429 results for “scholar”
Clear filterWife of the Prophet and one of the greatest scholars of Islam, narrating over 2,200 hadith.
...y. Al-Hasan al-Basri was a towering figure in early Islamic scholarship whose circle in Basra shaped theology, jurisprudence, a...
One of the greatest hadith scholars in Islamic history and the first to systematically compile...
A blind Tabii scholar of Basra renowned for his knowledge of tafsir and hadith.
...her in the Basran school of hadith, transmitting from major scholars like Nafi' and Ibn Sirin.
A leading scholar of Yemen among the Tabiin, student of Ibn Abbas.
Grandson of Umar and one of the seven fuqaha of Medina, known for his strict following of the Sunnah.
The leading scholar of the Levant whose madhab was dominant in Syria and al-And...
The leading scholar of Egypt in his time, said by some to be more knowledgeable...
The greatest scholar of Egypt in his era, whom ash-Shafi'i considered more knowl...
A leading muhaddith and scholar of Mecca, teacher of ash-Shafii and many hadith masters.
A polymath scholar praised as 'the scholar of the East,' combining mastery of ...
...he standards for evaluating narrator reliability that later scholars like al-Bukhari and Muslim built upon. Ahmad ibn Hanbal co...
A versatile scholar excelling in hadith, fiqh, jihad, and asceticism, called th...
...aliph who presided over the Islamic Golden Age. A patron of scholars and learning who established the legendary Bayt al-Hikmah ...
Compiler of Jami at-Tirmidhi, notable for including scholarly evaluations and fiqh discussions with each hadith. A stud...
A polymath and leading authority on Arabic literature, Quranic sciences, and hadith interpretation. His works Adab al-Katib and Ta'wil Mukhtalif al-Hadith remai
Author of Maalim as-Sunan, one of the earliest commentaries on Sunan Abu Daw...
A leading Maliki scholar of al-Andalus, author of at-Tamhid and al-Istiab on compani...
Andalusian scholar and founder of the Zahiri school in al-Andalus, author of a...
Author of Maalim at-Tanzil (tafsir) and Sharh as-Sunnah, called the Reviver ...
Maliki judge and scholar of Seville, author of Ahkam al-Quran on legal rulings from ...
Hanbali scholar and preacher of Baghdad whose sermons drew thousands, known...
Author of al-Ansab, a biographical dictionary organizing scholars by their nisbah (geographic/tribal attribution).
A prolific Hanbali scholar and preacher of Baghdad, author of over 700 works.
Called Sultan al-Ulama (Sultan of the Scholars), a fearless Shafii scholar who stood up to rulers.
Muslim polymath and one of the greatest scholars in Islamic history. Authored over 140 works spanning astro...
One of the most influential scholars in Islamic history. Known as Hujjat al-Islam (Proof of Isl...
Moroccan scholar and founder of the Shadhili Sufi order, one of the most wid...
...mmar. It has been memorized, studied, and commented upon by scholars for over seven centuries.
Persian scholar, jurist, and one of the most celebrated poets in history. H...
Chief judge of Egypt and a prominent Shafii scholar.
Egyptian Maliki scholar and the third master of the Shadhili Sufi order. Author of ...
One of the most influential scholars in Islamic history, a Hanbali jurist, theologian, and refo...
Central Asian scholar and founder of the Naqshbandi Sufi order, one of the most i...
A leading hadith scholar who authored al-Mughni an Haml al-Asfar, tracing the hadith...
Shafii scholar and author of Tabaqat ash-Shafiiyyah al-Kubra, the largest ...
A major Hanbali scholar, author of Jami al-Ulum wal-Hikam (commentary on the 40+2 h...
...tome of Maliki fiqh. It became the standard text for Maliki scholarship in North and West Africa for centuries.
Maliki scholar who pioneered the study of Maqasid ash-Shariah (objectives ...
Shafii scholar who began Tafsir al-Jalalayn, later completed by his studen...
...fulfilling the prophecy of the Prophet. A patron of Islamic scholarship and architecture who spoke multiple languages and studi...
A major Hanbali scholar of usul al-fiqh and author of Muntaha al-Iradat.
A prolific Hanafi scholar of Mecca who authored Mirqat al-Mafatih, the most extensive...
Yemeni scholar and author of Subul as-Salam, a major commentary on hadith ...
The most influential scholar of the Indian subcontinent, translator of the Quran into Pe...
A Hanbali scholar from Najd who led a revival movement emphasizing tawhid (mo...
Yemeni scholar and author of Nayl al-Awtar, a comprehensive hadith comment...
Indian scholar and ruler (Nawab of Bhopal through marriage). A prolific au...
Indian Hanafi scholar and hadith expert, author of at-Taliq al-Mumajjad on al-Muw...
Indian Hanafi scholar and muhaddith who authored over 100 works in his short life...
Indian Hanafi scholar and founder of the Barelvi movement. Author of Fatawa Ridaw...
Indian hadith scholar and author of Awn al-Ma'bud, a major commentary on Sunan Ab...
Indian Hanafi scholar and leading figure of the Deobandi school, known as Hakim a...
Syrian-Egyptian scholar and publisher of al-Manar journal, continued the reform mov...
...e and widely used commentary on Jami at-Tirmidhi. An Indian scholar of the Ahl al-Hadith tradition.
Kashmiri scholar and head teacher of hadith at Darul Uloom Deoband. Known fo...
Ottoman-era Hanafi scholar who served as deputy to the last Shaykh al-Islam of the Ott...
Indian scholar and founder of the Tablighi Jama'at, one of the largest Isl...
Saudi scholar and author of Taysir al-Karim ar-Rahman, a widely read tafs...
Egyptian hadith scholar who produced critical editions of Musnad Ahmad and Sunan at...
Egyptian scholar who founded the Ansar as-Sunnah al-Muhammadiyyah organizati...
Yemeni hadith scholar and researcher at Umm al-Qura Library, known for his critic...
Mauritanian scholar and author of Adwa' al-Bayan, a tafsir that explains the Qu...
Syrian scholar, judge, and prolific writer known for his literary style an...
Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia, a major Hanbali scholar known for his fatwas, teaching, and charitable works.
One of the foremost hadith scholars of the modern era, spending decades grading thousands of h...
Syrian Hanafi hadith scholar who produced critical editions of major hadith works.
Egyptian-Qatari scholar and chairman of the International Union of Muslim Scholars....
Saudi scholar and former Mufti of the southern region of Saudi Arabia. Kn...
Albanian-Syrian hadith scholar who produced definitive critical editions of Musnad Ahmad, ...
A major Hanbali scholar known for his extensive commentary on jurisprudence and the...
Ethiopian-born Shafi'i scholar who settled in Mecca and became a leading authority in Shaf...
Syrian scholar and author of al-Fiqh al-Islami wa-Adillatuhu, a comprehens...
Saudi scholar and former head of the Sunnah department at the Islamic Uni...
Syrian scholar and author of al-Fiqh al-Islami wa Adillatuh, a comprehensi...
Senior Saudi scholar and member of the Council of Senior Scholars, author of al-...
Yemeni hadith scholar who established Dar al-Hadith in Dammaj, known for strict h...
Saudi scholar known for his extensive fatwa collection and teaching.
Yemeni hadith scholar who established Dar al-Hadith in Dammaj, Yemen. Known for h...
Saudi hadith scholar and former vice-chancellor of the Islamic University of Med...
Pakistani Hanafi scholar, former judge of the Shariah Appellate Bench, and a leading...
Saudi scholar and member of the Council of Senior Scholars, author of wor...
American convert to Islam and Shafi'i scholar based in Amman. Translated the Reliance of the Traveller (U...
Mauritanian polymath scholar known for his encyclopedic knowledge across all Islamic sci...
British Hanafi scholar and founder of Darul Iftaa, known for contemporary fiqh rul...
One of the most prominent female hadith scholars of the 8th-9th century AH, who held ijazahs from major sch...
A distinguished female hadith scholar from the Hanbali tradition who narrated from major authorit...
Egyptian Sufi scholar and prolific author known for 'al-Tabaqat al-Kubra' and 'al...
The most influential Southeast Asian Islamic scholar, based in Mecca, whose commentaries on classical texts are ...
Minangkabau scholar who served as Imam of the Shafi'i school at Masjid al-Haram...
Indonesian Islamic scholar, author, and political figure, known for his major Quran co...
Senegalese Sufi scholar and founder of the Muridiyyah order, known for his pacifist...
Fulani scholar, reformer, and founder of the Sokoto Caliphate, one of the ...
Brother of Uthman dan Fodio, a major West African scholar, poet, and military commander of the Sokoto Caliphate.
Daughter of Uthman dan Fodio and a celebrated female scholar, poet, and educator who established women's education netwo...
Leading Syrian Shafi'i scholar and professor at Damascus University, author of numerous in...
Former Grand Mufti of Egypt, Shafi'i jurist and Azhari scholar known for his traditional Islamic scholarship and engagemen...
British Muslim scholar, Dean of the Cambridge Muslim College, and one of the most ...
Yemeni scholar and founder of Dar al-Mustafa in Tarim, one of the most inf...
Yemeni-Emirati Islamic scholar, media personality, and founder of the Tabah Foundation for...
Syrian hadith scholar based in Medina, renowned for his critical editions of clas...
...hadith master and prolific author known for his independent scholarly methodology and expertise in hadith criticism.
Indian Deobandi scholar and author of 'Ma'arif al-Hadith,' a popular hadith compila...
Pioneering female Sufi saint of Basra, celebrated for her doctrine of pure, selfless love of God.
Classical scholar of aqeedah and ethics, author of 'ash-Shari'ah,' a foundati...
Shafi'i scholar and author of 'Sharh Usul I'tiqad Ahl as-Sunnah,' a foundat...
Shafi'i scholar of Nishapur, author of 'Aqidat as-Salaf wa Ashab al-Hadith'...
Prolific Baghdadi scholar who authored hundreds of works on Islamic ethics, asceticis...
Indian-born scholar who settled in Cairo, author of 'Taj al-Arus,' the largest ...
Shafi'i historian and scholar of Damascus, teacher of an-Nawawi, author of 'ar-Rawdatayn'...
Early Sufi scholar and author of 'Khatm al-Awliya' (The Seal of the Saints), a...
Moroccan Maliki scholar, author of 'al-Murshid al-Mu'in,' a widely memorized didact...
Algerian Maliki scholar, author of 'al-Sullam al-Munawraq' on logic and 'Mukhtasar ...
Andalusian Maliki scholar and author of 'at-Tashil li Ulum at-Tanzil,' a popular Qura...
...and 'Kitab at-Ta'rifat,' an essential dictionary of Islamic scholarly terminology.
Prolific Egyptian Shafi'i jurist and hadith scholar, one of the most productive authors in Islamic history.
Egyptian hadith scholar, author of 'Majma az-Zawa'id,' a comprehensive compilation ...
Yemeni scholar known for advocating return to the Quran and Sunnah, author...
Damascene scholar and author of 'Subul al-Huda war-Rashad,' one of the most c...
Syrian scholar from a distinguished scholarly family, known for his tradit...
American Muslim scholar, co-founder of Zaytuna College, widely regarded as one of t...
Egyptian Islamic activist and author, founder of the Muslim Women's Association and author of 'Return of the Pharaoh' about her imprisonment.
Known as 'Sultan al-Ulama' (Sultan of the Scholars), a Shafi'i jurist renowned for his courage in confronting...
Syrian Shadhili scholar and author of 'Haqa'iq an at-Tasawwuf' (Realities of Sufism...
Indian Hanafi prodigy who authored over 100 scholarly works before dying at age 39, renowned for his encycloped...
Indian Deobandi scholar celebrated for his extraordinary memory and his hadith comm...
Historian and hadith scholar of Jurjan, author of 'Tarikh Jurjan,' a major biographical ...
Hanbali scholar of Herat and author of 'Manazil as-Sa'irin' (Stations of th...
Acehnese scholar who studied in Arabia and became the leading Islamic author...
Yemeni scholar and author of 'Subul as-Salam,' the famous commentary on Ib...
Egyptian scholar and author of 'Fayd al-Qadir,' the most extensive commentar...
Ottoman Sufi scholar and mufassir, author of 'Ruh al-Bayan,' a comprehensive Qur...
Ottoman Hanafi scholar, author of 'Bariqa Mahmudiyyah,' a commentary on 'at-Tariqa...
Hanafi scholar from Aleppo, author of 'at-Taqrir wat-Tahbir,' an important...
Egyptian Maliki scholar and author of 'Jawharat at-Tawhid,' a famous creed poem on ...
West African Fulani scholar who settled in Medina and authored 'Iqa dh al-Himam,' a wor...
Moroccan Maliki scholar of Fez and author of a commentary on the Mukhtasar of Khali...
Yemeni Ba'Alawi scholar and Sufi master from Tarim, author of influential spiritual...
Hadhrami Ba'Alawi scholar who authored 'Simthut Thahabin,' a devotional poem for the ...
Sindhi hadith scholar based in Medina who taught Shah Waliullah Dehlawi and Muham...
Indian Islamic scholar and author of 'Madha Khasira al-Alam bi Inhitat al-Muslimin...
Syrian Shafi'i scholar and professor at Damascus University, known for his accessi...
Egyptian Islamic scholar and thinker, author of numerous influential books on Islami...
Hanbali scholar and author of 'Shadharat adh-Dhahab,' a major biographical ...
Hanbali hadith scholar and student of Ibn Taymiyyah who died young but left import...
Hanbali hadith scholar from the Maqdisi family of Damascus, compiler of 'al-Ahadit...
Yemeni scholar and advocate of ijtihad, author of 'Nayl al-Awtar,' a maste...
Indian hadith scholar, author of 'Tuhfat al-Ahwadhi,' the most comprehensive comm...
Indian scholar and author of 'Nuzhat al-Khawatir,' an eight-volume biograp...
... and prolific author of works defending traditional Islamic scholarship and collecting prophetic praises.
Tunisian Maliki scholar and Grand Mufti, author of 'at-Tahrir wat-Tanwir,' a major ...
Egyptian scholar and historian, author of popular works on Islamic history, ...
Syrian hadith scholar of Albanian origin, renowned for his critical editions of c...
Kurdish-Qatari scholar and Secretary General of the International Union of Muslim ...
Egyptian Azhari scholar and author of 'Fath al-Mun'im,' a modern commentary on Sahi...
Syrian Hanafi hadith scholar and editor, known for his critical editions of classical ha...
Syrian scholar from Aleppo, author of works on the attributes of the Proph...
Syrian Shafi'i scholar and professor at Damascus University, co-author of 'al-Fiqh...
Egyptian Islamic scholar and author of popular, accessible books on fiqh, seerah, an...
Sudanese Islamic scholar, philosopher, and educator (1931–2025 CE). Born in Omdurman...
Canadian-Jamaican Islamic scholar, prolific author of over 50 books in English on Islamic sci...
American convert to Islam and prominent da'wah scholar known for his accessible teaching style and online media ou...
American Islamic scholar with a PhD from Yale University, formerly Dean of Academic ...
American Muslim scholar and co-founder of Zaytuna College, the first accredited Mus...
American Islamic studies scholar at the University of Southern California, a leading academi...
The Bedouin woman who nursed the infant Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, in whose care he experienced the opening of his chest.
The learned Christian cousin of Khadijah who recognized the Prophet's first revelation as the same Namus (Jibril) who came to Musa AS.
A leading Jewish rabbi of Medina who immediately recognized the Prophet ﷺ as a true prophet upon his arrival and converted to Islam.
... slave of Abu Lahab who nursed him for several days before Halimah al-Sa'diyyah took over. Abu Lahab freed her upon hearing ...
...ction of his supplications. He is a major figure in Tabieen scholarship.
A major Tabieen scholar of Kufah and one of the foremost students of Abdullah ibn M...
A leading Kufi Tabieen scholar and student of Abd Allah ibn Masud. He was a foremost autho...
A prominent Tabieen scholar who served as judge (qadi) of Kufah. Son of an Ansari compa...
...f Nubian or Greek origin, he was freed and became a leading scholar of Damascus. He was the foremost authority in fiqh and hadi...
...one who splits knowledge open), he was a major Tabi Tabieen scholar in Madinah, preserving and transmitting a large body of Isl...
...of Zayn al-Abidin and brother of Muhammad al-Baqir. A major scholar of hadith and fiqh, he led an uprising against the Umayyad ...
Son of Muhammad al-Baqir and a major scholar of the Tabi Tabieen generation. He taught both Abu Hanifah ...
A Tabieen scholar of Yemen known for his extensive knowledge of the People of...
A Tabieen scholar of Basra credited with developing Arabic grammatical analys...
An Ansari companion of the Banu Salimah who, along with his brother Muadh ibn Amr, struck Abu Jah...
...ttle of Yamama fighting Musaylima, where he died alongside Salim mawla Abi Hudhayfah.
... ﷺ ordered that the Quran be learned from four people, and Salim was one of them. He was martyred at Yamama in 12 AH. He hel...
A major Meccan Tabieen scholar who was a student of Ibn Abbas and Ibn Umar. He was a leadi...
A major Madinan Tabieen scholar and judge of Madinah. He was a leading hadith authority in ...
Medinan scholar and prolific hadith narrator, son of Urwa ibn al-Zubayr and...
A Meccan Tabieen scholar and one of the most important hadith transmitters from Jabi...
An Ansari elder of the Banu Salimah clan who was lame but insisted on fighting at Uhud despit...
A Basran-Syrian Tabieen scholar from the Jarmi tribe and one of the major narrators from An...
...mash (the bleary-eyed), a towering Kufi Tabi Tabieen hadith scholar whose chain through Ibrahim al-Nakhai and Alqamah is founda...
The first scholar to compile hadith in organized book form in Makkah, predati...
...) and narrator criticism, ranking among the greatest hadith scholars of the 4th century AH.
The preeminent hadith scholar of the 7th century AH, author of the Muqaddimah Ibn al-Sala...
... — remain the essential biographical references for Islamic scholarship, covering tens of thousands of narrators and scholars.
The towering Shafi'i scholar and hadith master of Damascus (631-676 AH), whose works — S...
Known as Sultan al-Ulama (King of the Scholars), a great Shafi'i jurist and Ash'ari theologian of Damascu...
...his approach was influential but also criticized by Hanbali scholars including Ibn Taymiyyah.
The most prolific scholar in Islamic history (849-911 AH), authoring over 500 works a...
... refusal at personal risk is cited as a landmark example of scholarly independence from political authority.
...d wealth to pursue asceticism and knowledge. A Tabi Tabieen scholar and student of Sufyan al-Thawri's circle, he settled in Syr...
...one of the greatest ascetics of early Islam. A Makkah-based scholar and teacher of Ibn al-Mubarak, his statements on sincerity ...
A Baghdad-based ascetic scholar (d. 227 AH) known as al-Hafi (the barefoot one) because he ...
A Baghdad scholar and ascetic (d. 253 AH) who studied under Maruf al-Karkhi a...
An Egyptian Maliki scholar (d. 709 AH) whose Kitab al-Hikam (Book of Wisdoms) became o...
...led al-Shaykh al-Akbar (the Greatest Master), an Andalusian scholar settled in Damascus (560-638 AH) and the most controversial...
One of the most influential Hanbali-Salafi scholars of the 20th century (1347-1421 AH), whose multi-volume Taf...
A leading contemporary Hanbali scholar and member of Saudi Arabia's Council of Senior Scholars (bo...
A 19th-century Iraqi scholar and mufti of Baghdad (1217-1270 AH), author of the encyclop...
A Mauritanian scholar (1325-1393 AH) who became one of the founding teachers of t...
Shafi'i Shaykh al-Islam of Damascus, master jurist, hadith scholar, and theologian who wrote extensively defending mainstream ...
...al-Kubra, the monumental biographical dictionary of Shafi'i scholars.
Major Shafi'i scholar of Cairo, author of Mughni al-Muhtaj, the most widely taugh...
Encyclopedic Shafi'i scholar, author of al-Bahr al-Muhit fi Usul al-Fiqh and al-Burhan f...
Major Egyptian Shafi'i scholar and legal theorist, known for al-Tamhid fi Takhrij al-Furu'...
Prolific Indonesian-Meccan Shafi'i scholar, author of numerous widely-read Arabic works on fiqh, tafsi...
Late 19th-century Egyptian Shafi'i scholar, author of I'anat al-Talibin, the most popular commentary o...
South Indian Shafi'i scholar, author of Fath al-Mu'in, the foundational Shafi'i fiqh tex...
Shafi'i scholar of 10th-century AH Egypt, wrote marginal notes (hashiya) on...
The first great Maliki scholar of al-Andalus, who transmitted the school from the East and...
Called 'the Small Malik,' the leading Maliki scholar of his age, author of al-Risalah, the most popular Maliki f...
The leading Maliki scholar of his era in North Africa, called 'Imam of Imams,' known f...
Leading Maliki scholar of 15th-century Morocco, author of al-Mi'yar al-Mu'rib, the...
Maliki scholar of the 10th century AH, author of Mawahib al-Jalil, the mos...
Egyptian Maliki scholar, author of important commentaries on Mukhtasar Khalil and M...
Major 19th-century Moroccan Maliki scholar, author of al-Bahjah fi Sharh al-Tuhfah, a key commentary i...
Andalusian Maliki scholar who settled in Alexandria, author of Siraj al-Muluk and al-...
Major Andalusian Maliki scholar and hadith master, author of al-Muntaqa fi Sharh al-Muwatta...
Major Egyptian Maliki scholar, known for his glosses (hawashi) on the major Maliki texts ...
Leading Maliki scholar of 18th-century Egypt, author of al-Sharh al-Kabir and al-S...
Great Hanafi scholar and hadith master, author of al-Aqidah al-Tahawiyya, the mo...
Hanafi jurist and major hadith scholar, author of Tabyin al-Haqa'iq and Nasb al-Rayah, an essentia...
Outstanding Hanbali scholar and close student of Ibn Taymiyya, author of al-Furu' and a...
10th-century AH Hanbali scholar, author of Muntaha al-Iradat, a foundational text of the la...
Leading Hanafi scholar of Baghdad, author of al-Mukhtasar (known as Mukhtasar al-Q...
Major Hanafi jurist and Quran scholar, author of Kanz al-Daqa'iq (a foundational Hanafi text) and...
Titled 'King of the Scholars,' Hanafi jurist of the 6th century AH, author of Bada'i' a...
First Hanbali scholar to systematically compile the school's positions in written...
Chief judge and leading Hanbali scholar of 5th-century AH Baghdad, author of al-Mu'tamad fi Usul al...
...rest) can override textual evidence, debated extensively by scholars.
The greatest hadith scholar of his era after Imam Ahmad, teacher of Imam al-Bukhari, ma...
Major hadith scholar and critic of 3rd-century AH, hadith expert of Ray (Iran), ...
Major hadith scholar and Quran commentator, author of al-Jarh wa al-Ta'dil and a...
Leading Maliki hadith critic and legal scholar of 7th-century AH Morocco, author of Bayan al-Wahm wa al-Ih...
Tunisia's greatest 20th-century scholar, author of al-Tahrir wa al-Tanwir (the most significant mod...
Mauritanian scholar who taught in Medina and authored Adwa al-Bayan, a unique t...
Major hadith scholar known as 'The Master of Hadith'; author of al-Mustadrak 'al...
Foremost Islamic scholar of the Indian subcontinent; synthesizer of the four madhabs...
Leading female scholar of hadith and fiqh among the Tabi'in; her legal opinions we...
Preeminent female hadith scholar of the 5th century; the highest authority for transmitting ...
Major hadith scholar and biographer; student of Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani; author of...
West African Maliki scholar and Sufi leader who unified scholarly and spiritual authori...
Major Tabi'i scholar of Kufa; key transmitter of Abdullah ibn Masud's legal trad...
Important early Tabi'i scholar of Basra; one of the earliest interpreters of the Quran amo...
Important Tabi'i scholar of Madinah; one of the earliest Quran commentators and a ke...
Leading scholar of the Kufi grammatical school; teacher of al-Hariri's teac...
Andalusian scholar who composed Hirz al-Amani (al-Shatibiyyah), the definitive...
Early Islamic scholar of spiritual psychology and self-examination; his Ri'ayah l...
Yemeni jurist and hadith scholar who advocated direct derivation from Quran and Sunnah witho...
Levantine hadith scholar; author of Kashf al-Khafa', the standard reference for inve...
...'at (commentary on Mishkat) and introducer of formal hadith scholarship to the subcontinent.
West African Islamic scholar, jihadist, and ruler; leader of a major Islamic reform move...
West African scholar and founder of the Imamate of Futa Jallon; led the first ma...
... authority on Islamic finance and a widely respected Hanafi scholar of fiqh and hadith.
17th-century Moroccan scholar and advisor to Sultan Moulay Ismail; known for his Qanun le...
Prolific Hanafi scholar from Herat who settled in Makkah; known for commentary on M...
19th-century Indian Hanafi scholar and hadith expert; author of al-Raf' wa al-Takmil, a major ...
Hadith scholar and compiler of the Sunan al-Darimi (Musnad al-Darimi); one...
The greatest Maliki scholar of North Africa. He compiled al-Mudawwanah al-Kubra, the mo...
A major Hanafi hadith scholar from Zayla (Somalia). Author of Nasb al-Rayah, the most com...
The greatest Islamic scholar of the Indian subcontinent. Author of Hujjat Allah al-Balig...
A daughter of 'Ali ibn Abi Talib from a secondary wife. A transmitter of hadith from her father and Imam al-Husayn.
...the Female Bukhari of her time.' A celebrated female hadith scholar of Baghdad who taught in the Abbasid capital.
The greatest hadith scholar of Yemen. His al-Musannaf is one of the earliest preserved ...
One of the greatest Islamic scholars of Aceh (Indonesia). His Sirat al-Mustaqim was the first c...
One of the foremost Islamic scholars of the 20th century. Known for his accessible fatwas and h...
A leading early scholar of Arabic linguistics, hadith, and Quranic studies. His Gha...
...lexicographic work defined the standard for Arabic language scholarship.
One of the four Companions the Prophet ﷺ commanded Muslims to learn the Quran from. A freed slave who became one of the leading Quran reciters of the early Musl
A leading female hadith scholar of the Tabi'in generation. Granddaughter of Asma' bint Abi ...
The greatest hadith scholar in Islamic history. His Sahih al-Bukhari is considered the ...
...ions. Unique for including grades on each hadith and noting scholarly disagreements.
One of the greatest scholars in Islamic history. His Tafsir al-Tabari and Tarikh al-Tab...
One of the greatest scholars of the 2nd century AH in hadith and fiqh. Imam al-Shafi'i ...
The greatest scholar of Islamic legal theory (usul al-fiqh) after al-Ghazali. Hi...
The most intellectually gifted Hanbali scholar of his era. His al-Funun is said to be the largest book eve...
The leading Maliki scholar of Qayrawan (Tunisia) in the 4th century AH. His al-Risalah...
...tor of al-Azhar University (1958-1963). A leading reformist scholar who worked on pan-Islamic unity and issued the controversia...
One of the greatest Islamic scholars of the 20th-21st centuries. Author of al-Fiqh al-Islami wa...
The greatest universal scholar of the classical Islamic world. Contributed to astronomy, m...
...ghdad) is the most comprehensive biographical dictionary of scholars associated with Baghdad.
A Mu'tazili scholar and literary giant of the Abbasid period. Author of the fam...
The foremost Quranic scholar among the Companions. Known as 'the Sea' of knowledge and '...
One of the greatest usul al-fiqh scholars. His al-Ihkam fi Usul al-Ahkam is the most technically rig...
...l-Ummat' (The Sage of the Ummah). The most prolific Islamic scholar of the Indian subcontinent, writing over 1,000 works on eve...
The greatest hadith scholar of the Indian subcontinent in the 20th century. Known for h...
North African Maliki scholar whose Sanusiyya creed became the standard Ash'ari theologic...
19th century Moroccan scholar who settled in Arabia and founded an influential spiritual ...
One of the Seven Fuqaha' of Madinah, son of Ibn Umar. Most authentic transmitter of his father's hadiths.
Co-founder of Darul Uloom Deoband and leading Hanafi scholar of 19th-century India.
Greatest Islamic scholar of Timbuktu, prolific author of biographies and fiqh. Taken...
West African Islamic scholar, mujahid, and founder of the Toucouleur Empire in the Seneg...
Senegalese Islamic scholar with one of the largest followings in West Africa. Presiden...
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 the most w...
Turkish Islamic scholar and shaykh who revived Islamic learning in Turkey under the...
Swiss-Egyptian Islamic scholar and academic. Controversial figure who has written on Islam...
Lebanese-American scholar specializing in Islamic biographical literature and hadith ...
Tabi'iyya scholar who was the most important transmitter of Aisha's knowledge...
Towering Hanbali scholar of Damascus whose mastery of Islamic sciences and bold refu...
Famous female saint and ascetic of Basra known for her poetry on divine love.
One of the major hadith scholars of Kufa. His al-Musannaf is one of the largest hadith coll...
Andalusian Maliki scholar and the primary transmitter of the Muwatta in al-Andalus.
Greatest scholar of Kufa in the Tabi'un era. Expert in law, hadith, and hist...
Leading Maliki scholar of al-Andalus. His Ahkam al-Quran is the major Maliki comme...
Zahirite scholar of al-Andalus. His al-Muhalla is the encyclopedic fiqh text...
... is the most comprehensive history of Islamic Spain and its scholars.
Andalusian Maliki scholar whose al-Muharrar al-Wajiz is the most scholarly Arabic-lan...
Syrian Hanafi scholar and hadith expert known for his biographical work and teach...
Syrian Islamic scholar, judge, and writer known for his accessible and eloquent Is...
Maliki scholar of Granada whose al-Muwafaqat is the foundational text on M...
Renowned ascetic and scholar of Makkah. Former highway robber who repented and became on...
Scholar of Khurasan combining hadith, fiqh, asceticism, and jihad. ...
Hadith scholar of Kufa. His Kitab al-Kharaj is one of the earliest works o...
Greatest Islamic scholar of 20th century India. His Bahishti Zewar is the most widel...
Indian Islamic scholar whose 'What Has the World Lost due to the Decline of Muslim...
Deobandi scholar known for his works on Islamic economics and the history of...
Khorasan Sufi scholar who compiled the earliest known Sufi tafsir of the Quran.
Bukharan Hanafi scholar, author of al-Ta'arruf li-Madhhab Ahl al-Tasawwuf.
Khorasan Shafi'i scholar known for his tafsir Ma'alim al-Tanzil and the hadith colle...
Nigerian Islamic scholar and reformer who advocated for direct Quran-based guidance ...
Indian Deobandi scholar who spent years in Medina and opposed partition of India.
East African Islamic scholar and founder of the Uwaysiyya order; spread Islam in Somalia...
Pakistani Islamic thinker and founder of Jamaat-e-Islami; controversial modernist-Islamist ideologue.
Genealogist and hadith scholar from Merv, author of al-Ansab (Genealogies).
Son of Uthman dan Fodio and Sultan of Sokoto Caliphate, scholar and prolific author.
Syrian scholar and prolific author of al-Fiqh al-Islami wa Adillatuh and T...
Greatest hadith scholar in Islamic history; compiler of the most authentic book aft...
Second greatest hadith scholar; compiler of Sahih Muslim.
Syrian Tabi'i scholar who advised the Umayyad caliphs and helped build the Dome o...
Leading hadith scholar of Egypt in the Tabi'een generation.
Tunisian Islamic thinker and political leader, founder of the Ennahda Movement.
Medieval female hadith scholar with high chains, praised by Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani.
Pakistani Islamic scholar and philosopher who developed neo-modernist approaches to I...
An Egyptian Shafi'i scholar and Azhari jurist (d. 1204 AH / 1790 CE), best known for hi...
A prolific Jordanian scholar (1940-2012 CE / 1359-1433 AH) and professor at the Universi...
A leading contemporary scholar of Islamic jurisprudence (b. 1944), founding CEO of the Int...
A towering Egyptian scholar (1898-1974 CE), professor at Cairo University and al-Azhar,...
A contemporary Egyptian Islamic scholar and author known for widely read works on ruqyah, jinn, and...
A British-based Pakistani Islamic scholar (b. 1938), secretary general of the Islamic Sharia Council ...
A leading Muslim hadith scholar (1932-2017 CE), professor at King Saud University and India...
An Indian Islamic scholar (1942-2006 CE) who won the World Muslim League biography co...
A contemporary Egyptian Islamic scholar and author known for Purification of the Soul, a compilatio...
A Pakistani-Canadian Islamic scholar and science historian (b. 1954), founder of the Center for ...
A prominent contemporary Saudi Islamic scholar and preacher (b. 1970 CE), known for popular books Enjoy Yo...
A prolific Saudi Islamic scholar and preacher (b. 1959 CE), author of La Tahzan (Don't Be Sa...
A contemporary Syrian Islamic scholar specialized in tajweed and Quran memorization methodology, ...
A South African Islamic scholar, Hanafi mufti, and prolific author based in Johannesburg, k...
An Egyptian-American Islamic scholar (1917-2004 CE), first director of the Islamic Cultural Cent...
A prominent contemporary Saudi Islamic scholar (b. 1960 CE) of Syrian origin, founder of Islam Q&A (islamq...
A contemporary Egyptian Islamic scholar and author known for accessible works on dua, worship, and ...
One of the greatest Tabi'un scholars of Kufa, eminent jurist and Quran commentator, martyred by...
A major Basran Tabi'i jurist and hadith scholar who narrated from Ibn Abbas and many Companions, considered...
...n of Ali ibn Abi Talib by Khawlah al-Hanafiyya, a respected scholar and leader of the Alid family who maintained a careful quie...
A Basran scholar who became a leading scholar of Arabic grammar and Quran re...
A Basran Tabi'i scholar and hadith narrator, full brother of Hasan al-Basri, who sh...
A pious and ascetic scholar of Basra, praised as one of the great worshippers among the...
A senior Kufan scholar and uncle of Ibrahim al-Nakha'i, who narrated from Ibn Masu...
A Syrian-Jaziran scholar who served as a senior official under Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz,...
An extremely pious Kufan scholar and ascetic, foremost student of Abdullah ibn Masud, renown...
Brilliant Basran judge and scholar of the late Tabi'un generation, celebrated in Islamic cultu...
Prominent Basran exegete, jurist, and hadith scholar. Despite being blind from birth, he possessed an extraordin...
Son of Abd Allah ibn Umar and one of the Seven Fuqaha of Medina. He closely resembled his father in worship and asceticism and was one of the most reliable tran
Grandson of Ibn Mas'ud's brother, accomplished scholar, poet, and one of the Seven Fuqaha of Medina. He was a teac...
The leading scholar and jurist of Greater Syria in his era. A trusted advisor o...
Medinan Tabi'i scholar, mawla of the Hashimites, principal transmitter of Abu Hura...
A Madinan ascetic and hadith scholar renowned for his wise sayings and profound knowledge of the...
A trustworthy Madinan hadith scholar who was one of the primary sources for al-A'raj's narration...
Yemeni Tabi'i scholar and author of the Sahifa Hammam ibn Munabbih, the oldest pr...
The leading jurist and hadith scholar of Egypt among the Tabi'un, considered the first Egyptian s...
Scholar of Khurasan who uniquely combined Islamic scholarship, asce...
A major hadith scholar of Basra known for his extensive transmission from Anas ibn...
...l-Rahman, who served as a key transmitter of Syrian Islamic scholarship.
...hority in Mecca, teacher of al-Shafi'i and many other great scholars.
...ufan Tabi' Tabi'i narrator who transmitted from major Kufan scholars, though critics noted a weakness in his later narrations.
...ni and Anas ibn Malik, and a major figure in Basran Islamic scholarship.
... and a narrator with some critical reservations from hadith scholars.
Makkan jurist considered one of the first scholars to compile hadith in written form, a foundational figure i...
Basran scholar who settled in Yemen, one of the most important early compi...
Basran ascetic scholar and Tabi' Tabi'i, celebrated for his extreme piety, renunci...
Medinan tabi'i and hadith scholar, brother of Sulayman ibn Yasar, known for his piety and tra...
...a, who settled in Egypt and became one of its leading early scholars.
Son of the caliph Uthman ibn Affan, Medinan scholar and governor of Medina, known for his knowledge of the Prop...
Medinan judge, governor, and scholar from the Ansar, appointed by Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz to compil...
Syrian scholar from Damascus, student of Ata ibn Abi Rabah and major hadit...
...ns, though subject to some critical discussion among hadith scholars.
One of the Seven Fuqaha of Medina, poet-scholar and teacher of Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz, who combined mastery o...
... ibn Abi Balta'a, who transmitted from companions and early scholars.
Kufan tabi'i and Quranic scholar, one of the leading reciters of his era, who combined maste...
Basran tabi'i and major scholar, student of Ibn Abbas and Abu Hurairah, recognized as a lea...
Prominent Yamami scholar and precise hadith narrator known for his exceptional memor...
Syrian tabi'i scholar and trusted advisor to Caliph Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz, renowne...
Medinan tabi'i scholar and nephew of the Prophet's wife Maymuna bint al-Harith, a ...
Makkan tabi'i scholar who served as judge and muezzin for Ibn al-Zubayr, and tran...
Medinan tabi'i scholar, freed slave of the family of Uthman ibn Affan, Quranic sch...
Reliable Medinan jurist and hadith scholar who later settled in Egypt, widely cited by Imam Malik and ...
Reliable Jaziran tabi'i narrator and scholar who transmitted from a wide range of senior authorities acr...
Syrian tabi'i scholar and governor of Damascus, a distinguished student of Muadh ...
Kufan tabi'i scholar and son of a prominent companion, a reliable narrator who p...
...dents, known for his voluminous narrations though with some scholarly debate about his precision.
Reliable Makkan tabi'i scholar who transmitted from the scholars and companions associated...
...grandson of the companion Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf, a reliable scholar who served the judiciary of Medina.
...'un period who transmitted from Maymun ibn Mihran and other scholars of the region.
Extremely pious Kufan tabi'i scholar and devoted student of Abdullah ibn Masud, who lived to gre...
Kufan tabi'i scholar and grandson of the companion Ibn Masud, who combined learn...
Syrian tabi'i scholar who met many companions of the Prophet and was a major tran...
Medinan tabi'i scholar and freedman of the Zubayr family who transmitted extensive...
...d was widely used by Sufyan al-Thawri and other major Kufan scholars.
Basran female scholar and hadith narrator of the Tabi'un generation, sister of th...
Medinan female scholar and hadith narrator, step-daughter of the Prophet Muhammad ...
Pious Basran scholar of the Tabi'un generation, known for his deep religiosity, ...
Basran scholar and ascetic of the Tabi'un generation, a major student of A...
Basran Tabi'i scholar and hadith narrator, son of the Companion Qurra ibn Iyas al...
Basran Tabi'i narrator and scholar, known for his reliable transmission from Said ibn Jubayr a...
...l-Ash'ari, known as a hadith narrator whose career combined scholarship with judicial authority under the Umayyads.
...ne of the oldest and longest-lived of the Tabi'un, a Basran scholar who lived over 120 years and was among those who saw the Pr...
Basran Tabi'i scholar and narrator who transmitted from Abu Hurayra and other Com...
Basran Tabi'i scholar, son of the Companion Usama ibn Umayr al-Hudhali, known for...
Kufan hadith scholar of the Tabi'un generation, known for broad knowledge, relia...