Islamic scholars around the world

Africa

Nigeria

• Aminu Ibrahim Daurawa (born 1969)
• Dahiru Usman Bauchi (born 1927)
• Isa Ali Pantami
• Ja’afar Mahmud Adam (1960–2007)
• Kabiru Gombe (born 1960)
• Muhammad Auwal Albani Zaria (1960–2014)
• Sani Umar Rijiyar Lemo (born 1970)
• Sani Yahaya Jingir

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

Mauritania

• Abdallah Bin Bayyah (born 1935)

South Africa

• Abdalqadir as-Sufi (1930–2021)
• Ebrahim Desai (1963–2021)
• Taha Karaan (1969–2021)
• Yusuf Karaan (1935–2015)

Zimbabwe

• Ismail ibn Musa Menk (born 1975)

Ghana

• Ahmed Tijani Ben Omar (born 1950)
• Osman Nuhu Sharubutu (born 1919)

Senegal

• Ibrahim Niass (1900–1975)

Morocco

• Abd al-Aziz al-Ghumari (1920-1997)
• Asma Lamrabet (Born 1951)
• Fatima al-Kabbaj (born 1932)
• Muhammad Abu Khubza (1932-2020)

Asia

West Asia

Iran

• Abd al-A’la al-Sabziwari (1910–1993)
• Abdollah Javadi-Amoli (born 1933)
• Ahmad Jannati (born 1927)
• Ahmad Mojtahedi Tehrani (1923–2008)
• Ali Akbar Ghoreishi (born 1928)
• Ali Mohammad Dastgheib Shirazi (born 1935)
• Ali Movahedi-Kermani (born 1931)
• Ali Khamenei (born 1939)
• Fakhraddin Mousavi (born 1930)
• Hassan Hassanzadeh Amoli (born 1928)
• Hossein Mazaheri (born 1933)
• Hossein Wahid Khorasani (born 1921)
• Hussein-Ali Montazeri (1922–2009)
• Iftikhār al-Tujjar (1912-1977)
• Ja’far Sobhani (born 1929)
• Jawad Tabrizi (1926–2006)
• Lotfollah Safi Golpaygani (born 1919)
• Mohammad Ali Gerami Qomi (born 1938)
• Mohammad Ali Mousavi Jazayeri (born 1941)
• Mohammad Ebrahim Jannaati (born 1933)
• Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari (1904–1986)
• Mohammad Khamenei (born 1935)
• Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai (1903–1981)
• Mohammad Sadeq Rouhani (born 1926)
• Mohammad Sadeqi Tehrani (1926–2011)
• Mohammad Sadoughi (1909–1982)
• Mohammad Taghi Mesbah Yazdi (1935–2021)
• Mohammad-Taqi Bahjat Foumani (1916–2009)
• Mohammad Yazdi (1931–2020)
• Mousa Shubairi Zanjani (born 1928)
• Naser Makarem Shirazi (born 1927)
• Ruhollah Khomeini (1900–1989)
• Taqi Tabatabaei Qomi (1923–2016)
• Yasubedin Rastegar Jooybari (born 1940)
• Yousef Saanei (1937–2020)
• Zīnah al-Sādāt Humāyūnī (born 1917)
• Zohreh Sefati (born 1948)

Cyprus

• Nazim Al-Haqqani (1922–2014)

Iraq

• Abbas Modaresi Yazdi (1943–2020)
• Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei (1899–1992)
• Ahmad Hassani Baghdadi (born 1945)
• Ali al-Milani (born 1948)
• Ali al-Sistani (born 1930)
• Allaedin Ghoraifi (born 1945)
• Fazel Maleki (born 1953)
• Hassan al-Shirazi (1935–1980)
• Hussein Esmaeel al-Sadr (born 1952)
• Kamal al-Haydari (born 1956)
• Kazem al-Haeri (born 1938)
• Mahmoud al-Sarkhi (born 1964)
• Mohammad al-Sadr (1943–1999)
• Mohammad al-Shirazi (1928–2001)
• Mohammad Ali Tabatabaei Hassani (1945–2017)
• Mohammad Hussaini Shahroudi (1925–2019)
• Mohammed Ridha al-Shirazi (1959–2008)
• Mohammad Taher Khaqani (born 1940)
• Mohammad Taqi al-Modarresi (born 1945)
• Mohammad Yaqoobi (born 1960)
• Morteza Hosseini Fayaz (1929–2014)
• Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr (1935–1980)
• Sadiq al-Shirazi (born 1942)
• Shamsodin Vaezi (born 1936)
• Shahab ud-Din Mar’ashi Najafi (1897–1990)

Jordan

• Umar Sulayman al-Ashqar (1930–2012)
• Sa’id Foudah (born 1967)
• Nuh Ha Mim Keller (born 1954)
• Abdul Karim Khasawneh (born 1944)
• Nuh al-Qudah (born 1939)

Lebanon

• Abdullah al-Harari (1910–2008)
• Gibril Haddad (born 1960)
• Hisham Kabbani (born 1945)
• Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah (1935–2010)
• Musa al-Sadr (1928–1978)
• Sobhi Mahmassani (1909–1986)

Oman

• Zohurul Hoque (1926–2017)

Palestine

• Taqiuddin al-Nabhani (1909–1977)

Saudi Arabia

• Abd al-Aziz ibn Abd Allah ibn Baaz (1910–1999)
• Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais (born 1960)
• Abdul-Azeez ibn Abdullaah Aal ash-Shaikh (born 1943)
• Abdullah Ibn Jibreen (1933–2009)
• Adil al-Kalbani (born 1959)
• Ali Bin Abdur Rahman Al Huthaify (born 1947)
• Muhammad ibn Alawi al-Maliki (1944-2004)
• Muhammad Al-Munajid (born 1960)
• Muhammad ibn al Uthaymeen (1925–2001)
• Muhammad Muhsin Khan (born 1927)
• Rabee al-Madkhali (born 1931)
• Saleh Al-Fawzan (born 1933)
• Saud Al-Shuraim (born 1964)

Syria

• Ahmed Kuftaro (1915–2004)
• Muhammad Ali al-Sabuni (1930-2021)
• Muhammad al-Yaqoubi (born 1963)
• Muhammad bin Yahya al-Ninowy (born 1966)
• Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani (1914–1999)
• Muhammad Said Ramadan al-Bouti (1929–2013)
• Munira al-Qubaysi (born 1933)

Turkey

• Ahmet Mahmut Ünlü (born 1965)
• Ali Bardakoğlu (born 1952)
• Ali Erbaş (born 1961)
• Cemalnur Sargut (born 1962)
• Fethullah Gülen (born 1941)
• Hidayet Şefkatli Tuksal (born 1963)
• Hüseyin Hilmi Işık (1911-2001)
• Mahmud Esad Coşan (1938–2001)
• Mahmut Ustaosmanoğlu (1929-2022)
• Mehmed Fatih Çıtlak (born 1967)
• Mehmet Görmez (born 1959)
• Mustafa Çağrıcı (born 1950)
• Muzaffer Ozak (1916–1985)
• Nazim Al-Haqqani (1922–2014)
• Osman Nuri Topbaş (born 1942)
• Ömer Tuğrul İnançer (1946-2022)
• Süleyman Ateş (born 1933)
• Yaşar Nuri Öztürk (1951-2016)

Yemen

• Abdul Majeed al-Zindani (born 1942)
• Habib Ali al-Jifri (born 1971)
• Habib Umar bin Hafiz (born 1963)
• Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi’i (1933–2001)
• Yahya al-Hajuri

South Asia

Bangladesh

• Abdul Latif Chowdhury Fultali (1913–2008)
• Abdul Halim Bukhari (born 1945)
• Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani (1880–1976)
• Abdul Haque Faridi (1903–1996)
• Abdul Jabbar Jahanabadi (1937–2016)
• Abdul Khaleque Mondal (born 1944)
• Abdul Malek Halim
• Abdul Matin Chowdhury (1915–1990)
• Abdur Rahim (1918–1987)
• Abdur Rahman Chatgami (1920–2015)
• Abdur Rahman Kashgarhi (d. 1971)
• Abdus Salam Chatgami (1943–2021)
• Abdus Sobhan (1936–2020)
• Abu Zafar Mohammad Saleh (1915–1990)
• A F M Khalid Hossain (born 1959)
• Ahmed Ali Enayetpuri (1898–1959)
• Ashraf Ali Bishwanathi (1928–2005)
• Athar Ali Bengali (1891–1976)
• Azizul Haq (1903–1961)
• Azizul Haque (1919–2012)
• Deen Muhammad Khan (1900–1974)
• Delwar Hossain Sayeedi (born 1940)
• Farid Uddin Chowdhury (b. 1947)
• Farid Uddin Masood (b. 1950)
• Fazlul Karim (1935–2006)
• Fazlul Haque Amini (1945–2012)
• Gulamur Rahman (1865–1937)
• Hafezzi Huzur (1895–1997)
• Ibrahim Chatuli (1894–1984)
• Ibrahim Ujani (1863–1943)
• Izharul Islam
• Junaid Babunagari (1955–2021)
• Khandaker Abdullah Jahangir (1961–2016)
• Khwaja Yunus Ali (1886–1951)
• Mahfuzul Haque (born 1969)
• Mahmudul Hasan (born 1950)
• Mamunul Haque (born 1973)
• Mohammad Akram Khan (1868–1969)
• Muhammad Abdul Malek (born 1969)
• Muhammad Asadullah Al-Ghalib (born 1948)
• Muhammad Faizullah (1892–1976)
• Muhammad Shahidullah (1885–1969)
• Muhammad Wakkas (1952–2021)
• Muhibbullah Babunagari (born 1935)
• Muhiuddin Khan (1935–2016)
• Mushahid Ahmad Bayampuri (1907–1971)
• Nur Hossain Kasemi (1945–2020)
• Nur Uddin Gohorpuri (1924–2005)
• Nurul Islam Farooqi (died 2014)
• Nurul Islam Jihadi (born 1948)
• Nurul Islam Olipuri (born 1955)
• Obaidul Haque (1934–2008)
• Obaidullah Hamzah (born 1972)
• Ruhul Amin (b. 1962)
• Sayed Muhammad Amimul Ehasan Barkati (1911–1974)
• Syed Najibul Bashar Maizbhandari (b. 1959)
• Syed Rashid Ahmed Jaunpuri (1889–2001)
• Sajidur Rahman (b. 1964)
• Sayed Kamaluddin Zafree (born 1945)
• Shah Ahmad Hasan (1882–1967)
• Shah Ahmad Shafi (1916–2020)
• Shahidul Islam (born 1960)
• Shahinur Pasha Chowdhury (b. 1985)
• Shamsul Haque Faridpuri (1896–1969)
• Shamsul Huda Panchbagi (1897–1988)
• Sultan Zauq Nadvi (born 1939)
• Syed Fazlul Karim (1935–2006)
• Syed Mohammad Saifur Rahman (born 1916)
• Syed Rezaul Karim (born 1971)
• Ubaidul Haq (1928–2007)
• Zia Uddin (born 1941)

India

• Abdul Ghani Azhari (1922–2023)
• Abdul Hamid Qadri Badayuni (1898–1970)
• Abdul Haq Azmi (1928–2016)
• Abdul Jalil Choudhury (1925-1989)
• Abdul Khaliq Sambhali (1950–2021)
• Abdul Rashid Dawoodi (born 1979)
• Abdul Razzaq (1932–2021)
• Anzar Shah Kashmiri (1927–2008)
• Ameen Mian Qaudri
• Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi (1856 – 1921)
• Atiqur Rahman Usmani (1901–1984)
• Bashir al-Najafi (born 1942)
• Bashir-ud-din Farooqi (1934–2019)
• E. K. Aboobacker Musliyar (1914–1996)
• Faizul Waheed (1966–2021)
• Fuzail Ahmad Nasiri (born 1978)
• Habibur Rahman Khairabadi (born 1933)
• Hafizur Rahman Wasif Dehlavi (1910–1987)
• Hamid al-Ansari Ghazi (1909–1992)
• Hashmi Miya (born 1947)
• Kafilur Rahman Nishat Usmani (1942–2006)
• Kalbe Abid (1923–1986)
• Kalbe Sadiq (1939–2020)
• Kanniyath Ahmed Musliyar (1900–1993)
• Kanthapuram A. P. Aboobacker Musliyar (born 1931)
• Khalid Saifullah Rahmani (born 1956)
• Mohammad Najeeb Qasmi
• Muhammad Salim Qasmi (1926–2018)
• Muhammad Sufyan Qasmi (born 1954)
• Muhammad Taqi Amini (1926–1991)
• Muhammad Yunus Jaunpuri (1937–2017)
• Minnatullah Rahmani (1913–1991)
• Mufti Syed Ziauddin Naqshbandi
• Muhammad Madni Ashraf Ashrafi Al-Jilani (born 1938)
• Mujahidul Islam Qasmi (1936–2002)
• Mustafa Raza Khan Qadri
• Nazir Ahmad Qasmi (born 20 June 1964)
• Nizamuddin Asir Adrawi (1926–2021)
• Noor Alam Khalil Amini (1952–2021)
• Qamaruzzaman Azmi
• Rafiq Ahmad Pampori (born 1956)
• Rahmatullah Mir Qasmi (born 1956)
• Saeed Ahmad Akbarabadi (1908–1985)
• Sa’id Akhtar Rizvi (1927–2002)
• Salman Mazahiri (1946–2020)
• Sayyid Abdurahman Imbichikoya Thangal Al-Aydarusi Al-Azhari (1924–2015)
• Sayyid Ibraheem Khaleel Al Bukhari (born 1964)
• Shihabuddeen Ahmed Koya Shaliyathi
• Shakir Ali Noori
• Shams Naved Usmani (1931–1993)
• Syed Ahmad Hashmi (1932–2001)
• Syed Aqeel-ul-Gharavi (born 1964)
• Syed Hamidul Hasan
• Syed Mohammed Mukhtar Ashraf (1916-1996)
• Syed Muhammedali Shihab Thangal (1936–2009)
• Syed Zafrul Hasan Rizvi (1911–1983)
• Usman Mansoorpuri (1944–2021)
• Wahiduddin Khan (1925–2021)
• Yasin Mazhar Siddiqi (1944–2020)
• Zayn al-Abidin Sajjad Meerthi (1910–1991)
• Zeeshan Haider Jawadi (1938–2000)
• Ziauddin Madani
• Ziaul Mustafa Razvi Qadri

Pakistan

• Abdur Razzaq Iskander (1935–2021)
• Abu Salman Shahjahanpuri (1940–2021)
• Abu Yahya (born 1969)
• Abdul Sattar Khan Niazi (1915–2001)
• Alauddin Siddiqui (1936–2017)
• Amin Ahsan Islahi (1904–1997)
• Ameer Muhammad Akram Awan (1934–2017)
• Ehsan Elahi Zaheer (1940-1987)
• Fateh Muhammad Panipati (1905–1987)
• Ghulam Ali Okarvi (1919–2000)
• Ghulam Ahmed Perwez (1903–1985)
• Ghulam Mohi-ud-Din Ghaznavi (1902–1975)
• Hakeem Muhammad Akhtar (1928–2013)
• Ilyas Qadri (12 July 1950)
• Israr Ahmed (1932–2010)
• Javed Ahmad Ghamidi (born 1952)
• Khadim Hussain Rizvi (1966-2020)
• Khalid Masud (1935–2003)
• Khurshid Ahmad (born 1932)
• Muhammad Adil Khan (died 2020)
• Muhammad Hanif Nadvi (1908 – 1987)
• Muhammad Ishaq Madni (1935-28 August 2013)
• Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadri (Born 1950)
• Muhammad Rafi Usmani (1936–2022)
• Muhammad Raza Saqib Mustafai (born 1972)
• Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri (born 1951)
• Muhammad Taqi Usmani (born 1949)
• Muneeb-ur-Rehman (born 1945)
• Muzaffar Shah Qadri
• Nizamuddin Shamzai (12 July 1952 – 30 May 2004)
• Rasheed Turabi (1908–1973)
• Shah Ahmad Noorani (1926–2003)
• Shah Turab ul Haq (1944–2016)
• Syed Adnan Kakakhail (born 1975)
• Syed Jawad Naqvi (born 1952)
• Syed Shehanshah Hussain Naqvi (born 1974)
• Syed Shujaat Ali Qadri (1941–1993)
• Talib Jauhari (1939–2020)
• Tariq Jamil (born 1953)
• Tariq Masood (born 1975)
• Uzair Gul Peshawari (died 17 November 1989)
• Zar Wali Khan (1953–2020)

Bangladesh

• Delwar Hossain Sayeedi (Born Feb, 1940)

Indonesia

• Abdurrahman Wahid (1940–2009)
• B.J. Habibie (1936-2019)
• Fakih Usman (1904–1968)
• Hamka (1908–1981)
• Ilyas Ruhiat (1934–2007)
• Maria Ulfah (born 1955)
• Mas Mansoer (1896–1946)
• Mohammad Natsir (1908–1993)
• Quraish Shihab (born 1944)
• Siti Noordjannah Djohantini (born 1958)
• Siti Chamamah Soeratno (born 1941)

Malaysia

• Abdul Hadi Awang (born 1947)
• Asri Zainul Abidin (born 1971)
• Haron Din (1940–2016)
• Nenney Shushaidah Binti Shamsuddin (born 1975)
• Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat (1931–2015)
• Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas (born 1931)
• Zailan Morris
• Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri (born 1969)
• Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas

Central Asia

Uzbekistan

• Muhammad Sadik Muhammad Yusuf (1952–2015)

East Asia

China

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

Europe

The Balkans

• Abdul Qader Arnaoot (1928–2004) Kosovo
• Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani (1914–1999) Albania
• Mustafa Cerić (born 1952) Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Shefqet Krasniqi (born 1966) Kosovo
• Shuaib Al Arna’ut (1928-2016) Albania
• Vehbi Sulejman Gavoçi (1923-2013) Albania

Western Europe

Austria

• Adnan Ibrahim (born 1966) Vienna
• Muhammad Asad (1900–1992)

Germany

• Ahmad Milad Karimi (born 1979)
• Halima Krausen (born 1949)

Ireland

• Umar Al-Qadri (born 1982) Dublin

United Kingdom

• Abdul Qayum (born 1960) London
• Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera (born 1974)
• Abu-Abdullah Adelabu London
• Abu Yusuf Riyadh ul Haq (born 1971) Leicester
• Ajmal Masroor (born 1971) London
• Ahmed Saad Al-Azhari (born 1978) London
• Haifaa Jawad Birmingham
• Haitham al-Haddad (born 1971) London
• Ibrahim Mogra (born 1965) Leicester
• Joel Hayward (born 1964) London
• Khurshid Ahmad (scholar) (born 1932) Leicester
• Martin Lings (1909–2005) Manchester
• Mohammad Akram Nadwi (born 1964) Oxford
• Muhammad Abdul Bari (born 1953) London
• Muhammad ibn Adam Al-Kawthari, Leicester
• Musharraf Hussain (born 1962) Nottingham
• Nahiem Ajmal (born 1979)
• Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood (born 1942) London
• Shabbir Akhtar (born 1960) Bradford
• Timothy Winter (born 1960) London
• Yasser Al-Habib (born 1979)
• Yusuf Motala (1946–2019) Lancashire

Switzerland

• Frithjof Schuon (1907–1998)
• Tariq Ramadan (born 1962) Geneva

North America

Canada

• Ahmad Kutty (born 1946), Toronto
• Faraz Rabbani, Ontario

• Farhat Hashmi (born 1957)

• Ingrid Mattson (born 1963), Ontario^[1][2][3]
• Jamal Badawi, Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Muzaffar Iqbal (born 1954), Edmonton
• Reza Hosseini Nassab (born 1960), Toronto

United States

• Aminah McCloud (born 1958)
• Amina Wadud (born 1952)
• Amir Hussain Los Angeles, CA
• Asifa Quraishi
• Asma Barlas (born 1950)
• Azizah Y. Al-Hibri (born 1943) Virginia
• Caner Dagli
• Dalia Mogahed
• Fazlur Rahman (1919–1988) Illinois
• Fetullah Gulen (born 1941) Pennsylvania
• Hamza Yusuf (born 1958) Berkeley, CA^[4]
• Hamid Algar (born 1940) Berkeley, CA
• Hassan Hathout (1924–2009) Pasadena. CA
• Jonathan A.C. Brown (born 1977) Washington DC
• Kecia Ali (born 1972) Massachusetts
• Khaled Abou El Fadl (born 1963) California
• Khalid Yahya Blankinship (born 1949) Philadelphia, PA
• Laleh Bakhtiar (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 (born 1943)
• Omar Khalidi (1953–2010)
• Omar Suleiman Texas
• Omid Safi North Carolina
• Ovamir Anjum Ohio
• Riffat Hassan (born 1953)
• Seyyed Hossein Nasr (born 1933)
• Sherman Jackson California
• Umar Faruq Abd-Allah (born 1948) Chicago
• Wael Hallaq (born 1955) New York
• Warith Deen Mohammed (1933–2008) Illinois
• Yasir Qadhi (born 1975) Texas
• Yasir Nadeem al Wajidi (born 1982) Chicago
• Zaid Shakir (born 1956) California

Trinidad

• Imran N. Hosein

Oceania

Australia

• Charis Waddy (1909–2004)^[5]
• Fehmi Naji (1928–2016)
• Ibrahim Abu Mohamed
• Taj El-Din Hilaly (born 1941)

New Zealand

• Joel Hayward (born in Christchurch in 1964), lives in Abu Dhabi, UAE