246 results for “islamic”
Clear filter...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, jurispru...
One of the seven great jurists of Madinah and a pioneer of Islamic historiography. The son of Zubayr ibn al-Awwam and Asma bin...
One of the greatest hadith scholars in Islamic history and the first to systematically compile hadith on t...
Fifth Abbasid caliph who presided over the Islamic Golden Age. A patron of scholars and learning who establish...
...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, mathem...
...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). Author ...
...-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.
...o pioneered the study of Maqasid ash-Shariah (objectives of Islamic law) in his work al-Muwafaqat.
...53 CE), fulfilling the prophecy of the Prophet. A patron of Islamic scholarship and architecture who spoke multiple languages a...
One of the most prolific authors in Islamic history with over 500 works, co-author of Tafsir al-Jalalay...
Pan-Islamic political activist and Islamic modernist who traveled acros...
Egyptian Islamic reformer and Grand Mufti of Egypt who advocated for moderni...
...l-Quran (tafsir) and Bahishti Zewar, a widely read guide to Islamic practice.
...lar and founder of the Tablighi Jama'at, one of the largest Islamic grassroots movements in the world. Emphasized door-to-door ...
...is life to spreading the Athari creed and editing classical Islamic texts.
... 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 al-...
...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 accessible...
...the Prohibited in Islam, and a prominent voice for centrist Islamic jurisprudence.
...udi scholar and former head of the Sunnah department at the Islamic University of Medina. Known for his works on hadith methodo...
...iqh al-Islami wa Adillatuh, a comprehensive encyclopedia of Islamic jurisprudence comparing all four madhabs. Also authored a m...
Saudi hadith scholar and former vice-chancellor of the Islamic University of Medina. Known for his extensive commentary on...
... of the Shariah Appellate Bench, and a leading authority on Islamic finance.
...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 te...
Indonesian Islamic scholar, author, and political figure, known for his major ...
...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 Founda...
...'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.
...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 Associat...
...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 Indones...
Founder of Muhammadiyah, one of the largest Islamic organizations in Indonesia, and a pioneer of Islamic educat...
...ehnese scholar who studied in Arabia and became the leading Islamic authority in Southeast Asia, producing the first complete M...
...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 al-...
Egyptian Islamic scholar and thinker, author of numerous influential books o...
...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 'Tafsir ...
Egyptian scholar and historian, author of popular works on Islamic history, jurisprudence, and the history of Islamic legislat...
...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, se...
Sudanese Islamic scholar, philosopher, and educator (1931–2025 CE). Born in ...
Canadian-Jamaican Islamic scholar, prolific author of over 50 books in English on Isl...
American Islamic scholar with a PhD from Yale University, formerly Dean of A...
...sociate Professor at Georgetown University, specializing in Islamic law and hadith sciences, author of major English-language w...
American Islamic studies scholar at the University of Southern California, a...
...ife of Ali ibn Abi Talib, one of the four greatest women in Islamic tradition.
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.
Wife of Pharaoh who believed in Allah, protected baby Musa, and was 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 peoples ...
Son of Nuh AS who boarded the ark; considered in Islamic and Biblical tradition as the ancestor of the African and H...
Son of Nuh AS who boarded the ark; considered in Islamic and Biblical tradition as the ancestor of the Turkic, Europ...
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, ...
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
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.
...ra in 14-15 AH, which became one of the major cities of the Islamic world. Died 17 AH.
...rophet ﷺ. He lived to approximately 120 years, spanning pre-Islamic and Islamic eras.
... renowned companion and warrior of the Ridda Wars and early Islamic conquests. Known for extraordinary bravery in combat, he pa...
One of the most brilliant military commanders of early Islamic history. He played a decisive role in the Battle of Qadisiy...
...lar in Madinah, preserving and transmitting a large body of Islamic knowledge. He is revered as the 5th Imam by Twelver Shia.
...zed Arabic as the administrative language, minted the first Islamic coins (replacing Byzantine/Sassanid designs), and built the...
Son of the pre-Islamic poet Zuhayr ibn Abi Sulma. He initially lampooned the Proph...
...Basra and Kufa (d. 67 AH). He bears heavy responsibility in Islamic history for the killing of Husayn ibn Ali and his companion...
The Umayyad governor of al-Andalus (Islamic Spain) who led the famous invasion of Francia (114 AH / 732...
...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 of...
... including death by plague, a hadith of major importance in Islamic jurisprudence.
...al-Islam — remain the essential biographical references for Islamic scholarship, covering tens of thousands of narrators and sc...
...ion — remain among the most widely read and taught books in Islamic scholarship worldwide. A paragon of piety and encyclopedic ...
...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-Taf...
The most prolific scholar in Islamic history (849-911 AH), authoring over 500 works across virtu...
...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 h...
...egarded as one of the earliest and most authentic models of Islamic renunciation (zuhd). His sayings on sincerity and detachmen...
...nd the corruption of scholars rank among the most quoted in Islamic spiritual literature.
The most prominent figure of the sober Baghdad school of Islamic spiritual discipline (d. 297 AH), student of Sari al-Saqati...
...ook of Wisdoms) became one of the most widely read works of Islamic spirituality. Associated with the Shadhili order, he debate...
... Damascus (560-638 AH) and the most controversial figure in Islamic intellectual history. His Fusus al-Hikam and al-Futuhat al-...
...er 30 years traveled approximately 75,000 miles through the Islamic world and beyond — from Morocco to Mali, Anatolia to India,...
...325-1393 AH) who became one of the founding teachers of the Islamic University of Madinah after migrating from West Africa. His...
..., and theologian who wrote extensively defending mainstream Islamic scholarship.
...of Medina, author of Tabsirat al-Hukkam, a landmark work on Islamic judicial procedure and legal methodology.
...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 (zahi...
Egyptian literary critic turned Islamic thinker, author of Fi Zilal al-Quran and Milestones; highly...
Foremost Islamic scholar of the Indian subcontinent; synthesizer of the four...
...yan, one of the most important biographical dictionaries of Islamic civilization.
Early Islamic scholar of spiritual psychology and self-examination; his R...
West African Islamic scholar, jihadist, and ruler; leader of a major Islamic ref...
... 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 h...
...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 Allah ...
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 in...
One of the earliest and most important Islamic historians. His Kitab al-Maghazi is the earliest extant com...
One of the greatest Islamic scholars of Aceh (Indonesia). His Sirat al-Mustaqim was the...
One of the foremost Islamic scholars of the 20th century. Known for his accessible fatw...
The greatest hadith scholar in Islamic history. His Sahih al-Bukhari is considered the most authen...
...ud, one of the six canonical hadith collections focusing on Islamic law. He reviewed 500,000 hadiths and selected 4,800 for his...
One of the greatest scholars in Islamic history. His Tafsir al-Tabari and Tarikh al-Tabari are the ...
The greatest scholar of Islamic legal theory (usul al-fiqh) after al-Ghazali. His al-Muwafa...
...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 practicing...
... (1958-1963). A leading reformist scholar who worked on pan-Islamic unity and issued the controversial fatwa recognizing Ja'far...
One of the greatest Islamic scholars of the 20th-21st centuries. Author of al-Fiqh al-I...
...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, geog...
...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 work...
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 fiq...
West African Islamic scholar, mujahid, and founder of the Toucouleur Empire in t...
Senegalese Islamic scholar with one of the largest followings in West Africa. ...
Greatest Malay-Patani Islamic scholar, prolific author of Malay-language religious texts.
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 th...
Turkish Islamic scholar and shaykh who revived Islamic learning in Turkey u...
Major Islamic historian and biographer. His Futuh al-Buldan is the founda...
Swiss-Egyptian Islamic scholar and academic. Controversial figure who has written ...
Lebanese-American scholar specializing in Islamic biographical literature and hadith sciences.
Pre-Islamic poet who converted to Islam and wrote the famous qasida Ban...
Towering Hanbali scholar of Damascus whose mastery of Islamic sciences and bold refutation of innovations made him unique...
... and second Abbasid Caliph. He commissioned the first major Islamic translation movement and founded the Bayt al-Hikmah.
...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 elo...
... 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 mo...
Indian Islamic scholar whose 'What Has the World Lost due to the Decline o...
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 g...
East African Islamic scholar and founder of the Uwaysiyya order; spread Islam in...
Pakistani Islamic thinker and founder of Jamaat-e-Islami; controversial moder...
Egyptian polymath who authored over 500 works spanning all Islamic sciences.
Libyan historian known for extensive Islamic biographies and historical works.
Greatest hadith scholar in Islamic history; compiler of the most authentic book after the Qura...
Tunisian Islamic thinker and political leader, founder of the Ennahda Moveme...
Pakistani Islamic scholar and philosopher who developed neo-modernist approac...
...ssor at the University of Jordan, author of the widely read Islamic Beliefs series covering the unseen world, eschatology, and ...
...rary Saudi Hanbali faqih and professor at Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University in Riyadh, known for accessible works in Islamic...
A leading contemporary scholar of Islamic jurisprudence (b. 1944), founding CEO of the International ...
... Cairo University and al-Azhar, author of landmark works in Islamic jurisprudence, comparative fiqh, and biographies of the fou...
A contemporary Egyptian Islamic scholar and author known for widely read works on ruqyah, j...
A British-based Pakistani Islamic scholar (b. 1938), secretary general of the Islamic Sharia ...
...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 biog...
A contemporary Islamic author and journalist, longtime Islamic features editor at ...
A Pakistani Islamic author known for Great Women of Islam, presenting biographi...
A contemporary Egyptian Islamic author known for Women Around the Messenger, presenting bio...
An Indian Islamic historian (1856-1938 CE) known for his comprehensive Urdu h...
...rary American Muslim historian and educator, author of Lost Islamic History: Reclaiming Muslim Civilisation from the Past (2014...
A contemporary Syrian-origin Islamic author based in Saudi Arabia, known for The Ideal Muslim an...
A contemporary Egyptian Islamic scholar and author known for Purification of the Soul, a co...
A Pakistani-Canadian Islamic scholar and science historian (b. 1954), founder of the Cen...
A leading Pakistani Islamic economist (1933-2017 CE), Senior Research Advisor at the Is...
A prominent contemporary Saudi Islamic scholar and preacher (b. 1970 CE), known for popular books ...
A prolific Saudi Islamic scholar and preacher (b. 1959 CE), author of La Tahzan (Don...
...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 of ...
A contemporary Syrian Islamic scholar specialized in tajweed and Quran memorization metho...
A South African Islamic scholar, Hanafi mufti, and prolific author based in Johanne...
...can Muslim author and orator (1918-2005 CE), founder of the Islamic Propagation Centre International (IPCI), known for comparat...
An Egyptian-American Islamic scholar (1917-2004 CE), first director of the Islamic Cultu...
A prominent contemporary Saudi Islamic scholar (b. 1960 CE) of Syrian origin, founder of Islam Q&A...
A South African Islamic author known for Getting the Best Out of Hajj, a comprehens...
A contemporary Egyptian Islamic author known for his book The Jinn in the Quran and the Sun...
A Syrian-American Islamic economist (b. 1940), senior researcher at the Islamic Devel...
A contemporary Islamic author known for Life After Death, presenting Islamic teach...
A contemporary Egyptian Islamic scholar and author known for accessible works on dua, worsh...
...e and scholar of the late Tabi'un generation, celebrated in Islamic culture for his legendary intelligence, sharp wit, and judi...
Scholar of Khurasan who uniquely combined Islamic scholarship, asceticism, and jihad. Studied under Imam Mali...
Founder of the Shafi'i school and father of Islamic legal theory (usul al-fiqh). Author of al-Risalah, the firs...
...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.
... 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.