List of contemporary Muslim scholars of Islam

"Muslim scholars" and "Islamic scholars" redirect here. For other scholars of Islam, see Scholars of Islam.

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

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

Africa

North Africa

Algeria

• Abdelhamid Ben Badis (1889–1940)

Egypt

• Ali Gomaa (born 1952)
• Hassan al-Banna (1906–1949)
• Sayyid Qutb (1906–1966)
• Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy (1928–2010)
• Ahmed el-Tayeb
• Mahmud Shaltut (1893–1963)
• Abd al-Hamid Kishk (1933–1996)
• Mohammed al-Ghazali (1917–1996)
• Abdel-Halim Mahmoud (1910–1978)
• Safwat al-Shwadify (1945–2000)
• Aisha Abd al-Rahman (1913–1998)
• Ahmad Muhammad Shakir (1892–1956)
• Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad (1927–1988)
• Muhammad Metwally Al Shaarawy (1911–1998)
• Yusuf al-Qaradawi (born 1926)

Morocco

• Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali (born 1893)
• Abdessalam Yassine (1928–2012)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Mauritania

• Abdallah Bin Bayyah (born 1935)

Zimbabwe

• Ismail ibn Musa Menk

Ghana

• Yusuf Soalih Ajura (1890–2004)
• Saeed Abubakr Zakaria

Asia

Middle East

Saudi Arabia

• Ali Jaber (scholar) (1953–2005)
• Abd al-Aziz ibn Abd Allah ibn Baaz (1910–1999)
• Muhammad ibn al Uthaymeen (1925–2001)
• Muhammad Al-Munajid (born 1960)
• Saleh Al-Fawzan (born 1933)
• Abdur-Rahman al-Mu'allimee al-Yamani (1894–1966)
• Muhammad Muhsin Khan (born 1927)
• Abdullah ibn Abdulrahman ibn Jibreen (1933–2009)
• Abdul-Azeez ibn Abdullaah Aal ash-Shaikh (born 1943)
• Aaidh ibn Abdullah al-Qarni (born 1960)
• Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais (born 1960)
• Saud Al-Shuraim (born 1964)
• Salman al-Ouda (born 1955)

Yemen

• Anwar al-Aulaqi (1971–2011)
• Abdul Majeed al-Zindani (born 1942)
• Habib Umar bin Hafiz (born 1963)

Kuwait

• Mishari Rashid Al-Afasy (born 1976)

Iraq

• Kamal alHaydari (born 1956), Iraq

United Arab Emirates

• Habib Ali al-Jifri (born 1971)

Turkey

• İskilipli Mehmed Atıf Hoca (1875–1926)
• Muhammed Hamdi Yazır (1878–1942)
• Said Nursî (1878–1960)
• Süleyman Ateş (born 1933)
• Fethullah Gülen (born 1941)
• Mehmet Görmez (born 1959)
• Ekrem Buğra Ekinci (born 1966)

Syria

• Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi (1849–1902)
• Abdul Qader Arnaoot (1928–2004)
• Rashid Rida (1865–1935)
• Muhammad al-Yaqoubi
• Muhammad bin Yahya al-Ninowy

Jordan

• Umar Sulayman al-Ashqar (1930–2012)

Palestine

• Taqiuddin al-Nabhani (1909–1977)

Lebanon

• Sobhi Mahmassani (1909–1986)
• Abdullah al-Harari (1910–2008)

South Asia

Bangladesh

• Azizul Haque (1919–2012)
• Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani (1880–1976)
• Abdur Rahman (1925)
• Abdur Rahim (1918–1987)

India

• Abdul Aleem Siddiqi (1892–1954)
• Abdul Hakeem Azhari
• Anwar Shah Kashmiri (1875–1933)
• Ameen Mian Qaudri
• Ali Kutty Musliyar Kerala (1945)
• Arshadul Qaudri (1925–2002)
• Asghar Ali Engineer (1939–2013)
• Bahauddeen Muhammed Nadwi
• Hashim Amir Ali (1903–1987)
• Husain Ahmed Madani (1879–1957)
• Hussain Saqafi
• Jalaluddin Umri (1935)
• Kalambadi Muhammad Musliyar (1935–2012)
• Muhammad Muslehuddin Siddiqui (1918–1983)
• Muhammad Qasim Nanotvi (1833–1880)
• Mirza Abul Fazl (1865–1956)
• Muhammad Ilyas al-Kandhlawi (1885–1944)
• Muhammad Hamidullah (1908–2002) exiled in Paris
• Muhammad Fazal Khan Changwi (1868–1938)
• Muhammed Faizy
• Qamaruzzaman Azmi (1946)
• Qazi Athar Mubarakpuri (1916–1996)
• Rafique Zakaria (1920–2005)
• Shah Ahmad Noorani (1926–2003)
• Shibli Nomani (1857–1914)
• Saniyasnain Khan (1959)
• Sheikh Aboobacker Ahmed (1939)
• Syed Ali Akhtar Rizvi (1948–2002)
• Syed Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi (1913–1999)
• Syed Aqeel-ul-Gharavi (1964)
• Syed Qazi Muzainul Haq (1937–2013)
• Syed Mohsin Nawab Rizvi (1911–1969)
• Sayyid Abdurrahman Albukhari (1920–2014)
• Wahiduddin Khan (1925)

Pakistan

• Amin Ahsan Islahi (1904–1997)
• Abd-al-Hamid Siddiqui
• Farhat Hashmi (1957)
• Israr Ahmed (1932–2010)
• Khalid Masud (1935–2003)
• Khurshid Ahmad (1932)
• Meher Ali Shah (1856–1937)
• Muhammad Tahir (1962)
• Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri (1951 to present)
• Muhammad Taqi Usmani
• Muhammad Iqbal (1877-1938)
• Mohammad Abdul Ghafoor Hazarvi (1911–1970)
• Naseer Ahmad Nasir (1910–2000)
• Muhammad Ilyas Qadri (1950 to present)
• Sarfraz Ahmed Naeemi (1948–2009)
• Shabir Ahmed Usmani
• Syed Shujaat Ali Qadri (1941–1993)
• Talib Jauhari
• Tariq Jameel (1953)
• Yousuf Ludhianvi (1932–2000)
• Zafar Ishaq Ansari (1932)
• Zar Wali Khan (1955)
• Zubair Ali Zai (1957–2013)

Eastern and Southern Asia

Malaysia

• Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin (1971–present)
• Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat (1931–2015)
• Abdul Hadi Awang (1947–present)
• Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas
• Hussein Ye (born 1950)

Singapore

• Abdul Aleem Siddiqi (1892–1954)

Indonesia

• Alwi Shihab

Central Asia

• Muhammad Sadik Muhammad Yusuf (1952–2015) Uzbekistan

Eastern Asia

• Muhammad Ma Jian (1906–1978) China

Europe

Eastern Europe

• Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani (1914–1999) Albania
• Abdul Qader Arnaoot (1928–2004) Yugoslavia
• Mustafa Ceric (born 1952) Bosnia and Herzegovina

Western Europe

Sweden

• Ivan Aguéli (1869–1917) Sweden

Switzerland

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

Austria

• Adnan Ibrahim (born 1966) Vienna, Austria
• Muhammad Asad (1900–1992) Germany

Great Britain

• Abdul Qayum (born 1960) London, United Kingdom
• Mahmudul Hasan (born 1978)
• Haitham al-Haddad (born 1971) London, United Kingdom
• Abdur Rahman Madani (born 1971) London, United Kingdom
• Abu Yusuf Riyadh ul Haq Leicester, United Kingdom
• Timothy Winter (Abdul Hakim Murad) (born 1960) London, United Kingdom
• Joel Hayward (Yusuf Moustafa Muhammad) (born 1964) London, United Kingdom
• Khurshid Ahmad (scholar) (born 1932) Leicester, United Kingdom
• Mohammad Akram Nadwi (born 1964) Oxford, United Kingdom
• Abu Sayed Ansary (born 1978) London, United Kingdom
• Ahmed Babikir London, United Kingdom
• Ajmal Masroor (born 1971) London, United Kingdom
• Ibrahim Mogra (born 1965) Leicester, United Kingdom
• Yusuf Motala (born 1946) Lancashire, United Kingdom
• Marmaduke Pickthall (1875–1936) Surrey, United Kingdom
• Abu Eesa Niamatullah London, United Kingdom
• Kamal Uddin (born 1984) Manchester, United Kingdom
• Zakaria Badat (born 1968) Leicester, United Kingdom
• Muhammad Abdul Bari (born 1953) London, United Kingdom
• Martin Lings (1909–2005) Kent, United Kingdom
• Abu-Abdullah Adelabu London, United Kingdom
• Muhammad Imdad Hussain Pirzada (born 1946) Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom
• Martin Lings (1909–2005) Manchester, United Kingdom
• Umar Al-Qadri (1982–present) Dublin, Ireland

North America

Canada

• Mohammad Fadel, Ontario, Canada
• Faraz Rabbani, Ontario, Canada
• Ingrid Mattson (born 1963), Ontario, Canada
• Jamal Badawi, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Bilal Philips, Jamaica & Toronto, Canada
• Ahmad Kutty (born 1946), Toronto, Canada (originally from Kerala, India)
• Kecia Ali, University of Boston

United States

• Abu Ammaar Yasir Qadhi Houston, USA
• Fazlur Rahman (1919-1988) Chicago, USA
• Hamid Algar (born 1940) Berkeley, USA
• Jonathan A.C. Brown (born 1977) Washington DC, USA
• Mohammed Adam El-Sheikh (born 1945) Virginia, USA
• Ovamir Anjum Ohio, USA
• Khaled Abou El Fadl California, USA
• Anwar al-Alwaki (1971-2011) New Mexico, USA
• Hamza Yusuf (born 1958) California, USA
• Hassan Hathout (1924–2009)
• Warith Deen Mohammed (1933–2008) Illinois, USA
• Zaid Shakir (born 1956) California, USA
• Faisal Kutty
• Louay Safi (born 1955)
• Muqtedar Khan (born 1966) Delaware, USA
• Omar Khalidi (1953–2010)
• Muzammil H. Siddiqi (born 1943)
• Omid Safi North Carolina, USA
• Seyyed Hossein Nasr (born 1933)
• Amir Hussain Born in Lahore, Pakistan, raised in Toronto, Canada, living in Los Angele
• Sherman Jackson California, USA
• Mohammad Hassan Khalil Michigan, USA
• Intisar Rabb
• Wael Hallaq (born 1955) New York City, USA (originally from Palestine)
• Asifa Quraishi

Caribbean

• Imran N. Hosein (born 1942), Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago

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
• List of female Muslim scholars
• Muslim scholarship
• Permanent Committee of Scholars for Research and Fataawa
• Allamah