This article is a list of 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.
For a list of academic scholars specializing in Islam within the field of religious studies, see List of Islamic studies scholars.
Geographical categories have been created based on commonalities in culture and across the Islamic World.
Emir Abdelkader (1808-1883)
Abdelhamid Ben Badis (1889–1940)
Mohammed Arkoun (1928–2010)
Malek Bennabi (1905-1973)
Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad (1927–1988)
Abd al-Hamid Kishk (1933–1996)
Abdel-Halim Mahmoud (1910–1978)
Ahmad Muhammad Shakir (1892–1956)
Ahmed el-Tayeb
Aisha Abd al-Rahman (1913–1998)
Ali Gomaa (born 1952)
Hassan al-Banna (1906–1949)
Mahmud Shaltut (1893–1963)
Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy (1928–2010)
Muhammad Metwally Al Shaarawy (1911–1998)
Mohammed al-Ghazali (1917–1996)
Salâh Ud Dîn At Tijânî (born 1958)
Sayyid Qutb (1906–1966)
Yusuf al-Qaradawi (born 1926)
Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali (born 1893)
Abdessalam Yassine (1928–2012)
Yusuf Soalih Ajura (1890–2004)
Abdallah Bin Bayyah (born 1935)
Ismail ibn Musa Menk
Kamal alHaydari (born 1956), Iraq
Umar Sulayman al-Ashqar (1930–2012)
Mishari Rashid Al-Afasy (born 1976)
Sobhi Mahmassani (1909–1986)
Abdullah al-Harari (1910–2008)
Taqiuddin al-Nabhani (1909–1977)
Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab (1703–1792)
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)
Rabee al-Madkhali (Born 1931)
Ibn Taymiyyah (1263–1328)
Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi (1849–1902)
Rashid Rida (1865–1935)
Muhammad al-Yaqoubi
Muhammad bin Yahya al-Ninowy
Ibn Kathir (1300-1373)
Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya (1292–1350)
Al-Dhahabi (1274–1348)
İskilipli Mehmed Atıf Hoca (1875–1926)
Muhammed Hamdi Yazır (1878–1942)
Said Nursî (1878–1960)
Fethullah Gülen (born 1941)
Ekrem Buğra Ekinci (born 1966)
Habib Ali al-Jifri (born 1971)
Abdul Majeed al-Zindani (born 1942)
Habib Umar bin Hafiz (born 1963)
Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i (1933–2001)
Azizul Haque (1919–2012)
Abdur Rahim (1918–1987)
Muhammad Asadullah Al-Ghalib (1948-Present)
Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi (1856-1921)
Abdul Aleem Siddiqi (1892–1954)
Anwar Shah Kashmiri (1875–1933)
Kanthapuram A.P. Aboobacker Musliyar Kerala (born 1939)
Ali Kutty Musliyar Kerala (born 1945)
Arshadul Qaudri (1925–2002)
Asghar Ali Engineer (1939–2013)
Bahauddeen Muhammed Nadwi
Hashim Amir Ali (1903–1987)
Husain Ahmed Madani (1879–1957)
Jalaluddin Umri (born 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)
Qamaruzzaman Azmi (born 1946)
Qazi Athar Mubarakpuri (1916–1996)
Rafique Zakaria (1920–2005)
Shah Ahmad Noorani (1926–2003)
Shah Syed Hasnain Baqai
Shibli Nomani (1857–1914)
Saniyasnain Khan (born 1959)
Syed Ali Akhtar Rizvi (1948–2002)
Syed Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi (1913–1999)
Syed Aqeel-ul-Gharavi (born 1964)
Syed Qazi Muzainul Haq (1937–2013)
Syed Mohsin Nawab Rizvi (1911–1969)
Sayyid Abdurrahman Albukhari (1920–2014)
Wahiduddin Khan (born 1925)
Syed Waheed Ashraf
Amin Ahsan Islahi (1904–1997)
Farhat Hashmi (born 1957)
Ghulam Ahmed Pervez (1903-1985)
Hamid Saeed Kazmi
Israr Ahmed (1932–2010)
Javed Ahmad Ghamidi (born 1952)
Kaukab Noorani Okarvi
Khalid Masud (1935–2003)
Khurshid Ahmad (born 1932)
Meher Ali Shah (1856–1937)
Muhammad Tahir (born 1962)
Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri (born 1951)
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
Muhammad Iqbal (1877-1938)
Mohammad Abdul Ghafoor Hazarvi (1911–1970)
Naseer Ahmad Nasir (1910–2000)
Muhammad Ilyas Qadri (born 1950)
Muhammad Akmal
Muzaffar Shah Qadri
Sarfraz Ahmed Naeemi (1948–2009)
Shah Turab ul Haq
Shabir Ahmed Usmani
Shakil Auj (1960-2014)
Syed Riaz Hussain Shah
Syed Shujaat Ali Qadri (1941–1993)
Syed Abul Ala Maududi (1903-1979)
Talib Jauhari
Tariq Jameel (born 1953)
Yousuf Ludhianvi (1932–2000)
Zafar Ishaq Ansari (born 1932)
Zar Wali Khan
Zubair Ali Zai (1957–2013
Abdurrahman Wahid (1940-2009)
Ahmad Khatib (1860-1916)
Ahmad Surkati (1875-1943)
Fakih Usman (1904-1968)
Hamka (1908-1981)
Ilyas Ruhiat (1934-2007)
Maria Ulfah (1955-present)
Mas Mansoer (1896-1946)
Mohammad Natsir (1908-1993)
Oemar Said Tjokroaminoto (1882-1934)
Siti Noordjannah Djohantini (1958-present)
Zuhairi Misrawi (1977-present)
Abdul Hadi Awang (born 1947)
Imran N. Hosein (born 1942)
Asri Zainul Abidin (born 1971)
Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat (1931–2015)
Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas
Abdul Aleem Siddiqi (1892–1954)
Muhammad Sadik Muhammad Yusuf (1952–2015)
Muhammad Ma Jian (1906–1978) China
Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani (1914–1999) Albania
Abdul Qader Arnaoot (1928–2004) Yugoslavia
Mustafa Ceric (born 1952) Bosnia and Herzegovina
Adnan Ibrahim (born 1966) Vienna, Austria
Muhammad Asad (1900–1992) Germany
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 (born 1960) London, United Kingdom
Joel Hayward (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 (born 1982) Dublin, Ireland
Ivan Aguéli (1869–1917) Sweden
Switzerland
Frithjof Schuon (1907–1998) Switzerland
Tariq Ramadan (born 1962) Geneva, Switzerland
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)
Faisal Kutty, Ottawa, Canada
Kecia Ali, University of Boston
Zaid Shakir (born 1956) California, USA
Khaled Abou El Fadl California, USA
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
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
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 Angeles
Sherman Jackson California, USA
Mohammad Hassan Khalil Michigan, USA
Intisar Rabb
Suhaib Webb (born 1972) Oklahoma, USA
Wael Hallaq (born 1955) New York City, USA (originally from Palestine)
Asifa Quraishi
Shady Alsuleiman (born 1978)-Sydney, Australia
Mohammed Omran-Established Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jamaah Association (ASWJA), the leading Salafi organisation in Australia.
Taj El-Din Hilaly (born 1941)-Former Grand Mufti of Australia (1992-2007)
Fehmi Naji (1928-2016)-Former Grand Mufti of Australia (2007-2011)
Ibrahim Abu Mohamed-Current Grand Mufti of Australia (2011-present)
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