List of contemporary Islamic scholars

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.

Geographical categories have been created based on commonalities in culture and across the Islamic World.

Africa[edit]

Nigeria[edit]

Egypt[edit]

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[edit]

Abdallah Bin Bayyah (born 1935)

South Africa[edit]

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

Zimbabwe[edit]

Ismail ibn Musa Menk (born 1975)

Ghana[edit]

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

Senegal[edit]

Ibrahim Niass (1900–1975)

Morocco[edit]

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

Asia[edit]

West Asia[edit]

Oman[edit]

Zohurul Hoque (1926–2017)

Palestine[edit]

Taqiuddin al-Nabhani (1909–1977)

Saudi Arabia[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

South Asia[edit]

Bangladesh[edit]

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)
Farid Uddin Chowdhury (born 1947)
Farid Uddin Masood (born 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
Khandaker Abdullah Jahangir (1961–2016)
Khwaja Yunus Ali (1886–1951)
Mahfuzul Haque (born 1969)
Mahmudul Hasan (born 1950)
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 (born 1962)
Sayed Muhammad Amimul Ehasan Barkati (1911–1974)
Syed Najibul Bashar Maizbhandari (born 1959)
Syed Rashid Ahmed Jaunpuri (1889–2001)
Sajidur Rahman (born 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[edit]

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 (1922–2015)
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[edit]

Abdur Razzaq Iskander (1935–2021)
Abu Salman Shahjahanpuri (1940–2021)
Aqeel Turabi (1934-2009)
Engineer Muhammad Ali Mirza (born 1977)
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 (1935–2013)
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 (1952– 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 1989)
Zar Wali Khan (1953–2020)

Philippines[edit]

Said Ahmad Basher (born 1951)
Ahmad Bashir (1919-1989)

Bangladesh[edit]

Delwar Hossain Sayeedi (born 1940)

Indonesia[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Uzbekistan[edit]

Muhammad Sadik Muhammad Yusuf (1952–2015)

East Asia[edit]

China[edit]

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

Europe[edit]

The Balkans[edit]

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[edit]

Austria[edit]

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

Germany[edit]

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

Ireland[edit]

Umar Al-Qadri (born 1982) Dublin

United Kingdom[edit]

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[edit]

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

North America[edit]

Canada[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Imran N. Hosein

Oceania[edit]

Australia[edit]

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

New Zealand[edit]

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

References[edit]

^ "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.
^ "Waddy, Charis (1909–2004)". Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages. 2006. Retrieved 22 July 2021 – via Encyclopedia.com.

[1] "About Dr. Ingrid Mattson | Ingrid Mattson". ingridmattson.org. Retrieved 2018-10-06.

[2] "Scholar spotlight: Ingrid Mattson, paving the way for women scholars". www.aquila-style.com. Retrieved 2018-10-06.

[3] 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.

[4] "Drumwright Family Lecture Series Will Host Distinguished Scholars". Media Communications | Baylor University. 2018-10-01. Retrieved 2018-10-06.

[5] "Waddy, Charis (1909–2004)". Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages. 2006. Retrieved 22 July 2021 – via Encyclopedia.com.

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Africa[edit]

Nigeria[edit]

Egypt[edit]

Mauritania[edit]

South Africa[edit]

Zimbabwe[edit]

Ghana[edit]

Senegal[edit]

Morocco[edit]

Asia[edit]

West Asia[edit]

Iran[edit]

Cyprus[edit]

Iraq[edit]

Jordan[edit]

Lebanon[edit]

Oman[edit]

Palestine[edit]

Saudi Arabia[edit]

Syria[edit]

Turkey[edit]

Yemen[edit]

South Asia[edit]

Bangladesh[edit]

India[edit]

Pakistan[edit]

Philippines[edit]

Bangladesh[edit]

Indonesia[edit]

Malaysia[edit]

Central Asia[edit]

Uzbekistan[edit]

East Asia[edit]

China[edit]

Europe[edit]

The Balkans[edit]

Western Europe[edit]

Austria[edit]

Germany[edit]

Ireland[edit]

United Kingdom[edit]

Switzerland[edit]

North America[edit]

Canada[edit]

United States[edit]

Trinidad[edit]

Oceania[edit]

Australia[edit]

New Zealand[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]