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[]

Nigeria[]

Egypt[]

Abd al-Hamid Kishk date(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)
Zainab al Ghazali (1917-2005)

Mauritania[]

Abdallah Bin Bayyah (born 1935)

South Africa[]

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

Zimbabwe[]

Ismail ibn Musa Menk (born 1975)

Ghana[]

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

Senegal[]

Ibrahim Niass (1900–1975)

Somalia[]

Sharif Sheikh Ahmed (born 1964)

Morocco[]

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

Asia[]

West Asia[]

Iran[]

Abd al-A'la al-Sabziwari (1910–1993)
Abdollah Javadi-Amoli (born 1933)
Ahmad Mojtahedi Tehrani (1923–2008)
Ali Akbar Ghoreishi (born 1928)
Ali Mohammad Dastgheib Shirazi (born 1935)
Ali Movahedi-Kermani (born 1931)
Ahmad Jannati (born 1927)
Ali Khamenei (born 1939)
Fakhraddin Mousavi (born 1930)
Hassan Hassanzadeh Amoli (born 1928)
Hossein Mazaheri (born 1933)
Hossein Wahid Khorasani (born 1921)
Hussein-Ali Montazeri (1922–2009)
Iftikhār al-Tujjar (1912-1977)
Ja'far Sobhani (born 1929)
Jawad Tabrizi (1926–2006)
Lotfollah Safi Golpaygani (born 1919)
Mohammad Ali Gerami Qomi (born 1938)
Mohammad Ali Mousavi Jazayeri (born 1941)
Mohammad Ebrahim Jannaati (born 1933)
Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari (1904–1986)
Mohammad Khamenei (born 1935)
Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai (1903–1981)
Mohammad Sadeq Rouhani (born 1926)
Mohammad Sadeqi Tehrani (1926–2011)
Mohammad Sadoughi (1909–1982)
Mohammad Taghi Mesbah Yazdi (1935–2021)
Mohammad-Taqi Bahjat Foumani (1916–2009)
Mohammad Yazdi (1931–2020)
Mousa Shubairi Zanjani (born 1928)
Naser Makarem Shirazi (born 1927)
Ruhollah Khomeini (1900–1989)
Taqi Tabatabaei Qomi (1923–2016)
Yasubedin Rastegar Jooybari (born 1940)
Yousef Saanei (1937–2020)
Zohreh Sefati (born 1948)
Zīnah al-Sādāt Humāyūnī (born 1917)

Cyprus[]

Nazim Al-Haqqani (1922–2014)

Iraq[]

Abbas Modaresi Yazdi (1943–2020)
Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei (1899–1992)
Ahmad Hassani Baghdadi (born 1945)
Ali al-Milani (born 1948)
Ali al-Sistani (born 1930)
Allaedin Ghoraifi (born 1945)
Fazel Maleki (born 1953)
Hassan al-Shirazi (1935–1980)
Hussein Esmaeel al-Sadr (born 1952)
Kamal al-Haydari (born 1956)
Kazem al-Haeri (born 1938)
Mahmoud al-Sarkhi (born 1964)
Mohammad al-Sadr (1943–1999)
Mohammad al-Shirazi (1928–2001)
Mohammad Ali Tabatabaei Hassani (1945–2017)
Mohammad Hussaini Shahroudi (1925–2019)
Mohammed Ridha al-Shirazi (1959–2008)
Mohammad Taher Khaqani (born 1940)
Mohammad Taqi al-Modarresi (born 1945)
Mohammad Yaqoobi (born 1960)
Morteza Hosseini Fayaz (1929–2014)
Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr (1935–1980)
Sadiq al-Shirazi (born 1942)
Shamsodin Vaezi (born 1936)
Shahab ud-Din Mar'ashi Najafi (1897–1990)

Jordan[]

Umar Sulayman al-Ashqar (1930–2012)

Lebanon[]

Abdullah al-Harari (1910–2008)
Gibril Haddad (born 1960)
Hisham Kabbani (born 1945)
Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah (1935–2010)
Musa al-Sadr (1928–1978)
Sobhi Mahmassani (1909–1986)

Palestine[]

Taqiuddin al-Nabhani (1909–1977)

Saudi Arabia[]

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 Abdulrahman ibn Jibreen (1933–2009)
Abdur-Rahman al-Mu'allimee al-Yamani (1894–1966)
Adil al-Kalbani (born 1959)
Ali Bin Abdur Rahman Al Huthaify (born 1947)
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[]

Ahmed Kuftaro (1915–2004)
Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani (1914–1999)
Muhammad al-Yaqoubi (born 1963)
Muhammad bin Yahya al-Ninowy (born 1966)
Muhammad Said Ramadan al-Bouti (1929–2013)
Munira al-Qubaysi (born 1933)

Turkey[]

Ahmet Mahmut Ünlü (born 1965)
Ali Bardakoğlu (born 1952)^[1]
Mahmud Esad Coşan (1938–2001)
Mahmut Ustaosmanoğlu (born 1929)
Mehmet Görmez (born 1959)
Muhammed Hamdi Yazır (1878–1942)
Mustafa Çağrıcı (born 1950)
Muzaffer Ozak (1916–1985)
Osman Nuri Topbaş (born 1942)

Yemen[]

Abdul Majeed al-Zindani (born 1942)
Habib Ali al-Jifri (born 1971)
Habib Umar bin Hafiz (born 1963)
Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i (1933–2001)
Yahya al-Hajuri

South Asia[]

Bangladesh[]

Abdul Latif Chowdhury Fultali (1913-2008)
Abdul Halim Bukhari (born 1945)
Abdul Jabbar Jahanabadi (1937–2016)
Abdur Rahman Bangladeshi (1920–2015)
A F M Khalid Hossain (born 1959)
Azizul Haque (1919–2012)
Delwar Hossain Sayeedi (born 1940)
Fazlul Karim (1935–2006)
Fazlul Haque Amini (1945–2012)
Muhibbullah Babunagari (born 1935)
Mahfuzul Haque (born 1969)
Mahmudul Hasan (born 1950)
Muhammad Abdul Malek (born 1969)
Muhammad Asadullah Al-Ghalib (born 1948)
Muhammad Faizullah (1892–1976)
Muhammad Wakkas (1952–2021)
Nur Hossain Kasemi (1945–2020)
Nurul Islam Jihadi (born 1948)
Rezaul Karim (born 1971)
Shamsul Haque Faridpuri (1896–1969)
Sultan Zauq Nadvi (born 1939)

India[]

Abdul Hamid Qadri Badayuni (1898–1970)
Abdul Haq Azmi (1928–2016)
Abdul Khaliq Sambhali (1950–2021)
Mufti Abdul Razzaq (1932–2021)
Anzar Shah Kashmiri (1927–2008)
Akhtar Raza Khan (1943–2018)
Ali Naqi Naqvi (1905–1988)
Ameen Mian Qaudri
Amjad Ali Aazmi (1882–1948)
Asjad Raza Khan
Atiqur Rahman Usmani (1901–1984)
Bashir al-Najafi (born 1942)
Bashir-ud-din Farooqi (1934–2019)
E. K. Aboobacker Musliyar (1914–1996)
Mufti 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)
Maulana Ziauddin Madani
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 1 June 1965)
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 (1924–2015)
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 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)
Ziaul Mustafa Razvi Qadri

Pakistan[]

Abdur Razzaq Iskander (1935–2021)
Abu Salman Shahjahanpuri (1940–2021)
Abu Yahya (born 1969)
Abdul Sattar Khan Niazi (1915–2001)
Amin Ahsan Islahi (1904–1997)
Ameer Muhammad Akram Awan (1934–2017)
Ehsan Elahi Zaheer (1940-1987)
Fazal-ur-Rehman (born 1953)
Ghulam Ali Okarvi (1919–2000)
Ghulam Ahmed Perwez (1903–1985)
Hakeem Muhammad Akhtar (1928–2013)
Israr Ahmed (1932–2010)
Javed Ahmad Ghamidi (born 1952)
Khadim Hussain Rizvi (1966-2020)
Khalid Masud (1935–2003)
Khurshid Ahmad (born 1932)
Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadri Ziaee (12 July 1950)
Muhammad Ishaq Madni (1935-28 August 2013)
Muhammad Adil Khan (died 2020)
Muhammad Rafi Usmani (born 1936)
Muhammad Raza Saqib Mustafai (born 1972)
Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri (born 1951)
Muhammad Taqi Usmani (born 1949)
Muneeb-ur-Rehman (born 1945)
Nizamuddin Shamzai (12 July 1952 – 30 May 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 17 November 1989)
Zar Wali Khan (1953–2020)
Zubair Ali Zai (1957–2013)

Indonesia[]

Abdurrahman Wahid (1940–2009)
Fakih Usman (1904–1968)
Hamka (1908–1981)
Ilyas Ruhiat (1934–2007)
Maria Ulfah (born 1955)
Mas Mansoer (1896–1946)
Mohammad Natsir (1908–1993)
Oemar Said Tjokroaminoto (1882–1934)
Quraish Shihab (born 1944)
Siti Noordjannah Djohantini (born 1958)
Siti Chamamah Soeratno (born 1941)

Malaysia[]

Abdul Hadi Awang (born 1947)
Asri Zainul Abidin (born 1971)
Haron Din (1940–2016)
Imran N. Hosein (born 1942)
Nenney Shushaidah Binti Shamsuddin (born 1975)
Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat (1931–2015)
Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas (born 1931)

Singapore[]

Abdul Aleem Siddiqi (1892–1954)

Central Asia[]

Uzbekistan[]

Muhammad Sadik Muhammad Yusuf (1952–2015)

East Asia[]

China[]

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

Europe[]

Eastern Europe[]

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

Western Europe[]

Austria[]

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

Germany[]

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

Ireland[]

Umar Al-Qadri (born 1982) Dublin

United Kingdom[]

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
Marmaduke Pickthall (1875–1936) Surrey
Mohammad Akram Nadwi (born 1964) Oxford
Muhammad Abdul Bari (born 1953) London
Muhammad ibn Adam Al-Kawthari, Leicester
Muhammad Imdad Hussain Pirzada (born 1946) Nottinghamshire
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

Sweden[]

Ivan Aguéli (1869–1917)

Switzerland[]

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

North America[]

Canada[]

Ahmad Kutty (born 1946), Toronto
Faraz Rabbani, Ontario

Farhat Hashmi (born 1957)

Ingrid Mattson (born 1963), Ontario^[2]^[3]^[4]
Jamal Badawi, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Muzaffar Iqbal (born 1954), Edmonton

United States[]

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
Dalia Mogahed
Fazlur Rahman (1919–1988) Illinois
Fetullah Gulen (born 1941) Pennsylvania
Hamza Yusuf (born 1958) Berkeley, CA^[5]
Hamid Algar (born 1940) Berkeley, CA
Hassan Hathout (1924–2009) Pasadena. CA
Jonathan A.C. Brown (born 1977) Washington DC
Kecia Ali (born 1972)
Khaled Abou El Fadl (born 1963) California
Khalid Yahya Blankinship (born 1949) Philadelphia, PA
Louay Safi (born 1955)
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
Omid Safi North Carolina
Ovamir Anjum Ohio
Seyyed Hossein Nasr (born 1933)
Sherman Jackson California
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[]

Imran N. Hosein

Oceania[]

Australia[]

Charis Waddy (1909–2004)^[6]
Fehmi Naji (1928–2016)
Ibrahim Abu Mohamed
Taj El-Din Hilaly (born 1941)

New Zealand[]

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

References[]

^ The Grand List of Endorsements of the Amman Message and Its Three Points
^ "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] The Grand List of Endorsements of the Amman Message and Its Three Points

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

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

[4] 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.

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

[6] "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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