List of contemporary Islamic scholars
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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 Islam religion.
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 & Western Asia
(includes Lebanon, Egypt, Morocco, Mauritania, South Africa Syria, Jordan, Palestine)
- Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani (1914–1999), Albania, lived in Syria.
- Ahmed Deedat (1918-2005) South Africa
- 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
- 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
- Sobhi Mahmassani (1909-1986), Lebanon
- Abdel-Halim Mahmoud (1910–1978), Egypt
- Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali (1927-), Morocco
- Fatema Mernissi (1940-), Morocco
- Abdessalam Yassine (1928-), Morocco
- Abdallah Bin Bayyah (1935-), Mauritania
- Abdelhamid Ben Badis (1889–1940), Algeria
- 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
- Yusuf al-Qaradawi (1926-), Egypt
The Arabian Peninsula
(includes Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Kuwait, Arab States of Persian Gulf)
- 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
- Saad Nomani, 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
- Kamal alHaydari (1956–), Iraq
- 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
Pakistan
- Abdul Ghafoor Ahmed (1927-2012), Karachi, Pakistan
- Muhammad Iqbal (1877-1938), Lahore, Pakistan
- Mohammad Abdul Ghafoor Hazarvi (1911–1970) Spirtual Leader of Pakistan Movement
- Abul A'la Maududi (1903-1979) Hyderabad state, India & Pakistan.
- Shabir Ahmed Usmani Had great influence in finding independence for Pakistan
- Qazi Hussain Ahmad (1938-2013, Islamabad, Pakistan
- Syed Munawar Hasan (1944),b. Delhi,l. Karachi, Pakistan
- Allama Muhammad Idrees Dahiri, Pakistan
- Muhammad Tahir (1962), Rahmatpur, Pakistan
- Junaid Jamshed (1964), Rawalpindi, Pakistan
- Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri (1951 to present)
- Muhammad Taqi Usmani
- Zubair Ali Zai
- Talib Jauhari Pakistan.
- Ehsan Elahi Zaheer (May 31, 1945 – March 30, 1987)
- Hafiz Muhammad Saeed (Urdu: حافظ محمد سعید; born 1950)
- Ahmad Rafique Akhtar (1941) Gujarkhan
- Abd-al-Hamid Siddiqui
- Amin Ahsan Islahi (1904–1997)
- Inayatullah Khan Mashriqi (1888–1963)
- Khalid Masud (1935–2003), Lahore
- Khurshid Ahmad (1932),born in Delhi, live in Lahore, Pakistan
- Liaqat Baloch (1952), Lahore, Pakistan
- Syed Shujaat Ali Qadri (1941–1993)
- Naseer Ahmad Nasir (1910–2000)
- Qamaruzzaman Azmi
- Syed Tatheer Hussain Zaidi (1956), Lahore
- Pir Meher Ali Shah,(1856–1937)
- Siraj ul Haq (1962)
- Yousuf Ludhianvi (1932–2000)
- Zafar Ishaq Ansari (1932)
- Zar Wali Khan (1955)
- Tariq Jameel (1953)
- Israr Ahmed (1932 - 2010)
- Javed Ahmad Ghamidi (1951)
- Farhat Hashmi (1957)
- Azam Tariq (1954-2003)
- Tariq Jameel (1953)
India
- Syed Ahmad Khan (1817-1898) Delhi, India
- Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi (1856–1921) Bareilly, India
- Ashraf Ali Thanwi Thana bawn, India .
- Abdul Aleem Siddiqi (1892–1954) Meerut-Madina
- Kalambadi Muhammad Musliyar (1935-2012) Kerala, India.
- Akhtar Raza Khan (1943) Bareilly, India.
- Abul Kalam Azad (1888–1958) India
- Hashim Amir Ali (1903–1987), Hyderabad, India
- Mirza Abul Fazl (1865–1956), Allahabad, India
- Jalaluddin Umri (1935), Madras, India
- Muhammad Hamidullah (1908–2002), Hyderabad (India) exiled in Paris.
- Syed Ahmed Bukhari, Delhi, India
- Shibli Nomani (1857–1914), India
- Asghar Ali Engineer (b. 1939-2013), India
- Husain Ahmed Madani (1879–1957), India
- Rashid Ahmad Gangohi (1829–1905), Delhi, India
- Muhammad Ilyas al-Kandhlawi (1885–1944), Khandala, India
- Omar Khalidi (1953–2010), Hyderabad, India. migrated to US.
- Syed Abdullah Bukhari (1922-2009), Delhi, India
- Maulana Mehmud Hasan,(1851–1920) Darul Uloom Deoband
- Qazi Athar Mubarakpuri (1916–1996), U.P., India
- Saniyasnain Khan (1959), New Delhi, India
- Syed Ali Akhtar Rizvi(1948-2002),India
- Syed Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi (1913–1999), India
- Syed Aqeel-ul-Gharavi (1964), Delhi, India
- Syed Qazi Muzainul Haq (1937-2013), Wasa Dargah, India
- Syed Mohsin Nawab Rizvi (1911–1969), Lucknow, India
- Wahiduddin Khan (1925), New Delhi, India
- Rafique Zakaria (1920-2005), India
- Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi (1913-1999), Raibareli, India
- Muhammad Qasim Nanotvi (1833-1880), India
- Ali Kutty Musliyar Kerala, India (1945)
- Bahauddeen Muhammed Nadwi Kerala, India (1951)
Bangladesh
- Delwar Hossain Sayeedi (1940), Barisal & Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Azizul Haque (1919-2012), Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Fazlul Haque Amini (1943-2012), Dhaka & Barisal, Bangladesh
- Abul Kalam Azad(1947), Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Ghulam Azam (1922), Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Hafezzi Huzur, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Muhammad Kamaruzzaman(1952) , Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Abdur Razzaq , Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed(1948), Faridpur, Bangladesh
- Motiur Rahman Nizami (1943), Rajshahi, Bangladesh
- Muhammad Faizullah (1892-1976), Chittagong, Bangladesh
- Muhammad Asadullah Al-Ghalib (1948), Rajshahi, Bangladesh
- Abdul Quader Molla (1948–2013), Faridpur, Bangladesh
- Saheb Qibla Fultali (1913-2008), Sylhet, Bangladesh
- Abdur Rahman (1925), Dhaka & Chittagong, Bangladesh
East Asia & Indochina
(includes China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Australia, New Zealand, Central Asia)
- Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat (1931-), Malaysia
- 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
- Alwi Shihab, Indonesia
Eastern & Central Europe
(includes Turkey, Albania, Bosnia, Kosovo)
- Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani (1914–1999), Albania
- Mehmet Görmez (1959-), Turkey
- Said Nursî (1878-1960), Turkey
- Mustafa Ceric (1952-), Bosnia
- Abdul Qader Arnaoot (1928-2004), Kosovo
- Fethullah Gülen (1941-), Turkey
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
Great Britain
- Sheikh Abdul Qayum (1960), London , England
- Mohammad Akram Nadwi (1964), Oxford, England
- Muhammad Abdul Bari (1953), London , England
- Ajmal Masroor (1971), London
- Timothy Winter (1960), London , 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
- Joel Hayward (1964-),(currently teaching in the UAE), Lincoln, England
- Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf, London , England
North America
- Abu Ammaar Yasir Qadhi, Houston, USA
- Fazlur Rahman (1919-1988), Chicago, USA
- Jonathan A.C. Brown (1977-), Washington DC, USA
- Mohammed Adam El-Sheikh, Virginia, USA
- Ovamir Anjum, Ohio, USA
- Khaled Abou El Fadl, California, USA
- Mohammed al-Hanooti (1937-), Virginia, USA
- Anwar al-Alwaki (1971-2011), New Mexico, USA
- Hamza Yusuf Hanson (1958-), California, USA
- Hassan Hathout (1924–2009)
- Mohammad Fadel, Ontario, Canada
- Yasir Qadhi, USA
- Faraz Rabbani, Ontario, Canada
- Warith Deen Mohammed (1933-2008), Illinois, USA
- Zaid Shakir (1956-), California, USA
- Faisal Kutty
- Louay Safi (1955-)
- Muqtedar Khan (1966-), Delaware, USA
- 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
- Jamal Badawi, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Bilal Philips, Jamaica & Toronto, Canada
- Ahmad Kutty (1946-), Toronto, Canada (originally from Kerala, India)
- Wael Hallaq (1955-), New York City, USA (originally from Palestine)
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
- Muslim scholarship
- Permanent Committee of Scholars for Research and Fataawa
- Allamah
- Ulema