List of contemporary Muslim scholars of Islam
This article is an incomplete list of noted modern-era (20th to 21st century) Islamic scholars.
This refers to religious authorities whose publications or statements are accepted as pronouncements on religion by their respective communities and adherents.
For a list of academic scholars specializing in Islam within the field of religious studies, see List of Islamic studies scholars.
Geographical categories have been created based on commonalities in culture and across the Islamic World.
Africa
Ghana
- Yusuf Soalih Ajura (1890–2004)
Mauritania
- Abdallah Bin Bayyah (born 1935)
Zimbabwe
Asia
Middle East
Iraq
- Kamal alHaydari (born 1956), Iraq
Jordan
- Umar Sulayman al-Ashqar (1930–2012)
Kuwait
- Mishari Rashid Al-Afasy (born 1976)
Lebanon
- Sobhi Mahmassani (1909–1986)
- Abdullah al-Harari (1910–2008)
Palestine
- Taqiuddin al-Nabhani (1909–1977)
Saudi Arabia
- Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal
- Muhammed alavi maaliki ()
- Abd al-Aziz ibn Abd Allah ibn Baaz (1910–1999)
- Muhammad ibn al Uthaymeen (1925–2001)
- Muhammad Al-Munajid (born 1960)
- Saleh Al-Fawzan (born 1933)
- Abdur-Rahman al-Mu'allimee al-Yamani (1894–1966)
- Muhammad Muhsin Khan (born 1927)
- Abdullah ibn Abdulrahman ibn Jibreen (1933–2009)
- Abdul-Azeez ibn Abdullaah Aal ash-Shaikh (born 1943)
- Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais (born 1960)
- Rabee al-Madkhali (Born 1931)
- Mohamad al-Arefe (Born 1970)
Syria
- Ibn Taymiyyah (1263–1328)
- Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi (1849–1902)
- Rashid Rida (1865–1935)
- Muhammad al-Yaqoubi
- Muhammad bin Yahya al-Ninowy
- Ibn Kathir (1300-1373)
- Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya (1292–1350)
- Al-Dhahabi (1274–1348)
Turkey
- İskilipli Mehmed Atıf Hoca (1875–1926)
- Muhammed Hamdi Yazır (1878–1942)
- Said Nursî (1878–1960)
- Ekrem Buğra Ekinci (born 1966)
United Arab Emirates
- Habib Ali al-Jifri (born 1971)
Yemen
- Abdul Majeed al-Zindani (born 1942)
- Habib Umar bin Hafiz (born 1963)
- Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i (1933–2001)
SOUTH ASIA
Bangladesh
- Shah Abdul Hannan
- Azizul Haque (1919–2012)
- Abdur Rahim (1918–1987)
India
- Shah Waliullah (born 1703)
- Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi
- Sheikh Aboobacker Ahmad
- K. Ali Kutty Musliyar
- Zakir Naik
- Shamsul Ulama E. K. Aboobacker Musliyar
Pakistan
- Mufti Amjad Ali Aazmi (1882-1948)
- Amin Ahsan Islahi (1904–1997)
- Farhat Hashmi (born 1957)
- Javed Ahmad Ghamidi (born 1952)
- Kaukab Noorani Okarvi
- Khalid Masud (1935–2003)
- Allama Muhammad Iqbal (1877-1938)
- Khurshid Ahmad (born 1932)
- Meher Ali Shah (1856–1937)
- Muhammad Tahir (born 1962)
- Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri ( 1951 - Present)
- Muhammad Iqbal (1877-1938)
- Mohammad Abdul Ghafoor Hazarvi (1911–1970)
- Muhammad Ilyas Qadri (born 1950)
- Muhammad Akmal
- Muhammad Ilyas Qadri (1950 - Present)
- Muzaffar Shah Qadri
- Naseer Ahmad Nasir (1910–2000)
- Sarfraz Ahmed Naeemi (1948–2009)
- Shah Turab ul Haq
- Shabir Ahmed Usmani
- Shakil Auj (1960-2014)
- Syed Riaz Hussain Shah
- Syed Shujaat Ali Qadri (1941–1993)
- Syed Abul Ala Maududi (1903-1979)
- Talib Jauhari
- Yousuf Ludhianvi (1932–2000)
- Zafar Ishaq Ansari (born 1932)
- Zar Wali Khan
- Zubair Ali Zai (1957–2013)
Southeast Asia
Indonesia
- Abdurrahman Wahid (1940-2009)
- Ahmad Khatib (1860-1916)
- Ahmad Surkati (1875-1943)
- Fakih Usman (1904-1968)
- Hamka (1908-1981)
- Ilyas Ruhiat (1934-2007)
- Maria Ulfah (1955-present)
- Mas Mansoer (1896-1946)
- Mohammad Natsir (1908-1993)
- Oemar Said Tjokroaminoto (1882-1934)
- Siti Noordjannah Djohantini (1958-present)
- Zuhairi Misrawi (1977-present)
Malaysia
- Abdul Hadi Awang (born 1947)
- Haron Din (1940 - 2016)
- Imran N. Hosein (born 1942)
- Asri Zainul Abidin (born 1971)
- Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat (1931–2015)
- Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas
Singapore
- Abdul Aleem Siddiqi (1892–1954)
Central Asia
Uzbekistan
- Muhammad Sadik Muhammad Yusuf (1952–2015)
East Asia
China
- Muhammad Ma Jian (1906–1978) China
Europe
Eastern Europe
- Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani (1914–1999) Albania
- Abdul Qader Arnaoot (1928–2004) Yugoslavia
- Mustafa Ceric (born 1952) Bosnia and Herzegovina
Western Europe
Austria
- Adnan Ibrahim (born 1966) Vienna, Austria
- Muhammad Asad (1900–1992) Germany
Great Britain
- Abdul Qayum (born 1960) London, United Kingdom
- Mahmudul Hasan (born 1978)
- Haitham al-Haddad (born 1971) London, United Kingdom
- Abdur Rahman Madani (born 1971) London, United Kingdom
- Abu Yusuf Riyadh ul Haq Leicester, United Kingdom
- Timothy Winter (born 1960) London, United Kingdom
- Joel Hayward (born 1964) London, United Kingdom
- Khurshid Ahmad (scholar) (born 1932) Leicester, United Kingdom
- Mohammad Akram Nadwi (born 1964) Oxford, United Kingdom
- Abu Sayed Ansary (born 1978) London, United Kingdom
- Ahmed Babikir London, United Kingdom
- Ajmal Masroor (born 1971) London, United Kingdom
- Ibrahim Mogra (born 1965) Leicester, United Kingdom
- Yusuf Motala (born 1946) Lancashire, United Kingdom
- Marmaduke Pickthall (1875–1936) Surrey, United Kingdom
- Kamal Uddin (born 1984) Manchester, United Kingdom
- Zakaria Badat (born 1968) Leicester, United Kingdom
- Muhammad Abdul Bari (born 1953) London, United Kingdom
- Martin Lings (1909–2005) Kent, United Kingdom
- Abu-Abdullah Adelabu London, United Kingdom
- Muhammad Imdad Hussain Pirzada (born 1946) Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom
- Martin Lings (1909–2005) Manchester, United Kingdom
- Umar Al-Qadri (born 1982) Dublin, Ireland
Sweden
- Ivan Aguéli (1869–1917) Sweden
Switzerland
- Frithjof Schuon (1907–1998) Switzerland
- Tariq Ramadan (born 1962) Geneva, Switzerland
North America
Canada
- Faraz Rabbani, Ontario, Canada
- Ingrid Mattson (born 1963), Ontario, Canada
- Jamal Badawi, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Bilal Philips, Jamaica & Toronto, Canada
- Ahmad Kutty (born 1946), Toronto, Canada (originally from Kerala, India)
- Faisal Kutty, Ottawa, Canada
- Kecia Ali, University of Boston
United States
- Zaid Shakir (born 1956) California, USA
- Khaled Abou El Fadl California, USA
- Abu Ammaar Yasir Qadhi Houston, USA
- Fazlur Rahman (1919–1988) Chicago, USA
- Hamid Algar (born 1940) Berkeley, USA
- Jonathan A.C. Brown (born 1977) Washington DC, USA
- Mohammed Adam El-Sheikh (born 1945) Virginia, USA
- Ovamir Anjum Ohio, USA
- Anwar al-Alwaki (1971–2011) New Mexico, USA
- Hamza Yusuf (born 1958) California, USA
- Hassan Hathout (1924–2009)
- Warith Deen Mohammed (1933–2008) Illinois, USA
- Faisal Kutty
- Louay Safi (born 1955)
- Muqtedar Khan (born 1966) Delaware, USA
- Omar Khalidi (1953–2010)
- Muzammil H. Siddiqi (born 1943)
- Omid Safi North Carolina, USA
- Seyyed Hossein Nasr (born 1933)
- Amir Hussain Born in Lahore, Pakistan, raised in Toronto, Canada, living in Los Angeles
- Sherman Jackson California, USA
- Mohammad Hassan Khalil Michigan, USA
- Intisar Rabb
- Suhaib Webb (born 1972) Oklahoma, USA
- Wael Hallaq (born 1955) New York City, USA (originally from Palestine)
- Asifa Quraishi
Oceania
Australia
- Shady Alsuleiman (born 1978)-Sydney, Australia
- Mohammed Omran-Established Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jamaah Association (ASWJA), the leading Salafi organisation in Australia.
- Taj El-Din Hilaly (born 1941)-Former Grand Mufti of Australia (1992-2007)
- Fehmi Naji (1928-2016)-Former Grand Mufti of Australia (2007-2011)
- Ibrahim Abu Mohamed-Current Grand Mufti of Australia (2011-present)
See also
- Islamic studies by author (non-Muslim or academic)
- List of Islamic historians
- List of Islamic philosophers
- List of Islamic jurists
- List of Muslim mathematicians
- List of Muslim scientists
- List of Muslim astronomers
- List of Da'ees
- List of female Muslim scholars
- Muslim scholarship
- Permanent Committee of Scholars for Research and Fataawa
- Allamah
References
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