List of contemporary Sufi scholars

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

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

Arabian Peninsula[]

Abdallah Bin Bayyah (born 1935) – Saudi Arabia
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
Abdullah al-Harari (1910–2008) – Lebanon
Gibril Fouad Haddad (born 1960) – Lebanon
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
Abd al-Hamid Kishk (1933–1996) – Egypt
Abdul Baqi Miftah (born 1952) – Algeria
Ahmad al-Alawi (1869–1934) – Algeria
Ahmed el-Tayeb (born 1946) – Egypt
Ali Gomaa (born 1951) – Egypt
Hamza al Qadiri al Boutchichi (born 1922) – Morocco
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 (1930–2021) – 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

Western Europe[]

Abdal Hakim Murad (born 1960) – United Kingdom
Ahmed Saad Al-Azhari (born 1978) – United Kingdom
Annemarie Schimmel (1922–2003) – Germany
Frithjof Schuon (1907–1998) – Switzerland
Idries Shah (1924–1996) – United Kingdom
Ivan Aguéli (1969–1917) – Sweden
Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee (born 1953) – United Kingdom
Martin Lings (1909–2005) – United Kingdom
Muhammad Imdad Hussain Pirzada (born 1946) – United Kingdom
Umar Al-Qadri – Ireland

Eastern Europe[]

Hüseyin Hilmi Işık (1911–2001) – Turkey
Nazim Al-Haqqani (1922–2014) – Turkey
Said Afandi al-Chirkawi (1937–2012) – Dagestan
Said Nursî (1878–1960) – Turkey
Süleyman Ateş (born 1933) – Turkey

North America[]

Ahmed Tijani Ben Omar (born 1950) – United States
Ali Kianfar (born 1944) – United States
Faraz Rabbani (born 1974) – Canada
Feisal Abdul Rauf (born 1948) – United States
Hamza Yusuf (born 1960) – 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
Syed Soharwardy (born 1955) – Canada
Zaid Shakir (born 1956) – United States

South Asia[]

Abu Baqar Siddique
Aalahazrat Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi (1856–1921) – India
Shaykh al-Islām Sayyad Muhammad Madni Ashrafi al-Jilani – India
Sayyad Muhammad Ashraf Kichhouchhwi - India
Shah Syed Hasnain Baqai - India
Sayyad Muhammad Izhar Ashraf - India
Hujjat-ul-Islam Hamid Raza Khan (1875–1943) – India
Imdadullah Muhajir Makki (1817–1899) – India
Kareemullah Shah (1838–1913) – India
Masihullah Khan
Meher Ali Shah (1859–1937) – Pakistan
Mohammad Abdul Ghafoor Hazarvi (1909–1970) – Pakistan
Muhammad Akram Awan (born 1934) – Pakistan
Mustafa Raza Khan (1892–1981) – India
Machiliwale Shah (died 1932) – India
(1936-2017) Azad Kashmir Pakistan
Muhammad Ilyas Qadri (born 1950) – 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
Thaika Shuaib (1930–2021) – India
Wahid Baksh Sial Rabbani (died 1995) – Pakistan
Waris Ali Shah (1819–1905) – India
Pir Allama Saifuddin Siddique (1930 - 2018) - India West Bengal
Syed Mohammed Mukhtar Ashraf- India

Eastern and Central Asia[]

Habib Ali Kwitang (1870–1968) – Indonesia
Habib Munzir Al-Musawa (1973–2013) – Indonesia
Habib Usman bin Yahya (1822–1913) – Indonesia
Muhammad Abdul Aleem Siddiqi (1892–1954) – Singapore
Muhammad Ma Jian (1906–1978) �� China
Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas (born 1931) – Malaysia