319 results for “islam”
Clear filterFirst wife of the Prophet and the first person to accept Islam.
...t wife of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and the first person to accept Islam. A successful businesswoman and beloved mother of the belie...
Leader of Quraysh who accepted Islam at the conquest of Mecca.
...Martyrs.' Hamzah's conversion was a turning point for early Islam, and he was martyred at the Battle of Uhud.
The first adult male to accept Islam and the first Rightly-Guided Caliph.
...mised Paradise, a wealthy companion who gave generously for Islam.
The first muezzin of Islam, an Abyssinian former slave who endured severe torture for ...
...e ten promised Paradise and among the first eight to accept Islam. Abdur-Rahman was renowned for his immense wealth and extra...
...f the ten promised Paradise, among the earliest converts to Islam.
... ten promised Paradise and among the first eight to embrace Islam. Talhah was renowned for his bravery at the Battle of Uhud,...
...ah. Az-Zubayr was the first to draw his sword in defense of Islam and fought in every major battle alongside the Prophet.
Wife of the Prophet and one of the greatest scholars of Islam, narrating over 2,200 hadith.
The first martyr in Islam, killed by Abu Jahl for refusing to renounce her faith.
...gainst injustice became one of the most defining moments in Islamic history.
...the Battle of Karbala, an event of profound significance in Islamic history.
...und piety. Al-Hasan al-Basri was a towering figure in early Islamic scholarship whose circle in Basra shaped theology, jurisp...
One of the seven great jurists of Madinah and a pioneer of Islamic historiography. The son of Zubayr ibn al-Awwam and Asma b...
One of the greatest hadith scholars in Islamic history and the first to systematically compile hadith on...
Fifth Abbasid caliph who presided over the Islamic Golden Age. A patron of scholars and learning who establi...
...dence). His book al-Risalah is the first systematic work on Islamic legal theory.
...r of Ihya Ulum ad-Din, one of the most influential works on Islamic spirituality and practice.
...of Baghdad whose sermons drew thousands, known for reviving Islamic learning.
...il fi at-Tarikh, one of the most important histories of the Islamic world.
Muslim polymath and one of the greatest scholars in Islamic history. Authored over 140 works spanning astronomy, math...
...hored al-Ahkam as-Sultaniyyah, the foundational treatise on Islamic governance, constitutional law, and political theory.
One of the most influential scholars in Islamic history. Known as Hujjat al-Islam (Proof of Islam). Autho...
...-Asrar at-Ta'wil, one of the most widely studied tafsirs in Islamic seminaries. A Shafi'i jurist and Ash'ari theologian.
... aphorisms that became one of the most widely read texts in Islamic spirituality.
One of the most influential scholars in Islamic history, a Hanbali jurist, theologian, and reformer.
The foremost historian of Islam and hadith critic, author of Siyar Alam an-Nubala (biograph...
...o pioneered the study of Maqasid ash-Shariah (objectives of Islamic law) in his work al-Muwafaqat.
Shaykh al-Islam of Egypt and a leading Shafi'i authority. Authored commenta...
...53 CE), fulfilling the prophecy of the Prophet. A patron of Islamic scholarship and architecture who spoke multiple languages...
One of the most prolific authors in Islamic history with over 500 works, co-author of Tafsir al-Jalal...
Pan-Islamic political activist and Islamic modernist who traveled acr...
Egyptian Islamic reformer and Grand Mufti of Egypt who advocated for moder...
...l-Quran (tafsir) and Bahishti Zewar, a widely read guide to Islamic practice.
...a Hanafi scholar who served as deputy to the last Shaykh al-Islam of the Ottoman Empire.
...lar and founder of the Tablighi Jama'at, one of the largest Islamic grassroots movements in the world. Emphasized door-to-doo...
...is life to spreading the Athari creed and editing classical Islamic texts.
Author of Tafhim al-Quran and founder of Jamaat-e-Islami, a major Islamic revivalist thinker.
Syrian Hanafi jurist and one of the foremost authorities on Islamic law in the modern period. Author of al-Madkhal al-Fiqhi a...
...ns the Quran through the Quran itself. A master of multiple Islamic sciences who taught at the Islamic University of Medina.
...prolific writer known for his literary style and pioneering Islamic television programs. His memoirs (Dhikrayat) and accessib...
...f over 120 books including The Lawful and the Prohibited in Islam, and a prominent voice for centrist Islamic jurisprudence.
Syrian scholar and author of al-Fiqh al-Islami wa-Adillatuhu, a comprehensive comparative fiqh encycloped...
...udi scholar and former head of the Sunnah department at the Islamic University of Medina. Known for his works on hadith metho...
Syrian scholar and author of al-Fiqh al-Islami wa Adillatuh, a comprehensive encyclopedia of Islamic juri...
Saudi hadith scholar and former vice-chancellor of the Islamic University of Medina. Known for his extensive commentary ...
... of the Shariah Appellate Bench, and a leading authority on Islamic finance.
American convert to Islam and Shafi'i scholar based in Amman. Translated the Reliance...
...ath scholar known for his encyclopedic knowledge across all Islamic sciences.
The most influential Southeast Asian Islamic scholar, based in Mecca, whose commentaries on classical ...
Indonesian Islamic scholar, author, and political figure, known for his majo...
...amascus University, author of numerous influential books on Islamic thought and jurisprudence.
...Shafi'i jurist and Azhari scholar known for his traditional Islamic scholarship and engagement with contemporary issues.
...l-Mustafa in Tarim, one of the most influential traditional Islamic learning centers in the world.
Yemeni-Emirati Islamic scholar, media personality, and founder of the Tabah Foun...
...'al-Hikam' (Aphorisms), one of the most celebrated texts of Islamic spirituality.
Prolific Baghdadi scholar who authored hundreds of works on Islamic ethics, asceticism, and the afterlife.
...e Saints), a pioneering work on the concept of sainthood in Islam.
...of 'al-Mawaqif,' one of the most comprehensive treatises on Islamic theology.
...awaqif' and 'Kitab at-Ta'rifat,' an essential dictionary of Islamic scholarly terminology.
...t and hadith scholar, one of the most productive authors in Islamic history.
...rist, Sufi master, and prolific author of over 500 works on Islamic sciences, literature, and travel.
...a distinguished scholarly family, known for his traditional Islamic teaching and work in counter-extremism.
Egyptian Islamic activist and author, founder of the Muslim Women's Associ...
Last Shaykh al-Islam of the Ottoman Caliphate and a fierce defender of the Hanaf...
...g at age 39, renowned for his encyclopedic knowledge across Islamic sciences.
Founder of Nahdlatul Ulama, the largest Islamic organization in the world, and a towering figure in Indon...
Founder of Muhammadiyah, one of the largest Islamic organizations in Indonesia, and a pioneer of Islamic educ...
...ehnese scholar who studied in Arabia and became the leading Islamic authority in Southeast Asia, producing the first complete...
...aliki jurist and author of 'al-Madkhal,' a detailed work on Islamic etiquette, religious practices, and social customs.
... jurist, author of 'al-Ashbah wan-Naza'ir,' a masterwork on Islamic legal maxims and principles.
...hmudiyyah,' a commentary on 'at-Tariqa al-Muhammadiyyah' on Islamic ethics and practice.
...), one of the most influential and controversial figures in Islamic mysticism.
...-Adab ash-Shar'iyyah,' major references in Hanbali fiqh and Islamic ethics.
Indian Islamic scholar and author of 'Madha Khasira al-Alam bi Inhitat a...
Egyptian Islamic scholar and thinker, author of numerous influential books...
...at al-Khawatir,' an eight-volume biographical dictionary of Islamic scholars in the Indian subcontinent.
...'i judge and prolific author of works defending traditional Islamic scholarship and collecting prophetic praises.
Syrian-Egyptian Islamic reformer, student of Muhammad Abduh, and author of 'Tafsi...
Egyptian scholar and historian, author of popular works on Islamic history, jurisprudence, and the history of Islamic legisl...
...ian origin, renowned for his critical editions of classical Islamic texts and hadith verification.
...f the International Union of Muslim Scholars, specialist in Islamic economics and finance.
Egyptian Islamic scholar and author of popular, accessible books on fiqh, ...
...rophet Muhammad ﷺ and one of the most vehement opponents of Islam, the only individual condemned by name in the Quran in Sura...
The chief leader of Qurayshi opposition to the Prophet ﷺ, known as the 'Pharaoh of this Ummah', killed at the Battle of Badr.
Wife of Abu Lahab and sister of Abu Sufyan, condemned in Surah al-Masad (111:4) as a 'carrier of firewood' for her active role in persecuting the Prophet ﷺ.
Qurayshi persecutor who placed the intestines of a slaughtered animal on the Prophet ﷺ during prayer, and was executed after the Battle of Badr.
Wealthy and influential Qurayshi leader whose arrogant rejection of the Quran is directly addressed and rebuked in Surah al-Muddaththir (74:11-26).
Wife of Abu Sufyan who fiercely opposed Islam before the Conquest of Makkah, later accepted Islam and bec...
Qurayshi enemy who mocked the resurrection and was killed by the Prophet ﷺ personally at Uhud — one of only three individuals the Prophet ﷺ killed directly in b
Qurayshi intellectual opponent who sought to counter the Quran with Persian tales and mocked its divine origin, executed after the Battle of Badr.
Sudanese Islamic scholar, philosopher, and educator (1931–2025 CE). Born i...
Canadian-Jamaican Islamic scholar, prolific author of over 50 books in English on I...
American convert to Islam and prominent da'wah scholar known for his accessible teach...
American Islamic scholar with a PhD from Yale University, formerly Dean of...
American convert to Islam and Associate Professor at Georgetown University, specializ...
American Islamic studies scholar at the University of Southern California,...
...e Prophet's uncle and one of the greatest warriors of early Islam, martyred at Uhud.
...ife of Ali ibn Abi Talib, one of the four greatest women in Islamic tradition.
...anions promised Paradise and among the earliest converts to Islam.
A wife of the Prophet ﷺ of Jewish descent, who converted to Islam and is honored as a Mother of the Believers.
The first woman, wife of Prophet Adam AS, created from him and the mother of all humanity.
The jinn who refused to prostrate to Adam AS and became the arch-enemy of humanity until the Day of Judgment.
Son of Adam AS, the first person to die and the first martyr in human history.
Son of Adam AS who committed the first murder in human history by killing his brother Habil.
The tyrannical king who threw Prophet Ibrahim into the fire and claimed to be god.
First wife of Prophet Ibrahim AS and mother of Prophet Ishaq AS.
Father (or paternal uncle) of Prophet Ibrahim AS, an idol-maker who refused to accept the truth.
The Pharaoh of Egypt who enslaved the Israelites and was drowned by Allah after rejecting Musa AS.
...s martyred for her faith. One of the four greatest women in Islam.
The immensely wealthy Israelite who was swallowed by the earth after rejecting Musa and claiming his wealth was by his own skill.
... the Israelites into the Holy Land. Considered a prophet in Islamic tradition.
The mysterious servant of Allah whom Musa AS traveled with, possessing divine knowledge beyond apparent wisdom.
The man who fashioned the golden calf for the Israelites to worship while Musa AS was away on Mount Sinai.
The wife of the Egyptian minister al-Aziz who tried to seduce Prophet Yusuf AS and later acknowledged his innocence.
Mother of Prophet Isa AS, one of the four greatest women in Islamic history, the only woman named in the Quran.
The Queen of Saba who submitted to Sulayman AS and accepted Islam after witnessing his kingdom and wisdom.
The giant Philistine warrior killed by the young Dawud AS with a sling, as narrated in the Quran.
The king chosen by Allah to lead the Israelites against the Philistines, under whom Dawud AS rose to prominence.
The son of Nuh AS who refused to board the ark and was drowned — the Quran's most poignant example that family ties cannot save those who reject Allah.
The wife of Lut AS who betrayed him by informing his people of his guests and was destroyed with the people of Sodom.
The righteous man from whose family both Maryam and Isa AS descend, giving his name to Surah Ali Imran.
The mother of Maryam AS who dedicated her unborn child to Allah's service — an act the Quran honors as the foundation of Isa's lineage.
The minister of Sulayman AS who transported the throne of Bilqis in the blink of an eye through divine knowledge.
The wife of Prophet Nuh AS who disbelieved and was destroyed in the flood, a Quranic example of how proximity to a prophet does not guarantee salvation.
Son of Nuh AS who boarded the ark; considered in Islamic and Biblical tradition the ancestor of the Semitic people...
Son of Nuh AS who boarded the ark; considered in Islamic and Biblical tradition as the ancestor of the African and...
Son of Nuh AS who boarded the ark; considered in Islamic and Biblical tradition as the ancestor of the Turkic, Eur...
The mother of Prophet Musa AS who received divine revelation to place him in the river, and was reunited with him as his own wet nurse.
The sister of Musa AS who followed his basket on the Nile and orchestrated his return to their mother.
Daughter of Prophet Shuayb and wife of Prophet Musa AS, whose family sheltered Musa when he fled Egypt.
The full brother of Prophet Yusuf AS, son of Yaqub and Rachel, who was kept by Yusuf in Egypt as part of the plan to reunite their father's family.
The Israelite prophet who appointed Talut (Saul) as king at the request of the Israelites, as narrated in Surah al-Baqarah.
One of the four archangels in Islamic tradition, named explicitly in the Quran alongside Jibril...
...or his entire prophetic career — but died without accepting Islam.
The first ambassador of Islam, sent by the Prophet to Medina before the Hijra, whose prea...
...ophet ﷺ as a true prophet upon his arrival and converted to Islam.
...efuge to the first Muslim emigrants and eventually accepted Islam in secret.
The Abyssinian viceroy of Yemen who marched with elephants to destroy the Ka'bah and was destroyed by Allah's army of birds — in the year the Prophet ﷺ was born
...e Emperor who received the Prophet's letter inviting him to Islam and privately acknowledged the signs of prophethood.
The righteous king who journeyed to the east and west of the earth and built the iron barrier against Ya'juj and Ma'juj — as narrated in Surah al-Kahf.
The wise man honored in the Quran (Surah Luqman) for his counsel to his son — a model of tawحid, gratitude, prayer, and character.
The group of young men who took refuge in a cave from a pagan king and were caused to sleep by Allah for 309 years — narrated in Surah al-Kahf.
A righteous man whom Allah caused to die for 100 years and then resurrected as a sign, mentioned in the Quran and venerated by some Jews as the son of God — a c
The Egyptian minister who purchased Yusuf AS from the slave traders and gave him a position of trust in his household.
The beloved wife of Prophet Yaqub AS and mother of Yusuf and Binyamin — the wife for whom Yaqub worked fourteen years.
The dedicated companions of Prophet Isa AS who declared 'We are the helpers of Allah' — mentioned in the Quran as a model of full commitment to a prophet.
...Muhammad and Khadijah. Married Abu al-As ibn al-Rabi before Islam; he later embraced Islam and they were reunited in Madinah....
... Muslims and among the Seven Pioneers who publicly declared Islam. He was the first Muslim horseman to fight in the way of Al...
Son of Abu Sufyan and older brother of Muawiyah. Embraced Islam at the Conquest of Makkah. One of the four commanders appoi...
...ought against the Muslims at Badr and Uhud before embracing Islam after Hudaybiyyah. Distinguished himself at the Battle of Y...
...e Treaty of Hudaybiyyah with the Prophet ﷺ. He converted to Islam at the Conquest of Makkah and later became a passionate pre...
...a was killed at Yamama, she eventually converted to genuine Islam and lived the rest of her life as a Muslim.
...id at the Battle of Buzakha. He then genuinely converted to Islam and fought as a brave Muslim soldier, being martyred at the...
... his master Jubayr ibn Mut'im. He was freed, later embraced Islam, and completed redemption by killing Musaylima al-Kadhdhab ...
...ra in 14-15 AH, which became one of the major cities of the Islamic world. Died 17 AH.
...e initially apostatized during the Riddah, then returned to Islam. Fought in the conquest of Persia with Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas ...
... as 'Poet of the Prophet.' He composed verses in defense of Islam and the Prophet ﷺ. He lived to approximately 120 years, spa...
...attle of Tabuk. He was a poet who composed verses defending Islam. His repentance and forgiveness are mentioned in Surah al-T...
Son of Abu Jahl, initially a fierce enemy of Islam. He embraced Islam at the Conquest of Makkah and became a g...
...obleman and son of Umayyah ibn Khalaf. Initially opposed to Islam, he accepted Islam after the Conquest of Makkah after the P...
... renowned companion and warrior of the Ridda Wars and early Islamic conquests. Known for extraordinary bravery in combat, he ...
One of the most brilliant military commanders of early Islamic history. He played a decisive role in the Battle of Qadis...
One of the earliest converts to Islam, among the first ten to embrace the faith. He and his broth...
...lar in Madinah, preserving and transmitting a large body of Islamic knowledge. He is revered as the 5th Imam by Twelver Shia.
...cretly during the persecution. Umar ibn al-Khattab accepted Islam in this house.
One of the earliest converts to Islam and the first Muslim to emigrate to Madinah (before the Hij...
One of the earliest converts to Islam and a prominent companion known for his extreme asceticism....
...n of the Prophet ﷺ who led the first military expedition in Islam — the raid at Nakhla (2 AH) which captured a Qurayshi carav...
...zed Arabic as the administrative language, minted the first Islamic coins (replacing Byzantine/Sassanid designs), and built t...
...dversary of the Prophet ﷺ who was one of the last to accept Islam before the Conquest of Makkah. He had previously been the m...
... he was so astounded by the revelation that he converted to Islam. He became a devoted companion and returned to Makkah as a ...
... own son after the death of his mother Aminah. She accepted Islam early and emigrated to Madinah. The Prophet ﷺ buried her in...
Son of the pre-Islamic poet Zuhayr ibn Abi Sulma. He initially lampooned the Pro...
...Basra and Kufa (d. 67 AH). He bears heavy responsibility in Islamic history for the killing of Husayn ibn Ali and his compani...
...unjab at the age of 17-20 (92-96 AH / 711-715 CE), bringing Islam to the Indian subcontinent. He defeated Raja Dahir of Sindh...
The Umayyad governor of al-Andalus (Islamic Spain) who led the famous invasion of Francia (114 AH / 7...
...the siege of Makkah. He is a deeply controversial figure in Islamic history.
... from Banu Nadir captured after the Battle of Banu Qurayza. Islamic sources differ on whether she became a wife or concubine ...
... including death by plague, a hadith of major importance in Islamic jurisprudence.
...yshi side before his conversion, then ransomed and accepted Islam, becoming a reliable hadith narrator.
...of Anas ibn Malik and one of the greatest warriors of early Islam. The Prophet is reported to have said there are disheveled,...
...ubala, Mizan al-I'tidal, Tadhkirat al-Huffaz, and Tarikh al-Islam — remain the essential biographical references for Islamic ...
...ion — remain among the most widely read and taught books in Islamic scholarship worldwide. A paragon of piety and encyclopedi...
...Muslim army. His Qawa'id al-Ahkam is a foundational work in Islamic legal theory and the doctrine of public interest (maqasid...
One of the greatest Islamic encyclopedists (544-606 AH), whose Mafatih al-Ghayb (al-T...
The most prolific scholar in Islamic history (849-911 AH), authoring over 500 works across vir...
...ng governorship was one of the most stable periods in early Islamic Egypt.
...nd Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik (d. 105 AH). He is remembered in Islamic ethical tradition for his exchange with Abu Hanifah, whom...
...oxiana including Bukhara, Samarqand, and Khwarazm, bringing Islam deep into Central Asia. His campaigns fundamentally shaped ...
...egarded as one of the earliest and most authentic models of Islamic renunciation (zuhd). His sayings on sincerity and detachm...
...d at night and became one of the greatest ascetics of early Islam. A Makkah-based scholar and teacher of Ibn al-Mubarak, his ...
The most prominent figure of the sober Baghdad school of Islamic spiritual discipline (d. 297 AH), student of Sari al-Saqa...
...ook of Wisdoms) became one of the most widely read works of Islamic spirituality. Associated with the Shadhili order, he deba...
... Damascus (560-638 AH) and the most controversial figure in Islamic intellectual history. His Fusus al-Hikam and al-Futuhat a...
...er 30 years traveled approximately 75,000 miles through the Islamic world and beyond — from Morocco to Mali, Anatolia to Indi...
...325-1393 AH) who became one of the founding teachers of the Islamic University of Madinah after migrating from West Africa. H...
Shafi'i Shaykh al-Islam of Damascus, master jurist, hadith scholar, and theologian ...
...of Medina, author of Tabsirat al-Hukkam, a landmark work on Islamic judicial procedure and legal methodology.
...l-Tahawiyya, the most widely accepted creedal text in Sunni Islam.
...f al-Mughni, the most comprehensive treatise of comparative Islamic jurisprudence.
...asar al-Quduri), the most widely memorized Hanafi primer in Islamic history.
Founder of the Zahiri school of Islamic jurisprudence, which adheres strictly to the apparent (za...
Egyptian literary critic turned Islamic thinker, author of Fi Zilal al-Quran and Milestones; high...
Foremost Islamic scholar of the Indian subcontinent; synthesizer of the fo...
Chief Mufti (Sheikh al-Islam) of the Ottoman Empire for 30 years; author of a major Qura...
...yan, one of the most important biographical dictionaries of Islamic civilization.
Early Islamic scholar of spiritual psychology and self-examination; his...
West African Islamic scholar, jihadist, and ruler; leader of a major Islamic r...
... founder of the Imamate of Futa Jallon; led the first major Islamic reform state in West Africa.
Leading contemporary Deobandi jurist; authority on Islamic finance and a widely respected Hanafi scholar of fiqh and...
...of Ammar ibn Yasir; tortured to death for refusing to leave Islam.
...lian logic for Arabic-speaking world and integrated it with Islamic political thought.
...bibliographer; his Kashf al-Zunun is the most comprehensive Islamic bibliographic encyclopedia.
The greatest Islamic scholar of the Indian subcontinent. Author of Hujjat Alla...
The greatest Islamic geographer. His Mu'jam al-Buldan (Dictionary of Countries...
...ravel account) is one of the most vivid descriptions of the Islamic world in the 12th century CE.
The great Islamic reformer of West Africa. He founded the Sokoto Caliphate ...
The leading Hanafi jurist of the Ottoman Empire under Sultan Mehmed II. His Durar al-Hukkam and Mir'at al-Usul are standard Ottoman legal texts.
One of the earliest and most important Islamic historians. His Kitab al-Maghazi is the earliest extant c...
One of the greatest Islamic scholars of Aceh (Indonesia). His Sirat al-Mustaqim was t...
One of the foremost Islamic scholars of the 20th century. Known for his accessible fa...
The greatest hadith scholar in Islamic history. His Sahih al-Bukhari is considered the most auth...
...ud, one of the six canonical hadith collections focusing on Islamic law. He reviewed 500,000 hadiths and selected 4,800 for h...
One of the greatest scholars in Islamic history. His Tafsir al-Tabari and Tarikh al-Tabari are th...
... and cousin. He was the first to draw a sword in defense of Islam.
One of the earliest converts and first horsemen in Islam. Famous for his bold speech at the Battle of Badr — the Pro...
The greatest scholar of Islamic legal theory (usul al-fiqh) after al-Ghazali. His al-Muwa...
...His al-Funun is said to be the largest book ever written in Islamic civilization — reportedly 800 volumes.
...Risalah al-Mufassalah is the foundational classical text on Islamic education.
The greatest Islamic philosopher and Aristotle's chief commentator. A practici...
... (1958-1963). A leading reformist scholar who worked on pan-Islamic unity and issued the controversial fatwa recognizing Ja'f...
One of the greatest Islamic scholars of the 20th-21st centuries. Author of al-Fiqh al...
...hi al-'Amm is the most authoritative modern introduction to Islamic jurisprudence and civil law.
The greatest universal scholar of the classical Islamic world. Contributed to astronomy, mathematics, physics, ge...
...panion who participated in nearly all major events of early Islam.
...al-Ahkam is the most technically rigorous classical work in Islamic jurisprudential theory.
...'Hakim al-Ummat' (The Sage of the Ummah). The most prolific Islamic scholar of the Indian subcontinent, writing over 1,000 wo...
Mother of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. She died when he was approximately six years old.
Greatest Islamic scholar of Timbuktu, prolific author of biographies and f...
West African Islamic scholar, mujahid, and founder of the Toucouleur Empire in...
Senegalese Islamic scholar with one of the largest followings in West Africa...
Greatest Malay-Patani Islamic scholar, prolific author of Malay-language religious text...
First major Malay poet and Islamic scholar from Aceh, pioneering Malay Islamic literature.
Turkish Islamic scholar whose Risale-i Nur (Epistles of Light) is one of ...
Turkish Islamic scholar and shaykh who revived Islamic learning in Turkey...
Major Islamic historian and biographer. His Futuh al-Buldan is the foun...
Swiss-Egyptian Islamic scholar and academic. Controversial figure who has writte...
Lebanese-American scholar specializing in Islamic biographical literature and hadith sciences.
Pre-Islamic poet who converted to Islam and wrote the famous qasida B...
Towering Hanbali scholar of Damascus whose mastery of Islamic sciences and bold refutation of innovations made him uniq...
... and second Abbasid Caliph. He commissioned the first major Islamic translation movement and founded the Bayt al-Hikmah.
...rom Makkah who worked secretly to convert Qurayshi women to Islam.
...dalus. His Nafh al-Tib is the most comprehensive history of Islamic Spain and its scholars.
... expert known for his biographical work and teaching of the Islamic sciences.
Syrian Islamic scholar, judge, and writer known for his accessible and e...
... the foundational text on Maqasid al-Shariah (objectives of Islamic law).
...f Kufa. His Kitab al-Kharaj is one of the earliest works on Islamic fiscal policy.
Greatest Islamic scholar of 20th century India. His Bahishti Zewar is the ...
Indian Islamic scholar whose 'What Has the World Lost due to the Decline...
Deobandi scholar known for his works on Islamic economics and the history of Islamic philosophy in India.
...ya movement in Libya. Student of Ahmad ibn Idris who spread Islamic revival across North Africa.
Nigerian Islamic scholar and reformer who advocated for direct Quran-based...
East African Islamic scholar and founder of the Uwaysiyya order; spread Islam ...
Pakistani Islamic thinker and founder of Jamaat-e-Islami; controversial mod...
Egyptian polymath who authored over 500 works spanning all Islamic sciences.
Libyan historian known for extensive Islamic biographies and historical works.
Persian theologian and philosopher, Hujjat al-Islam, author of Ihya Ulum al-Din.
Syrian scholar and prolific author of al-Fiqh al-Islami wa Adillatuh and Tafsir al-Munir.
Greatest hadith scholar in Islamic history; compiler of the most authentic book after the Qu...
Tunisian Islamic thinker and political leader, founder of the Ennahda Move...
Pakistani Islamic scholar and philosopher who developed neo-modernist appro...
...ssor at the University of Jordan, author of the widely read Islamic Beliefs series covering the unseen world, eschatology, an...
...rary Saudi Hanbali faqih and professor at Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University in Riyadh, known for accessible works in Islam...
A leading contemporary scholar of Islamic jurisprudence (b. 1944), founding CEO of the Internationa...
... Cairo University and al-Azhar, author of landmark works in Islamic jurisprudence, comparative fiqh, and biographies of the f...
A contemporary Egyptian Islamic scholar and author known for widely read works on ruqyah,...
A British-based Pakistani Islamic scholar (b. 1938), secretary general of the Islamic Shari...
...hadith authenticity and winner of the King Faisal Prize for Islamic Studies in 1980.
An Indian Islamic scholar (1942-2006 CE) who won the World Muslim League bi...
A contemporary Islamic author and journalist, longtime Islamic features editor a...
A Pakistani Islamic author known for Great Women of Islam, presenting biograp...
A contemporary Egyptian Islamic author known for Women Around the Messenger, presenting b...
An Indian Islamic historian (1856-1938 CE) known for his comprehensive Urdu...
...rary American Muslim historian and educator, author of Lost Islamic History: Reclaiming Muslim Civilisation from the Past (20...
A contemporary Syrian-origin Islamic author based in Saudi Arabia, known for The Ideal Muslim ...
A contemporary Egyptian Islamic scholar and author known for Purification of the Soul, a ...
A Pakistani-Canadian Islamic scholar and science historian (b. 1954), founder of the C...
A leading Pakistani Islamic economist (1933-2017 CE), Senior Research Advisor at the ...
A prominent contemporary Saudi Islamic scholar and preacher (b. 1970 CE), known for popular book...
A prolific Saudi Islamic scholar and preacher (b. 1959 CE), author of La Tahzan (D...
...aised USA), known for the bestselling Reclaim Your Heart on Islamic spirituality and attachment to Allah.
A prominent Egyptian Islamic author (1920-1996 CE) known for his popular biographies o...
A contemporary Syrian Islamic scholar specialized in tajweed and Quran memorization met...
A South African Islamic scholar, Hanafi mufti, and prolific author based in Johan...
...can Muslim author and orator (1918-2005 CE), founder of the Islamic Propagation Centre International (IPCI), known for compar...
An Egyptian-American Islamic scholar (1917-2004 CE), first director of the Islamic Cul...
A prominent contemporary Saudi Islamic scholar (b. 1960 CE) of Syrian origin, founder of Islam Q...
A British Muslim author and educator (b. 1942), convert to Islam, known for accessible books on Islam for Western audiences ...
A South African Islamic author known for Getting the Best Out of Hajj, a comprehe...
A contemporary Egyptian Islamic author known for his book The Jinn in the Quran and the S...
A Syrian-American Islamic economist (b. 1940), senior researcher at the Islamic Dev...
A contemporary Islamic author known for Life After Death, presenting Islamic tea...
A contemporary Egyptian Islamic scholar and author known for accessible works on dua, wor...
...e and scholar of the late Tabi'un generation, celebrated in Islamic culture for his legendary intelligence, sharp wit, and ju...
Scholar of Khurasan who uniquely combined Islamic scholarship, asceticism, and jihad. Studied under Imam Ma...
Founder of the Shafi'i school and father of Islamic legal theory (usul al-fiqh). Author of al-Risalah, the fi...
...bu Abd al-Rahman, who served as a key transmitter of Syrian Islamic scholarship.
... al-Bunani and Anas ibn Malik, and a major figure in Basran Islamic scholarship.
...on of worldly pleasures, and frequent citations in books of Islamic spirituality.
...nsmitted from a wide range of senior authorities across the Islamic world.
...Jabal who became one of the foremost transmitters of Syrian Islamic tradition.
... of the first people to narrate stories (qasas) publicly in Islam, revered by Ibn Abbas and his contemporaries.
... al-Khudri, known for his reliable narrations on matters of Islamic jurisprudence and practice.
...her intelligence, piety, and cultural significance in early Islamic society.
...ator known as a student of Ka'b al-Ahbar and transmitter of Islamic and Israelite knowledge in early Damascus.