bangladesh, Choudhury became one of the senior disciples of Hussain Ahmad Madani from Sylhet District. He r ...

(1925–1989) *

Abdul Khaliq Sambhali Abdul Khaliq Sambhali (4 January 1950 – 30 July 2021) was an Indian Muslim scholar and writer who served as the vice- rector of Darul Uloom Deoband. He was an alumnus of the Deoband seminary and had studied with scholars including Mahmood Hasa ...

(1950–2021) * Abdul Rashid Dawoodi (born 1979) * Abdul Razzaq (1932–2021) *

Anzar Shah Kashmiri Anzar Shah Kashmiri (1927–2008) was an Indian Islamic scholar who established the Jamia Imam Anwar Shah and co-founded the Darul Uloom Waqf in Deoband. He was an alumnus of the Darul Uloom Deoband. He was youngest son of Hanafi scholar Anwa ...

(1927–2008) * Ameen Mian Qaudri (born 1955) * Ahmed Ali Badarpuri (1915–2000) *

Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi Ahmad Raza Khan Baraylawi (14 June 1856–28 October 1921), known reverentially as A'la Hazrat, (Grand Master), was an Islamic scholar, mufti, polymath, gnostic, poet from (undivided) India, he is considered as the founder of the Barelvi move ...

(1856 - 1921) *

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 Grand Ayatollah Sheikh Basheer Hussain Najafi () (born 1942) is a Pakistani Twelver Shia Marja' and one of the Big Four (Najaf), Four Grand Ayatollahs of Najaf, Iraq. He was born in Jalandhar, a city in then-British India. He resides in Najaf, ...

(born 1942) * Bashir-ud-din Farooqi (1934–2019) * E. K. Aboobacker Musliyar (1914–1996) * E Sulaiman Musliyar (born 1942) * 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 Indian ...

(1910–1987) * Hamid al-Ansari Ghazi (1909–1992) * Hashmi Miya (born 1947) * Hasnain Baqai *

Hassan Raza Khan Hassan Raza Khan Barelvi (1 October 185918 October 1908) popularly known as Hasan Barelvi was an Indian Islamic scholar, sufi and poet and the younger brother of Imam Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi, the main leader of the Ahle Sunnat movement. He was ...

(1859–1908) * Jaleel Ahmad (1941-1996) *

Kafilur Rahman Nishat Usmani Kafīlur Rahmān Nishāt Usmānī (5 March 1942 – 1 August 2006) was an Indian Muslim scholar, jurist, and a poet who served as a Mufti of Darul Uloom Deoband. He was the grandson of Azizur Rahman Usmani. He was an alumnus of Darul Uloom Deo ...

(1942–2006) * Kaif Raza Khan (born 2001) *

Kalbe Abid Syed Kalbe Abid Naqvi (مولانا سيد كلب عابد نقوى) was a mujtahid from Lucknow, India who preached Shia Islam. His father was Syed Kalbe Hussain and grandfather was Syed Hasan Naqvi Aqa Hasan. He was an elder brother of '' Dr. ...

(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 illness. He was posthumously bestowed with the prestigious national award of Padma Bhushan ...

(1939–2020) *

Kanthapuram A. P. Aboobacker Musliyar Kanthapuram A. P. Aboobacker Musliyar, officially known as Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad (born 22 March 1931), is the tenth and current Grand Mufti of India. and General Secretary of the All India Sunni Jamiyyathul Ulama (the Indian Muslim Scholars ...

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

Khalid Saifullah Rahmani Khalid Saifullah Rahmani (born November 1956) is an Indian Muslim scholar, author and jurist who serves as the fifth president of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board. He is the general secretary of Islamic Fiqh Academy (India), Islamic Fiqh ...

(born 1956) *

Mohammad Najeeb Qasmi Mohammad Najeeb Qasmi Sambhali is an Indian people, 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-Had ...

* Masroor Abbas Ansari (born 1975) *

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, India and served as its first rector. He was an alumnus of Darul Uloom Deoband. He received the fourt ...

(1926–2018) *

Muhammad Sufyan Qasmi Muhammad Sufyan Qasmi Siddiqi (born 26 September 1954) is an Indian people, 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 Na ...

(born 1954) * Muhammad Taqi Amini (1926–1991) *

Muhammad Yunus Jaunpuri Muhammad Yunus Jaunpuri (2 October 1937 – 11 July 2017) was an Indian Islamic hadith scholar who served as the senior professor of hadith at the Mazahir Uloom in Saharanpur. He was one of the senior students and disciples of Zakariyya Kandh ...

(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) * Muhammad Madni Ashraf Ashrafi Al-Jilani (born 1938) * Mujahidul Islam Qasmi (1936–2002) *

Mustafa Raza Khan Qadri Mustafa Raza Khan Qadri (1892–1981), was an Indian Sunni Muslim scholar and author, and leader of the Sunni Barelvi movement following the death of its founder, his father Ahmed Raza Khan. He was known as ''Mufti-Azam-i-Hind'' to his follo ...

(1892–1981) * Nazir Ahmad Qasmi (born 20 June 1964) * 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 (born 1946) *

Rafiq Ahmad Pampori Rafiq Ahmad Pampori (born 13 February 1956) is an Indian Islamic scholar, academic and a writer, and a former principal of Government Medical College in Srinagar. He is the founder and rector of the Darul Uloom Ilahiya, an Islamic seminary in ...

(born 1956) * Rahmatullah Mir Qasmi (born 1956) * Safi-Ur-Rahman Mubarakpuri *

Saeed Ahmad Akbarabadi Saeed Ahmad Akbarabadi (1908 – 24 May 1985) was an Indian Islamic scholar and an Urdu-language author who co-founded the Nadwatul Musannifeen. He served as the dean of the Faculty of Theology in Aligarh Muslim University. Akbarabadi was an ...

(1908–1985) *

Sa'id Akhtar Rizvi Sayyid Sa‘eed Akhtar Rizvi () (January 5, 1927 - June 20, 2002) was an Indian born, Twelver Shī‘ah scholar, who established the Bilal Muslim Mission in East Africa to spread the Twelver creed. He was granted authorizations () by fourteen ...

(1927–2002) * Salman Mazahiri (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 ...

(1922–2015) * hah Alam Gorakhpuri (born 1969) *

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 ...

(1884–1954) * Shakir Ali Noori (born 1960) *

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 hi ...

(1931–1993) * Syed Ahmad Hashmi (1932–2001) * Syed Aqeel-ul-Gharavi (born 1964) *

Syed Hamidul Hasan Syed Hamid ul Hassan 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 ...

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 ...

(1964 - ) * Syed Mohammed Mukhtar Ashraf (1916–1996) *

Syed Muhammedali Shihab Thangal Sayed Muhammad Ali Shihab Thangal (Malayalam: സയ്യിദ് മുഹമ്മദലി ഷെഹാബ് തങ്ങൾ) (4 May 1936 – 1 August 2009) was an Indian community leader, Islamic scholar and politician from Kerala. He is ...

(1936–2009) * Tauqeer Raza Khan (Islamic Cleric) * Usman Mansoorpuri (1944–2021) *

Wahiduddin Khan Wahiduddin Khan (1 January 1925 – 21 April 2021), known with the honorific "Maulana", was an Indian Islamic scholar and peace activist and author known for having written a commentary on the Quran and having translated it into contemporary E ...

(1925–2021) * Yasin Mazhar Siddiqi (1944–2020) *

Zayn al-Abidin Sajjad Meerthi Zayn al-Abidin Sajjad Meerthi (also written as Qazi Zainul Abideen Sajjad Meerthi) (1910–1991) was an Indian Sunni Muslim scholar and historian and head of the Islamic studies department of Jamia Millia Islamia. His book ''Tarikh-e-Millat'' i ...

(1910–1991) * Zeeshan Haider Jawadi (1938–2000) *

Ziauddin Madani Zia'uddin Madani () was an Islamic scholar and Sufi Shaykh also known as Qutb-e-Madina. He lived for the 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 ...

(1877–1981) *

Ziaul Mustafa Razvi Qadri Zia-al Mustafa Aazmi (; ) known reverentially as Muhaddis-e-Kabeer is an Indian Islamic scholar, teacher, orator, debater, Muhaddith and Faqih and is currently serving as Naa’ib Qaazi ul Quz’zat fil Hind (Deputy Islamic Chief Justice of Ind ...

(born 1935)

Indonesia

* Abdul Somad (born 1977) * Abdullah Gymnastiar (born 1962) *

Abdurrahman Wahid Abdurrahman Wahid ( ; né ad-Dakhil, 7 September 1940 – 30 December 2009), more colloquially known as Gus Dur (), was an Indonesian politician and Islam in Indonesia, Islamic Kyai, religious leader who served as the fourth president of Indone ...

(1940–2009) * Abdul Qadir Djaelani (1938–2021) * Abdullah Wasi'an (1917–2011) *

Adi Hidayat Adi Hidayat ( Jawi: ; better known as Ustaz Adi Hidayat) is an Indonesian Islamic preacher and educator. Born on September 11, 1984, in Pandeglang, Banten, Indonesia, he has become well known for his sermons and dedication towards Islamic ed ...

(born 1984) * Adian Husaini (born 1965) * Ahmad Bahauddin Nursalim (born 1970) * Ahmad Muhtadi Dimyathi (born 1953) * Ali Alwi (born 1967) *

Ali Yafie Kiai Hajji Ali Yafie (1 September 1926 – 25 February 2023) was an Indonesian faqih who was chairman of the Indonesian Ulema Council. He was a prominent figure of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), the largest Islamic organization in the world based in Ind ...

(1926–2023) * Bachtiar Nasir (born 1967) * Bahar bin Smith (born 1985) *

B.J. Habibie Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie (; 25 June 1936 – 11 September 2019) was an Indonesian politician, engineer and scientist who served as the third president of Indonesia from 1998 to 1999. Less than three months after his inauguration as the seventh ...

(1936–2019) * Budhy Munawar Rachman (born 1963) * Fakih Usman (1904–1968) * Felix Siauw (born 1984) *

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

(1908–1981) * Hasyim Muzadi (1944–2017) *

Ilyas Ruhiat Muhammad Ilyas Ruhiat (January 31, 1934 - December 18, 2007) better known as ''Ajengan Ilyas'' was an Indonesian Ulama and the leader of Cipasung Islamic Boarding School and also a Leader of Supreme Council (Ra'is 'Aam) Nahdlatul Ulama from 199 ...

(1934–2007) * Jefri Al Buchori (1973–2013) *

Khalid Basalamah Khalid Zeed Abdullah Basalamah (born 1 May 1975) is an Indonesian preacher, a prominent figure in the Salafi movement, and an entrepreneur. He serves as a member of the Sharia advisory board at in Solok Regency, West Sumatra. Early life Khali ...

(born 1975) * Mamah Dedeh (born 1951) *

Maria Ulfah Maria Ulfah (; 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 recitation contests and is ...

(born 1955) *

Ma'ruf Amin Ma'ruf Amin (born 11 March 1943) is an Indonesian politician, Islamic cleric, and lecturer who served as the 13th Vice President of Indonesia, vice president of Indonesia from 2019 to 2024. Aged nearly 77 years old when inaugurated, he is the ol ...

(born 1943) *

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) * Miftachul Achyar (born 1953) *

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

(1908–1993) * Muhammad Hanif Alatas (born 1993) * Muhammad Luthfi bin Yahya (born 1947) * Muhammad Murtadho Dimyathi (born 1958) * Muhammad Yahya Waloni (1970-2025) *

Mustofa Bisri Ahmad Mustofa Bisri (born 10 August 1944) is an Indonesian Islamic leader from Indonesia and was the ninth Chief Adviser of Nahdlatul Ulama. He is the head of Pondok Pesantren Raudlatuth Thalibin, Rembang, Central Java, Indonesia. Mustofa Bisr ...

(born 1944) * Munzir Al-Musawa (1973–2013) * Noer Muhammad Iskandar (1955–2020) * Quraish Shihab (born 1944) * Rizieq Shihab (born 1965) * Saggaf bin Muhammad Aljufri (1937-2021) *

Sahal Mahfudh Sahal Mahfudh (December 17, 1937January 24, 2014) was an Indonesian cleric. He was the spiritual leader (''rais aam'') – the most senior cleric – of the Nahdlatul Ulama, Indonesia's largest Muslim majority organization, from 1999 to the time o ...

(1937–2014) * Said Aqil Siradj (born 1953) * Saiful Islam Al-Payage (born 1979) * Shamsi Ali (born 1967) *

Siti Noordjannah Djohantini Siti Noordjannah Djohantini (born 15 August 1958) is a female Islamic scholar from Indonesia currently serving her second term as the leader of Aisyiyah, Indonesia's first all-female Muslim organization. She was elected to her second term as leade ...

(born 1958) *

Siti Chamamah Soeratno Siti Chamamah Soeratno is a female Islamic scholar from Indonesia and the former leader of Aisyiyah, Indonesia's first all-female Muslim organization. She is also the former dean of Muhammadiyah University of Malang and an expert on Indonesian li ...

(born 1941) *

Syafiq Riza Basalamah Syafiq Riza Hasan Basalamah (born 15 December 1977), is an Indonesian Salafi movement, Salafi scholar, lecturer, and author from Jember Regency, Jember. He serves as a member of the Fatwa Council of the Al-Irsyad Association. He is known for his ...

(born 1977) * Uci Turtusi (1964–2021) * Ustadz Solmed (born 1983) * Wijayanto (born 1968) * Yahya Cholil Staquf (born 1966) *

Yazid bin Abdul Qadir Jawas Yazid bin Abdul Qadir Jawas (1963 – 11 July 2024) was an Indonesian Salafi scholar and writer. He is also known for writing many religious Islamic books in Indonesian. His lectures which are considered controversial make Yazid often receive cr ...

(1963–2024) *

Yusuf Mansur Jam'an Nurkhatib Mansur (born December 19, 1976), better known as Yusuf Mansur, is a popular Indonesian Islamic preacher, writer, and businessman from Jakarta, as well as the principal of the pesantren boarding school Daarul Qur'an Ketapang in Ta ...

(born 1976) * Zainuddin M. Z. (1952–2011)

Malaysia

Abdul Hadi Awang Abdul Hadi bin Awang (Jawi alphabet, Jawi: عبدالهادي بن اواڠ; born 20 October 1947) is a Malaysians, Malaysian politician and ulama, religious teacher who has served as Dewan Rakyat, Member of Parliament (MP) for Marang (federal ...

(born 1947) *

Asri Zainul Abidin Mohd Asri bin Zainul Abidin (Jawi alphabet, Jawi: ; born 1 January 1971), better known by his acronyms Dr. MAZA, also known as Abu Talhah Al-Malizi, is an Islamic scholar, preacher, writer and lecturer serving as the Mufti of Perlis since 2 Febr ...

(born 1971) *

Fathul Bari Mat Jahya Fathul Bari Mat Jahya is a Muslim lecturer and politician from Malaysia. Statements in the mainstream media Bari criticized Penang's then Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng for inciting that the word 'Allah' can be used by non-Muslims. He also stated ...

(born 1980) *

Haron Din Haron bin Din ( Jawi: هارون بن دين‎; 18 August 1940 – 16 September 2016) was a Malaysian politician and Muslim cleric. He was the 3rd Spiritual Leader of the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) from March 2015 after the death of hi ...

(1940–2016) * Harussani Zakaria (1939–2021) *

Hassan Azhari Tan Sri Hassan bin Haji Azhari (18 August 1928 – 6 October 2018) was a distinguished Malaysian Islamic scholar renowned for his expertise in ''tarannum'', ''tajwid'', and ''qira'at''. He was a prominent figure in the field of al-Quran studie ...

(1928-2018) * Hussain Yee (born 1950) * Juanda Jaya (born 1972) *

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-Malaysia ...

(1931–2015) * Osman Bakar (born 1946) *

Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas Syed Muhammad al Naquib bin Ali al-Attas ( ; 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 sciences and studied theology, philosophy, me ...

(born 1931) * Yusof Rawa (1922–2000) * Zailan Morris *

Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri (Jawi alphabet, Jawi: ذوالكفل محمد البكري; born 16 January 1969) is a Malaysians, Malaysian Ulama, Islamic scholar who served as Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of Religious Affairs ...

(born 1969)

Pakistan

* Abdul Sattar Khan Niazi (1915–2001) * Abu Salman Shahjahanpuri (1940–2021) * Abu Yahya (born 1969) *

Abul A'la Maududi Abul A'la al-Maududi (; – ) was an Islamic scholar, Islamist ideologue, Muslim philosopher, jurist, historian, journalist, activist, and scholar active in British India and later, following the partition, in Pakistan. Described by Wilfred C ...

(1903–1979) * Alauddin Siddiqui (1936–2017) *

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

(1934–2017) *

Amin Ahsan Islahi Amin Ahsan Islahi (; 1904 – 15 December 1997), was a Pakistani Islamic scholar best known for his Urdu exegesis of the Quran, '' Tadabbur-i-Quran'' ("Pondering on the Quran"), which he based on Hamiduddin Farahi's (1863 – 1930), id ...

(1904–1997) * Aqeel Turabi (1934–2009) * Fateh Muhammad Panipati (1905–1987) *

Ghulam Ahmed Perwez Ghulam Ahmad Parwez (; 1903–1985) was a well-known teacher of the Quran in India and Pakistan. He posed a challenge to the established Sunni doctrine by interpreting Quranic themes with a logical approach. The work 'Islam: A Challenge to Re ...

(1903–1985) * Ghulam Ali Okarvi (1919–2000) * Ghulam Mohi-ud-Din Ghaznavi (1902–1975) * Ghulam Rasool Saeedi (1937–2016) *

Hakeem Muhammad Akhtar Hakeem Muhammad Akhtar (1928 – 2 June 2013) was a Pakistani Sunni Muslim scholar, poet, philanthropist and a Sufi mentor. He established the Jamiah Ashraful Madāris in Karachi. He was an alumnus of the State Unani Medical College Allahabad an ...

(1928–2013) *

Ilyas Qadri Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadri (born 1950) is a Pakistani Islamic scholar who is the leader of Dawat-e-Islami since its foundation. He belongs to the Qadri–Razavi order of Sufism. A Kutchi Memon, Qadri was born in Karachi and studied under Zi ...

(born 1950) *

Israr Ahmed Israr Ahmad (26 April 1932 – 14 April 2010) was a Pakistani Ulama, Islamic scholar, orator and Islamic theologian, theologian. He developed a following in Pakistan and the rest of South Asia but also among some Islam in South Asia, South Asi ...

(1932–2010) *

Javed Ahmad Ghamidi Javed Ahmad Ghamidi (born 7 April 1952) is a Pakistani Islamic scholar and philosopher who is the founder of Al-Mawrid Institute of Islamic Sciences and its sister organisation ''Danish Sara''. He is regarded as one of the most influential and ...

(born 1952) * Khadim Hussain Rizvi (1966–2020) *

Khalid Masud Allama Khalid Masud (16 December 1935 – 1 October 2003), was a Muslim scholar of Pakistan. He spent the major part of his life with Moulana Amin Ahsan Islahi. He conveyed ideas and thoughts of his teacher and Imam Farhi to general public. He ...

(1935–2003) * Khurshid Ahmad (born 1932) *

Muhammad Ali Mirza Muhammad Ali Mirza (; born 4 October 1977) also known as Engineer Ali Mirza, is a Pakistani Islamic cleric and political commentator. A mechanical engineer by profession, he is known for his lectures on religious topics, which have attracted ...

(1977) * Maulana Saifullah Muhammadi (1983) *

Muhammad Adil Khan Muḥammad Adil Khan (or Adil Khān; 195710 October 2020) was a Pakistani people, 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 Far ...

(1957–2020) * Muhammad Hanif Nadvi (1908–1987) * Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadri (born 1950) *

Rafi Usmani Rafi Usmani (21 July 1936 – 18 November 2022) was the Grand Mufti of Pakistan who served as the third president of Darul Uloom Karachi. He was an alumnus of Darul Uloom Deoband, University of the Punjab and the Darul Uloom Karachi. He authore ...

(1936–2022) * Muhammad Raza Saqib Mustafai (born 1972) *

Taqi Usmani Muhammad Taqi Usmani (born 3 October 1943) SI, OI, is a Pakistani Islamic jurist and leading scholar in the fields of Qur'an, Hadith, Islamic law, Islamic economics, and comparative religion. He was a member of the Council of Islamic Ideology ...

(born 1949) *

Muneeb-ur-Rehman Muneeb-ur-Rehman (born 8 February 1945) is a Pakistani mufti and former chairman of Ruet-e-Hilal Committee. He is a professor at Jinnah University for Women. Life and education Muneeb-ur-Rehman was born on 8 February 1945 in a Pashtuns, Pash ...

(born 1945) *

Nizamuddin Shamzai Nizamuddin Shamzai (also Nizam al-Din Shamzai, 12 July 1952 – 30 May 2004) was a pro-Taliban Pakistani Deobandi Sunni Islamic scholar and the senior professor of hadith at the Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia. He was considered "one of the most import ...

(1952– 2004) * Rasheed Turabi (1908–1973) * Shah Ahmad Noorani (1926–2003) * Shah Turab ul Haq (1944–2016) * Syed Adnan Kakakhail (born 1975) *

Syed Jawad Naqvi Allama Syed Jawad Naqvi (born 1963) is a Pakistani Islamic scholar, Religious Leader, religious leader and Preacher who is the founder and Chancellor (education), chancellor of Jamia Urwat-ul-Wusqa in Lahore and many Islamic schools. A leading ...

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

Talib Jauhari Talib Jauhari (27 August 1929 – 21 June 2020) () was a Pakistani Islamic scholar, poet, historian and philosopher of the Shia Sect of Islam. He is widely renowned as the most prominent Shia scholar, and his sermons were broadcast on PTV (Pak ...

(1939–2020) *

Uzair Gul Peshawari Uzair Gul Peshawari (1886 – 17 November 1989) was an Islamic scholar and an activist of the Indian freedom struggle against British rule who actively participated in the Silk Letter Movement. He was an alumnus of the Darul Uloom Deoband and ...

(1886–1989) * Zar Wali Khan (1953–2020) * Zubair Ali Zai (1957–2013)

Central Asia

Kazakhstan

* Absattar Derbisali (1947–2021) * Ratbek hadji Nysanbayev (born 1940)

Uzbekistan

* Muhammad Sadik Muhammad Yusuf (1952–2015) * Usmankhan Alimov (1950–2021)

East Asia

China

Du Shuzhen Du Shuzhen (; born 1924), also known as Aminah, is a Chinese imam. With the help of her uncle and a family friend, both of whom were imams based in Shanghai and Henan respectively, she learned to read the Quran in Arabic. Du carried out her fir ...

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

Philippines

* Ahmad Bashir (1919–1989) * Said Ahmad Basher (born 1951)

Europe

Albania

Al-Albani Muhammad Nasir al-Din (19142 October 1999), commonly known as al-Albani, was an Albanian Islamic scholar. A leading figure of Salafism, he is commemorated for his works on revaluation of hadith studies. Born in Shkodër, Albania, to a family ad ...

(1914–1999) *

Hafiz Sabri Koçi Haxhi Hafiz Sabri Koçi (14 May 1921 – 18 June 2004) was an Albanian alim and shaikh of the Tijāniyyah tariqa who served as the Grand Mufti of Albania in the 1990s. Biography He was born in Orenjë near Librazhd to Idriz and Zejne. Idri ...

(1921-2004) * Haxhi Faik Hoxha (1930-2011) * Haxhi Xhaferr Shkodra (1931-2016) *

Vehbi Sulejman Gavoçi Hajji Vehbi Sulejman Gavoçi (, May 17, 1923 – July 19, 2013) was an Albania, Albanian Islam, Muslim scholar from Shkodër. He was born on May 17, 1923, in the Garuc neighborhood of Shkodër. In June 1937, he emigrated to Damascus, Syria, with ...

(1923–2013)

Belarus

* Ismail Alieksandrovič (1929-2024)

Bosnia

Husein Kavazović Husein ef. Kavazović (born 3 July 1964) is a Bosnian Islamic cleric serving as Grand Mufti of Bosnia and Herzegovina since November 2012. He was previously the Mufti of Tuzla. Biography Son of Hasan and Saima Kavazović, Husein attended prima ...

(born 1964) *

Jusuf Barčić Jusuf Barčić (25 September 196730 March 2007) was a Bosnian Salafist leader and the founder of the Salafist movement in Bosnia and Herzegovina whose leadership shaped the Bosnian Salafist community. Early life Barčić was born in 1967 in ...

(1967–2007) *

Mustafa Cerić Mustafa ef. Cerić (, born 5 February 1952) is a Bosnian imam who served as the Grand Mufti of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1993 to 2012, and is currently president of the World Bosniak Congress. In the 2014 general election, he ran for a seat ...

(born 1952) Bosnia and Herzegovina

Croatia

* Ševko Omerbašić (born 1945)

Cyprus

(1922–2014)

Kosovo

* Abdul Qader Arnaoot (1928–2004) Kosovo * Ajni Sinani (born 1962) * Mulla Idriz Gjilani (1901–1949) Kosovo *

Shefqet Krasniqi Shefqet Krasniqi (born June 20, 1966) is a Kosovar Muslim cleric and scholar of Islam. He formerly held posts of lecturer at the Faculty of Islamic Studies (Pristina) and Imam of the Imperial Mosque (Pristina). He is an expert in Islamic law, a ...

(born 1966) Kosovo * Sherif Ahmeti (1920–1998) Kosovo * Nexhat Ibrahimi (born 1959) Kosovo

North Macedonia

* Hafiz Idriz Idrizi (1936-2005) * Jakup Asipi (1951-2006) * Jusuf Zimeri (1962)

Poland

* Tomasz Miśkiewicz (born 1977)

Romania

Murat Yusuf Murat Yusuf (also known as Murat Iusuf; born August 18, 1977, in Poarta Albă) is a Romanian Islam, Muslim cleric of Tatars of Romania, Tatar origins, currently the Mufti of the Islam in Romania, Muslim Community in Romania. Biography Studies Yu ...

(born 1977)

Russia

* Ahmad Afandi Abdulaev (born 1959) *

Akhmad Kadyrov Akhmat-Khadzhi Abdulkhamidovich Kadyrov (23 August 1951 – 9 May 2004) was a Chechen politician and revolutionary who served as Chief Mufti of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria in the 1990s during and after the First Chechen War. At the outbreak ...

(1951–2004) * Ismail Berdiyev (1954–2024) * Rawil Ğaynetdin (born 1959) * Said Afandi al-Chirkawi (1937–2012) *

Shamil Alyautdinov Shamil Alyautdinov () (born 20 January 1974) is an imam of Moscow's Memorial Mosque on Poklonnaya Hill. He is a graduate of Al Azhar University. He is serving as a deputy mufti on the Clerical Muslim Board for the European part of the Russian Fed ...

(born 1974) * Talgat Tadzhuddin (born 1948)

Serbia , image_flag = Flag of Serbia.svg , national_motto = , image_coat = Coat of arms of Serbia.svg , national_anthem = () , image_map = , map_caption = Location of Serbia (gree ...

Muamer Zukorlić Muamer Zukorlić (; 15 February 1970 – 6 November 2021) was a Serbian politician and Islamic theology, Islamic theologian who served as the president and chief Mufti of the Islam in Serbia, Islamic Community in Serbia. An Bosniaks of Serbia, et ...

(1969-2022)

Ukraine

* Said Ismagilov (born 1978)

Western Europe

Austria

Adnan Ibrahim Adnan Ibrahim is a Palestinian Islamic scholar who holds a master's and a PhD in Arabic studies from the University of Vienna. Life Adnan Ibrahim was born and brought up in a refugee camp in Gaza/Palestine. He later moved to Yugoslavia and stu ...

(born 1966) *

Muhammad Asad Muhammad Asad (born Leopold Weiss; 2 July 1900 – 20 February 1992) was an Austria-Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Muslim polymath, born in modern day Ukraine. He worked as a journalist, traveler, writer, List of political theorists, political theori ...

(1900–1992)

Ireland

* Umar Al-Qadri (born 1982)

United Kingdom

* Abu Talhah Dawud Burbank * Abu-Abdullah Adelabu London *

Abu Yusuf Riyadh ul Haq Riyadh ul Haq (born 1971) is a British Islamic scholar. He has been lecturing and teaching as the lead scholar at Al Kawthar Academy, Leicester since 2004. Early life Riyadh ul Haq was born in the village of Nani Naroli, Gujarat, India in 1971 ...

(born 1971) Leicester *

Ajmal Masroor Ajmal Masroor (; born 19 October 1971) is a Bangladeshi-born British imam, broadcaster and political activist. He is known for being a television presenter on political discussions and on Muslim channels. Early life Masroor was born in Sylhet D ...

(born 1971) London * Ahmed Saad Al-Azhari (born 1978) London *

Haifaa Jawad Haifaa Jawad is an Iraqi Muslim scholar and Honorary Senior Lecturer of theology and religion at the University of Birmingham. Biography Haifaa Jawad received her BA and MA degrees from Baghdad University and her PhD from the University of Exet ...

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 people, Gujarati Indian origin and emigrated to the UK at the age of ...

(born 1965) Leicester *

Joel Hayward Joel Hayward (born 1964) is a New Zealand-born British scholar, academic and writer. He has been listed in the 2023, 2024 and 2025 editions of The 500 Most Influential Muslims, ''The World's 500 Most Influential Muslims''. He has been the Dean ...

(born 1964) Cambridge *

Khurshid Ahmad (scholar) Khurshīd Ahmad (; 23 March 1932 – 13 April 2025) was 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 w ...

(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 Shak ...

(1909–2005) Manchester * Mohammad Akram Nadwi (born 1964) Oxford *

Muhammad Abdul Bari Muhammad Abdul Bari (; born October 1953), is a Bangladeshi-born British physicist, writer, teacher, and community leader. He is a former secretary of Muslim Aid, a former chairman of the East London Mosque, and a former secretary general o ...

(born 1953) London * Muhammad ibn Adam Al-Kawthari, Leicester * Mohammed Hijab (born 1991), London * Musharraf Hussain (born 1962) Nottingham *

Abu Layth Nahiem Ajmal (born ), commonly known by the Abu Layth, is a British Islamic scholar of a British Pakistani, Pakistani background based in Birmingham. Early life and education Ajmal was born in and is of a British Pakistani background. He studi ...

(born 1979), Birmingham * Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood (born 1942) London * Shabbir Akhtar (born 1960) Bradford *

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

(born 1960) London *

Yasser al-Habib Sheikh Yasser al-Habib (; born 20 January 1979) is a Kuwaiti Shia scholar, and the head of the London-based Mahdi Servants Union, as well as Al-Muhassin mosque in Fulmer, Buckinghamshire, and the writer of '' The Lady of Heaven''. Al-Habib's w ...

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

Switzerland

Frithjof Schuon Frithjof Schuon ( ; ; 18 June 1907 – 5 May 1998) was a Swiss philosopher and spiritual leader, belonging to the Traditionalist School of Perennial philosophy, Perennialism. He was the author of more than twenty works in French on metaphys ...

(1907–1998) *

Tariq Ramadan Tariq Ramadan (, ; 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, University of Oxford, He is ...

(born 1962) Geneva

North America

Canada

Ahmad Kutty Ahmad Kutty (born 1946 in Valanchery, Kerala, India), is a North American Islamic scholar. He is currently senior resident Islamic scholar at the Islamic Institute of Toronto and has taught at Emanuel College of the University of Toronto as an ...

(born 1946), Toronto * Faraz Rabbani, Ontario *

Farhat Hashmi Farhat Naseem Hashmi (; born December 22, 1957) is a Pakistani-Canadian Islamic scholar and preacher. She is the founder of the Al-Huda Institute, a network of conservative Islamic religious schools for women. She holds a PhD degree in Islamic ...

(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 Jamal A. Badawi () is an Egyptian-Canadian author, preacher and speaker on Islam. Life Badawi completed his undergraduate studies at Ain Shams University in Cairo. He left for the United States in the 1960s and completed his Masters and docto ...

, Halifax, Nova Scotia *

Muzaffar Iqbal Muzaffar Iqbāl ( Punjabi/Urdu: ; born December 3, 1954, in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan) is a Pakistani-Canadian Islamic scholar and author. Career Dr. Iqbal is the President of Center for Islamic Sciences, Canada. Previously he has worked at Unive ...

(born 1954), Edmonton * Reza Hosseini Nassab (born 1960), Toronto * Shabir Ally (born 1953)

Jamaica

Abdullah el-Faisal Abdullah el-Faisal (born Trevor William Forrest, also known as Abdullah al-Faisal, Sheikh Faisal, Sheik Faisal, and Imam Al-Jamaikee, born 10 September 1963) is a Jamaican Muslim cleric who preached in the United Kingdom until he was convicted ...

(born 1963) *

Bilal Philips Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips (born Dennis Bradley Philips; July 17, 1947) is a Jamaican-born Canadian Islamic scholar and author who is the founder and chancellor of the International Open University, who lives in Qatar. He has been described as a ...

(born 1947)

Trinidad

* Imran N. Hosein (born 1942)

United States

* Aminah McCloud (born 1958) *

Amina Wadud Amina Wadud (born Mary Teasley, September 25, 1952) is an American Muslim theologian. Wadud serves as visiting professor at 4 Consortium for Religious Studies and was also a visiting scholar at Starr King School for the Ministry. Wadud has writte ...

(born 1952) *

Amir Hussain Amir Hussain is a scholar of religion who specializes in the study of Islam. Currently, he is a professor in the Department of Theological Studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. In November 2022 he became President of the America ...

Los Angeles, CA * Asifa Quraishi *

Asma Barlas Asma Barlas (born 10 March 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 Pak ...

(born 1950) * Azizah Y. al-Hibri (born 1943) Virginia * Caner Dagli *

Dalia Mogahed Dalia Mogahed (born 1975), is an American researcher and consultant of Egyptian American, Egyptian origin. She is the director of research at the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU) in Washington, D.C. She is also President and C ...

Fazlur Rahman Malik Fazlur Rahman Malik ( ; ; September 21, 1919 – July 26, 1988), commonly known as Fazlur Rahman, was a modernist scholar and Islamic philosopher from present-day Pakistan. Recognized as a leading liberal reformer within Islam, he focused on e ...

(1919–1988) Illinois * Fetullah Gulen (born 1941) Pennsylvania *

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

(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, th ...

(born 1940) Berkeley, CA *

Hassan Hathout Hassan Hathout (Arabic: حسان حتحوت; born in Egypt on 23 December 1924 – died in Pasadena, California, on 25 April 2009) was a Muslim doctor and professor of medicine who lived in Britain, the south-west Asia, and the United States. Freq ...

(1924–2009) Pasadena. CA *

Ismail al-Faruqi Ismaʿil Raji al-Faruqi (, ; January 1, 1921 – May 27, 1986) was a Palestinian-American Muslim philosopher and scholar of religion. He contributed significantly to Islamic studies, ethics, and interfaith dialogue, and is best known for pio ...

(1921–1986) *

Jonathan A.C. Brown Jonathan Andrew Cleveland Brown, born August 7, 1977, is a university academic and American scholar of Islamic studies. Since 2012, he has served as an associate professor at Georgetown University's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. He h ...

(born 1977) Washington DC *

Kecia Ali Kecia Ali (born 1972) is an American scholar of Islam 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 U ...

(born 1972) Massachusetts *

Khaled Abou El Fadl Khaled Abou el Fadl (, ) (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 jurisprudence, National Security Law, Law ...

(born 1963) California * Khalid Yahya Blankinship (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 psychologist. She produced a gender-neutral translation of the Quran, ''The Sublime Quran ...

(1938–2020) * Louay Safi (born 1955) * Maria Massi Dakake (born 1968) * Mohammed Adam El-Sheikh (born 1945) Virginia * Mohammad Hassan Khalil Michigan * Muqtedar Khan (born 1966) Delaware *

Muzammil H. Siddiqi Muzammil H. Siddiqi (born: 1943) is an Indian-American Muslim writer who has been on the faculty of Chapman University. Academically, Siddiqi is an adjunct professor of Islamic Studies at Chapman University in Orange, California. He is also ...

(born 1943) * Omar Khalidi (1953–2010) * Omar Suleiman Texas *

Omid Safi Omid Safi is an Iranian-American professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at Duke University. He was the Director of Duke Islamic Studies Center from July 2014 to June 2019 and was a columnist for On Being. Safi specializes in Islamic my ...

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 is the editor-in-chief at the Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research and the founder of the Umma ...

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 a Sayid Muslim family. Hassan's maternal grandfather was Hakim ...

(born 1953) *

Seyyed Hossein Nasr Seyyed Hossein Nasr (born April 7, 1933) is an Iranian Americans, Iranian-American academic, philosophy, philosopher, theology, theologian, and Ulama, Islamic scholar. He is University Professor of Islamic studies at George Washington University. ...

(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 Univers ...

California *

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

(born 1948) Chicago *

Wael Hallaq Wael B. Hallaq () is a Palestinian-Canadian scholar of Islamic studies and 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 lea ...

(born 1955) New York *

Warith Deen Mohammed Warith Deen Mohammed (born Wallace D. Muhammad; October 30, 1933 – September 9, 2008) was an African-American Muslims, African-American Muslim leader, Theology, theologian, philosopher, Islamic revival, Muslim revivalist, and Islamic thinker. ...

(1933–2008) Illinois * Yasir Qadhi (born 1975) Texas *

Yasir Nadeem al Wajidi Yasir Nadeem al Wajidi (born 4 March 1982) is an Indian-born, Chicago-based Muslim scholar, mufti, author, public speaker, and debator. He is the founder and president of Burhan Academy, an Islamic school located at the former Elgin Academy (Elgi ...

(born 1982) Chicago *

Zaid Shakir Zaid Shakir (; 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 E. Curtis", The Colum ...

(born 1956) California

Oceania

Australia

Charis Waddy Charis Waddy (24 September 1909 – 29 August 2004) was an Australian-born British author, lecturer and Islamic scholar. She worked full-time with the Oxford Group from 1935 after which it became Moral Re-Armament (MRA; now Initiatives of Change) ...

(1909–2004) *

Fehmi Naji Fehmi Naji El-Imam AM () (1928 – 24 September 2016) was the Grand Mufti of Australia from June 2007 to September 2011. Born in Lebanon, he arrived in Australia in 1951. He was elected to succeed Taj El-Din Hilaly on 10 June 2007, but by Jan ...

(1928–2016) *

Ibrahim Abu Mohamed Ibrahim Abu Mohamed () 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 life Abu Mohamed was born in Binufar, Gha ...

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 Australian ...

(born 1941)

New Zealand

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

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