List of modern Sufi scholars
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This article is a List of modern Sufi scholars. The Sufis in the list were known in the 20th century or later. They are grouped geographically.
Arabian Peninsula
- Abdallah Bin Bayyah (born 1935) – Saudi Arabia
- Habib Ali al-Jifri (born 1971) – Yemen
- Habib Umar bin Hafiz (born 1962) – Yemen
- Muhammad Alawi al-Maliki (1944–2004) – Saudi Arabia
Levant
- Abd al-Rahman al-Shaghouri (1912–2004) – Syria
- Mohamed Said Ramadan Al-Bouti (1929–2013) – Syria
- Muhammad al-Yaqoubi (born 1963) – Syria
- Nuh Ha Mim Keller (born 1954) – Jordan
- Wahba Zuhayli (1932–2015) – Syria
- Yusuf an-Nabhani (1849–1932) – Palestine
North Africa
- Abd al-Aziz al-Ghumari (1920–1997) – Morocco
- Abdul Baqi Miftah (born 1952) – Algeria
- Ahmad al-Alawi (1869–1934) – Algeria
- Ahmed el-Tayeb (born 1946) – Egypt
- Ali Gomaa (born 1951) – Egypt
- Lalla Zaynab (1850-1904) - Algeria
- Hamza al Qadiri al Boutchichi (born 1922) – Morocco
- Hamza Yusuf (born 1960) – United States
- Muhammad ibn al-Habib (1876–1972) – Morocco
- Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy (1928–2010) – Egypt
- Shawki Allam (born 1961) – Egypt
West, Central and Southern Africa
- Abdalqadir as-Sufi (born 1930) – South Africa
- Abdullah al-Harari (1910–2008) – Ethiopia
- Ahmad Tijani Ali Cisse (born 1955) – Senegal
- Amadou Bamba (1853–1927) – Senegal
- Hassan Cissé (1945–2008) – Senegal
- Sa'adu Abubakar (born 1954) – Nigeria
- Sanusi Lamido Sanusi (born 1961) – Nigeria
- Osman Nuhu Sharubutu (born 1919) - Ghana
Western Europe
- Abdal Hakim Murad (born 1960) – United Kingdom
- Frithjof Schuon (1907–1998) – Switzerland
- Idries Shah (1924–1996) – United Kingdom
- Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee (born 1953) – United Kingdom
- Martin Lings (1909–2005) – United Kingdom
- Muhammad Imdad Hussain Pirzada (born 1946) – United Kingdom
Eastern Europe
- Hüseyin Hilmi Işık (1911–2001) – Turkey
- Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani (1922–2014) – Turkey
- Said Afandi al-Chirkawi (1937–2012) – Dagestan
- Said Nursî (1878–1960) – Turkey
- Shaykh Mehmet Adil - Turkey
North America
- Ali Kianfar (born 1944) – United States
- Ahmed Tijani Ben Omar (born 1950) – United States
- Faraz Rabbani (born 1974) – Canada
- Feisal Abdul Rauf (born 1948) – United States
- Hisham Kabbani (born 1945) – United States
- Hossein Nasr (born 1933) – United States
- M. A. Muqtedar Khan (born 1966) – United States
- Muhammad bin Yahya al-Ninowy (born 1966) – United States
- Nahid Angha (born 1945) – United States
- Nooruddeen Durkee (born 1938) – United States
- Robert Darr (born 1951) – United States
- Sayyid Ahmed Amiruddin (born 1978) – Canada
- Syed Soharwardy (born 1955) – Canada
- Zaid Shakir (born 1956) – United States
South Asia
- Wasif Ali Wasif (1929–1993) – Pakistan
- Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (?–1986) – Sri Lanka
- Ahmed Ullah Maizbhanderi (1826–1906) – Bangladesh
- Azangachhi Shaheb (1828/1829–1932) – India
- Imdadullah Muhajir Makki (1817–1899) – India
- Meher Ali Shah (1859–1937) – Pakistan
- Mohammad Abdul Ghafoor Hazarvi (1909–1970) – Pakistan
- Muhammad Akram Awan (born 1934) – Pakistan
- Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri (born 1951) – Pakistan
- Qalandar Baba Auliya (1898–1979) – Pakistan
- Qamaruzzaman Azmi (born 1946) – India
- Saheb Qiblah Fultali (1913–2008) – Bangladesh
- Shah Shahidullah Faridi (1915–1978) – Pakistan
- Syed Muhammad Zauqi Shah (1878–1951) – Pakistan
- Syed Waheed Ashraf (born 1933) – India
- Tajuddin Muhammad Badruddin (1861–1925) – India
- Ahmad Raza Khan Barelvi (1856 - 1921)
- Thaika Shuaib (born 1930) – India
- Wahid Baksh Sial Rabbani (died 1995) – Pakistan
- Waris Ali Shah (1819–1905) – India
- Shah Syed Hasnain Baqai - India
Eastern and Central Asia
- Habib Munzir Al-Musawa (1973–2013) – Indonesia
- Muhammad Abdul Aleem Siddiqi (1892–1954) – Singapore
- Muhammad Ma Jian (1906–1978) – China
- Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas (born 1931) – Malaysia
Oceania
- Halim Rane - Australia
- Professor Mohamad Abdalla- Australia
