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
North Africa
Mauritania
- Abdallah Bin Bayyah (born 1935)
Morocco
- Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali (born 1893)
Sub-Saharan Africa
Ghana
- Yusuf Soalih Ajura (1890–2004)
South Africa
- Ahmed Deedat (1918–2005)
Zimbabwe
- Ismail ibn Musa Menk (born 1975)
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)
- Hisham Kabbani (born 1945)
Palestine
- Taqiuddin al-Nabhani (1909–1977)
Saudi Arabia
- Abd al-Aziz ibn Abd Allah ibn Baaz (1910–1999)
- Abdullah ibn Abdulrahman ibn Jibreen (1933–2009)
- Abdul-Azeez ibn Abdullaah Aal ash-Shaikh (born 1943)
- Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais (born 1960)
- Abdur-Rahman al-Mu'allimee al-Yamani (1894–1966)
- Muhammad ibn al Uthaymeen (1925–2001)
- Muhammad Al-Munajid (born 1960)
- Mohamad al-Arefe (born 1970)
- Muhammad Muhsin Khan (born 1927)
- Rabee al-Madkhali (born 1931)
- Saleh Al-Fawzan (born 1933)
- Adil al-Kalbani (born 1959)
Syria
- Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi (1849–1902)
- Muhammad al-Yaqoubi (born 1963)
- Muhammad bin Yahya al-Ninowy (born 1966)
- Rashid Rida (1865–1935)
Turkey
- İskilipli Mehmed Atıf Hoca (1875–1926)
- Ekrem Buğra Ekinci (born 1966)
- Muhammed Hamdi Yazır (1878–1942)
- Said Nursî (1878–1960)
Cyprus
- Nazim Al-Haqqani (1922–2014)
- Mehmet Adil (born 1957)
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
- Abdur Rahim (1918–1987)
- Azizul Haque (1919–2012)
- Delwar Hossain Sayeedi
- Shamsul Haque Faridpuri (1896–1969)
- Shah Abdul Hannan (born 1939)
- Muhammad Asadullah Al-Ghalib (born 1948)
- Muhammad Abdul Malek (born 1969)
India
- Ahmad Raza Khan (1856–1921)
- Akhtar Raza Khan (born 1943)
- Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi (1914–1999)
- Shamsul Ulama E. K. Aboobacker Musliyar (1914–1996)
- Kanthapuram A.P. Aboobacker Musliyar (born 1939)
- Abul Kalam Azad (1888–1958)
- Salman Husaini Nadwi (born 1954)
- Zakir Naik (born 1965)
Pakistan
- Tariq Jameel (born 1953)
- Ghulam Ali Okarvi (1919–2000)
- Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadri (born 1950)
- Muhammad Rafi Usmani
- Hafiz Muhammad Saeed
- Muhammad Taqi Usmani (born 1943)
- Abul A'la Maududi (1903–1979)
- Amin Ahsan Islahi (1904–1997)
- Amjad Ali Aazmi (1882–1948)
- Israr Ahmed (1932–2010)
- Farhat Hashmi (born 1957)
- Kaukab Noorani Okarvi (born 1957)
- Khalid Masud (1935–2003)
- Khurshid Ahmad (born 1932)
- Meher Ali Shah (1856–1937
- Muhammad Iqbal (1877–1938)
- Mohammad Abdul Ghafoor Hazarvi (1911–1970)
- Muhammad Ilyas Qadri (born 1950)
- Muhammad Akmal (born 1968)
- Muzaffar Shah Qadri
- Naeem Siddiqui (1916–2002)
- Sarfraz Ahmed Naeemi (1948–2009)
- Shah Turab ul Haq (1944–2016)
- Shabir Ahmed Usmani (1887–1949)
- Shakil Auj (1960–2014)
- Syed Shujaat Ali Qadri (1941–1993)
- Talib Jauhari (born 1939)
- Khadim Hussain Rizvi
- Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
- Yousuf Ludhianvi (1932–2000)
- Zafar Ishaq Ansari(born 1932)
- Zar Wali Khan
- Zubair Ali Zai (1957–2013)
Southeast Asia
Indonesia
- Abdul Somad (born 1977)
- 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 (born 1955)
- Mas Mansoer (1896–1946)
- Mohammad Natsir (1908–1993)
- Oemar Said Tjokroaminoto (1882–1934)
- Siti Noordjannah Djohantini (born 1958)
Malaysia
- Abdul Hadi Awang (born 1947)
- Asri Zainul Abidin (born 1971)
- Haron Din (1940–2016)
- Imran N. Hosein (born 1942)
- Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat (1931–2015)
- Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas (born 1931)
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
- Abdul Qader Arnaoot (1928–2004) Yugoslavia
- Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani (1914–1999) Albania
- 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
- Abu Yusuf Riyadh ul Haq (born 1971) Leicester, United Kingdom
- Abu Sayed Ansary (born 1978) London, United Kingdom
- Ahmed Babikir (born 195?) London, United Kingdom
- Ajmal Masroor (born 1971) London, United Kingdom
- Abu-Abdullah Adelabu London, United Kingdom
- Haitham al-Haddad (born 1971) London, United Kingdom
- Ibrahim Mogra (born 1965) Leicester, United Kingdom
- Joel Hayward (born 1964) London, United Kingdom
- Khurshid Ahmad (scholar) (born 1932) Leicester, United Kingdom
- Martin Lings (1909–2005) Kent, United Kingdom
- Mohammad Akram Nadwi (born 1964) Oxford, United Kingdom
- Marmaduke Pickthall (1875–1936) Surrey, United Kingdom
- Muhammad Abdul Bari (born 1953) London, United Kingdom
- Muhammad Imdad Hussain Pirzada (born 1946) Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom
- Martin Lings (1909–2005) Manchester, United Kingdom
- Timothy Winter (born 1960) London, United Kingdom
- Umar Al-Qadri (born 1982) Dublin, Ireland
- Yusuf Motala (born 1946) Lancashire, United Kingdom
- Zakaria Badat (born 1968) Leicester, United Kingdom
Sweden
- Ivan Aguéli (1869–1917) Sweden
Switzerland
- Frithjof Schuon (1907–1998) Switzerland
- Tariq Ramadan (born 1962) Geneva, Switzerland
North America
Canada
- Muzaffar Iqbal, Edmonton, AB, Canada
- Ahmad Kutty (born 1946), Toronto, Canada (originally from Kerala, India)
- Bilal Philips (born 1946), Jamaica & Toronto, Canada
- Faisal Kutty, Ottawa, Canada
- Faraz Rabbani, Ontario, Canada
- Ingrid Mattson (born 1963), Ontario, Canada[1][2][3]
- Jamal Badawi, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
United States
- Fetullah Gulen (born 1941)
- Anwar al-Alwaki (1971–2011) New Mexico, USA
- Amir Hussain born in Lahore, Pakistan, raised in Toronto, Canada, living in Los Angeles
- Asifa Quraishi
- Fazlur Rahman (1919–1988) Illinois, USA
- Hamza Yusuf (born 1958) California, USA[4]
- Hassan Hathout (1924–2009)
- Hamid Algar (born 1940) Berkeley, USA
- Intisar Rabb
- Jonathan A.C. Brown (born 1977) Washington DC, USA
- Khaled Abou El Fadl (born 1963) California, USA
- Louay Safi (born 1955)
- Muqtedar Khan (born 1966) Delaware, USA
- Mohammad Hassan Khalil Michigan, USA
- Muzammil H. Siddiqi (born 1943)
- Mohammed Adam El-Sheikh (born 1945) Virginia, USA
- Omar Khalidi (1953–2010)
- Omid Safi North Carolina, USA
- Ovamir Anjum Ohio, USA
- Seyyed Hossein Nasr (born 1933)
- Sherman Jackson California, USA
- Suhaib Webb (born 1972) Oklahoma, USA
- Wael Hallaq (born 1955) New York, USA (originally from Palestine)
- Warith Deen Mohammed (1933–2008) Illinois, USA
- Yasir Qadhi (born 1975) Texas, USA
- Zaid Shakir (born 1956) California, USA
Trinidad
Oceania
Australia
- Fehmi Naji (1928–2016)
- Ibrahim Abu Mohamed
- Mohammed Omran
- Shady Alsuleiman (born 1978)
- Taj El-Din Hilaly (born 1941)
New Zealand
- Joel Hayward (born in Christchurch in 1964), lives in Abu Dhabi, United Arabic Emirates
See also
- Education in Islam
- Islamic studies
- 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
- Permanent Committee of Scholars for Research and Fataawa
- Allamah
- ↑ "About Dr. Ingrid Mattson | Ingrid Mattson". ingridmattson.org. Retrieved 2018-10-06.
- ↑ "Scholar spotlight: Ingrid Mattson, paving the way for women scholars". www.aquila-style.com. Retrieved 2018-10-06.
- ↑ University, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs at Georgetown. "Ingrid Mattson". berkleycenter.georgetown.edu. Archived from the original on 2018-10-06. Retrieved 2018-10-06.
- ↑ "Drumwright Family Lecture Series Will Host Distinguished Scholars". Media Communications | Baylor University. 2018-10-01. Retrieved 2018-10-06.
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