List of modern-day Muslim scholars of Islam

This article is a list of modern-era (20th to 21st century) scholars of Islam who are considered to be leading authorities on the teachings and rulings of the religion of Islam.

Geographical categories have been created based on commonalities in culture and language across the Muslim World. Non-scholars (i.e. prominent lecturers, speakers, famous imams, political activists and others) whose scholarly credentials are not clear-cut have been listed at the bottom in a separate category.

Africa

• Muhammad al-Ameen Ash-Shanqeetee (1907-1973), Mauritania/Saudi Arabia
• Abdallah Bin Bayyah (1935-), Mauritania

North Africa

(includes Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Libya)

• Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali (1927-), Morocco
• Fatema Mernissi (1940-), Morocco
• Abdessalam Yassine (1928-), Morocco
• Abdelhamid Ben Badis (1889–1940), Algeria

Greater Levant

(includes Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Palestine, Lebanon, Egypt)

• Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani (1914–1999), Albania (Eastern Europe), lived in Syria.
• Yusuf al-Qaradawi (1926-), Egypt
• Ali Gomaa (1952-), Egypt
• Umar Sulayman al-Ashqar (1930s-2012), Jordan
• Taqiuddin al-Nabhani (1909-1977), Palestine
• Hassan al-Banna (1906–1949), Egypt
• Sayyid Qutb (1906–1966), Egypt
• Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy (1928–2010), Egypt
• Kamal alHaydari (1956–), Iraq
• Rashid Rida (1865–1935), Syria
• Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi (1849–1902), Syria
• Mahmud Shaltut (1893–1963), Egypt
• Abd al-Hamid Kishk (1933–1996) Egypt
• Mohammed al-Ghazali (1917–1996) Egypt
• Abdel-Halim Mahmoud (1910–1978), Egypt
• Safwat al-Shwadify (1945–2000), Egypt
• Aisha Abd al-Rahman (1913–1998), Egypt
• Ahmad Muhammad Shakir (1892–1956), Egypt
• Amr Khaled (1967-), Alexandria, Egypt
• Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad (1927-1988), Egypt
• Gibril Haddad (1960-), Lebanon
• Abdul Qader Arnaoot (1928–2004), Kosovo-born Syrian
• Muhammad bin Yahya al-Ninowy Syria
• Muhammad Metwally Al Shaarawy (1911–1998), Egypt

The Arabian Peninsula

(includes Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Kuwait, Gulf States)

• Ali Jaber (scholar) (1953–2005), Saudi Arabia
• Abd al-Aziz ibn Abd Allah ibn Baaz (1910–1999), Saudi Arabia
• Muhammad ibn al Uthaymeen (1925–2001), Saudi Arabia
• Anwar al-Aulaqi (1971–2011), Yemen
• Muhammad Al-Munajid (1960–), Saudi Arabia
• Saleh Al-Fawzan (1933–), Saudi Arabia
• Abdur-Rahman al-Mu'allimee al-Yamani (1894–1966), Yemen-Saudi Arabia
• Abdul Majeed al-Zindani (1942-), Yemen
• Muhammad Muhsin Khan (1927-), Saudi Arabia
• Abdullah ibn Abdulrahman ibn Jibreen (1933–2009), Saudi Arabia
• Habib Umar bin Hafiz (1963 -), Yemen
• Abdul-Azeez ibn Abdullaah Aal ash-Shaikh (1943 -), Saudi Arabia
• Aaidh ibn Abdullah al-Qarni (1960 -), Saudi Arabia
• Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais (1960 -), Saudi Arabia
• Saud Al-Shuraim (1964 -), Saudi Arabia
• Salman al-Ouda (1955 -), Saudi Arabia
• Mishari Rashid Al-Afasy (1976 -), Kuwait
• Muhammad al-Ameen Ash-Shanqeetee (1907-1973), Saudi Arabia

Iran (Persia)

• Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (1934-), Iran
• Ali al-Sistani (1930-), Iran
• Ali Khamenei (1939-), Iran
• Ali Shariati (1933–1977), Iran
• Ruhollah Khomeini (1902–1989), Iran
• Sheikh Haron (1964-), Iran
• Tahereh Saffarzadeh (1936–2008), Iran

Western Europe

• Ivan Aguéli (1869–1917), Sweden
• Tariq Ramadan (1962-), Geneva, Switzerland
• Muhammad Asad (1900–1992), Germany, of Jewish origins
• Frithjof Schuon (1907–1998), Switzerland

Eastern Europe

(includes Turkey, Albania, Bosnia, Kosovo)

• Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani (1914–1999), Albania
• Fethullah Gülen (1941-), Turkey
• Dr. Mehmet Görmez (1959-), Turkey
• Bediüzzaman Said Nursî (1878-1960), Turkey
• Mustafa Ceric (1952-), Bosnia
• Abdul Qader Arnaoot (1928-2004), Kosovo

Great Britain

• Abdal Hakim Murad (1960-), London, England
• Khalid Yasin (1946-), Manchester, England
• Yusuf Motala (1946-), Lancashire, England
• Marmaduke Pickthall (1875–1936), Surrey, England
• Martin Lings (1909–2005), Kent, England
• Abu-Abdullah Adelabu, London, England
• Haitham al-Haddad, London, England
• Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari, Leicester, England
• Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf, London, England

East, Southeast, and Central Asia

(includes China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Australia, New Zealand, Central Asia)

• Hussein Ye (1950-), Malaysia
• Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas, Malaysia
• Muhammad Ma Jian (1906–1978), China
• Abdul Aleem Siddiqi (1892–1954), Singapore
• Muhammad Sadik Muhammad Yusuf (1952-), Uzbekistan
• Abu Bakar Ba'asyir,Indonesia

North America

• Jonathan A.C. Brown (1977-), Washington DC, USA
• Mohammed Adam El-Sheikh, Virginia, USA
• Ovamir Anjum, Ohio, USA
• Yusuf Estes (1944-), Texas, USA
• Khaled Abou El Fadl, California, USA
• Mohammed al-Hanooti (1937-), Virginia, USA
• Anwar al-Aulaqi (1971-2011), New Mexico, USA
• Hamza Yusuf Hanson (1958-), California, USA
• Hassan Hathout (1924–2009)
• Mohammad Fadel, Ontario, Canada
• Nouman Ali Khan the founder and CEO of Bayyinah, an Islamic Studies institution in the United States, Texas, USA
• Yasir Qadhi, USA
• Faraz Rabbani, Ontario, Canada
• Siraj Wahhaj (1950-), New York, USA
• Warith Deen Mohammed (1933-2008), Illinois, USA
• Zaid Shakir (1956-), California, USA
• Faisal Kutty
• Louay Safi (1955-)
• Muqtedar Khan (1966-)
• Muzammil H. Siddiqi (1943-)
• Omid Safi, North Carolina, USA
• Seyyed Hossein Nasr (1933-)
• Amir Hussain Born in Lahore, Pakistan, raised in Toronto, Canada, living in Los Angeles
• Ingrid Mattson (1963-), Ontario, Canada
• Sherman Jackson, California, USA
• Mohammad Hassan Khalil, Michigan, USA
• Dr. Jamal Badawi, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Bilal Philips, Jamaica & Toronto, Canada
• Ahmad Kutty (1946-), Toronto, Canada (originally from Kerala, India)

Caribbean

• Maulana Fazlur Rahman al-Ansari (1914-1974) - Islamic theologian and philosopher, author of the 2-volume book The Quranic Foundations & Structure of Muslim Society, established the Aleemiyah Institute of Islamic Studies.
• Imran Nazar Hosein (1942-) - Leading International Islamic philosopher, specialising in world politics, economy, eschatology, modern socio-economic/political issues and expert on international affairs, author of best-seller Jerusalem in the Qur'an

South Asia

Pakistan

• Maulana Tariq Jameel Pakistan.
• Haji Abdul Wahab Ameer of Dawat O Tablegh, Pakistan
• Ahmad Raza Khan (1856–1921)
• Muhammad Ilyas Qadri,Ameer e Ahle Sunnat (1950) (Pakistan)
• Dr. Muhammad Tahir ul Qadri (1951) (Pakistan)
• Ehsan Elahi Zaheer (May 31, 1945 – March 30, 1987)
• Farhat Hashmi (1957- ), (Pakistan)
• Hafiz Muhammad Saeed (Urdu: حافظ محمد سعید; born 1950)
• Ahmad Rafique Akhtar (b. 1941) Gujarkhan
• Abd-al-Hamid Siddiqui
• Abdul Aleem Siddiqi (1892–1954) Meerut-Madina
• Amin Ahsan Islahi (1904–1997)
• Inayatullah Khan Mashriqi (1888–1963)
• Khalid Masud (1935–2003), Lahore
• Syed Shujaat Ali Qadri (1941–1993)
• Naseer Ahmad Nasir (1910–2000)
• Qamaruzzaman Azmi
• Syed Tatheer Hussain Zaidi (b. 1956), Lahore
• Yousuf Ludhianvi (1932–2000)
• Zafar Ishaq Ansari (b. 1932)
• Zar Wali Khan (b. 1955)
• Ghulam Ahmed Pervez (1903–1985)
• Maulana Muhammad Shafee Okarvi (1930-1985)
• Kaukab Noorani Okarvi (b. 1957)
• Turab-ul-Haq Qadri (b. 1944)

India

• Ullal Thangal Thajul Ulama Ullal Sayyid Abdurrahman Al-Bukhari, Kerala, India.
• Kanthapuram A. P. Aboobacker MusalyarKerala ,India.
• Kalambadi Muhammad Musliyar(b. 1935) Kerala, India.
• Akhtar Raza Khan (b. 1943) Bareilly, India
• Abul Kalam Azad (1888–1958) India
• Bahauddeen Muhammed Nadwi (b. 1951) Kerala, India
• Hashim Amir Ali (1903–1987), Hyderabad, India
• Mirza Abul Fazl (1865–1956), Allahabad, India
• Muhammad Hamidullah (1908–2002), Hyderabad (India) exiled in Paris.
• Shibli Nomani (1857–1914), India
• Asghar Ali Engineer (b. 1939), India
• Husain Ahmed Madani (1879–1957), India
• Rashid Ahmad Gangohi (1829–1905), Delhi India
• Khurshid Ahmad (b. 1932), India
• Muhammad Ilyas al-Kandhlawi (1885–1944), Khandala, India
• Omar Khalidi (1953–2010), Hyderabad, India. migrated to US.
• Pir Meher Ali Shah,(1856–1937)
• Maulana Mehmud Hasan,(1851–1920) Darul Uloom Deoband
• Qazi Athar Mubarakpuri (1916–1996), U.P., India
• Saniyasnain Khan (b. 1959), New Delhi, India
• Syed Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi (1913–1999), India
• Syed Aqeel-ul-Gharavi (b. 1964), Delhi, India
• Syed Mohsin Nawab Rizvi (1911–1969), Lucknow, India
• Wahiduddin Khan (b. 1925), New Delhi, India
• Rafique Zakaria, India
• Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi, Raibareli, India
• Muhammad Qasim Nanotvi (1833-1880), India
• Dr. Mohammad Tahir ul Qadri (Pakistan)
• Zakir Abdul Karim Naik (Mumbai. India)

Kashmir

• Anwar Shah Kashmiri (1875–1933) Jammu & Kashmir

Bangladesh

• Muhammad Faizullah
• Muhammad Asadullah Al-Ghalib (Rajshahi, Bangladesh)

See also

• Category:Sunni Muslim scholars
• 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
• Muslim scholarship
• Permanent Committee of Scholars for Research and Fataawa
• Ulema