List of contemporary Muslim scholars of Islam
This article is an incomplete list of noted modern-era Islamic scholars.
This refers to religious authorities whose publications or statements are accepted as pronouncements on religion by their respective communities and adherents.
Geographical categories have been created based on commonalities in culture and across the Islamic World.
Africa
North Africa
Egypt
- Ahmad al-Tayyeb
- Ahmad Muhammad Shakir
- Ali Gomaa
- Muhammad Metwalli al-Sha'rawi
- Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy
Mauritania
- Abdallah Bin Bayyah
South Africa
- Abdalqadir as-Sufi
- Ebrahim Desai
- Yusuf Karaan
Zimbabwe
- Ismail ibn Musa Menk
West Africa
- Ibrahim Niass
Ghana
- Ahmed Tijani Ben Omar
- Osman Nuhu Sharubutu
Senegal
- Amadou Bamba
Asia
Middle East
Cyprus
- Mehmet Adil
- Nazim Al-Haqqani
Iraq
- Kamal al-Haydari
Jordan
- Umar Sulayman al-Ashqar
Kuwait
- Mishari Rashid Al-Afasy
Lebanon
- Abdullah al-Harari
- Gibril Haddad
- Hisham Kabbani
- Sobhi Mahmassani
Palestine
- Taqiuddin al-Nabhani
Saudi Arabia
- Abd al-Aziz ibn Abd Allah ibn Baaz
- Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais
- Abdul-Azeez ibn Abdullaah Aal ash-Shaikh
- Abdullah ibn Abdulrahman ibn Jibreen
- Abdur-Rahman al-Mu'allimee al-Yamani
- Adil al-Kalbani
- Ali Bin Abdur Rahman Al Huthaify
- Muhammad Al-Munajid
- Muhammad ibn al Uthaymeen
- Muhammad Muhsin Khan
- Rabee al-Madkhali
- Saleh Al-Fawzan
- Saud Al-Shuraim
Syria
- Ahmed Kuftaro
- Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani
- Muhammad al-Yaqoubi
- Muhammad bin Yahya al-Ninowy
- Muhammad Said Ramadan al-Bouti
Turkey
- Ahmet Mahmut Ünlü
- Ali Bardakoğlu
- Mahmud Esad Coşan
- Mahmut Ustaosmanoğlu
- Mehmet Görmez
- Muhammed Hamdi Yazır
- Mustafa Çağrıcı
- Muzaffer Ozak
- Osman Nuri Topbaş
Yemen
- Abdul Majeed al-Zindani
- Habib Ali al-Jifri
- Habib Umar bin Hafiz
- Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i
- Yahya al-Hajuri
South Asia
Bangladesh
- Abdur Rahman Bangladeshi
- Azizul Haque
- Fazlul Karim
- Fazlul Haque Amini
- Junaid Babunagari
- Muhammad Abdul Malek
- Muhammad Faizullah
- Muhiuddin Khan
- Muhammad Asadullah Al-Ghalib
- Nazmul Hoque Nadwi
- Shah Ahmad Shafi
- Shamsul Haque Faridpuri
India
- Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi
- Abdul Haq Azmi
- Abul Qasim Nomani
- Akhtar Raza Khan
- Amjad Ali Aazmi
- Asir Adrawi
- E. K. Aboobacker Musliyar
- Fuzail Ahmad Nasiri
- Kanniyath Ahmed Musliyar
- Kanthapuram A. P. Aboobacker Musliyar
- Mohammad Najeeb Qasmi
- Muhammad Salim Qasmi
- Muhammad Sufyan Qasmi
- Muhammad Taqi Amini
- Muhammad Yunus Jaunpuri
- Noor Alam Khalil Amini
- Saeed Ahmad Palanpuri
- Syed Muhammedali Shihab Thangal
- Syed Mohammed Mukhtar Ashraf
Pakistan
- Abul A'la Maududi
- Abdul Sattar Khan Niazi
- Amin Ahsan Islahi
- Fazal-ur-Rehman
- Ghulam Ali Okarvi
- Ghulam Ahmed Perwez
- Israr Ahmed
- Khadim Hussain Rizvi
- Khalid Masud
- Khurshid Ahmad
- Mufti Tariq Masood
- Muhammad Raza Saqib Mustafai
- Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
- Muhammad Rafi Usmani
- Muhammad Taqi Usmani
- Muneeb-ur-Rehman
- Shah Ahmad Noorani
- Shah Turab ul Haq
- Syed Jawad Naqvi
- Syed Shujaat Ali Qadri
- Tariq Jamil
- Zubair Ali Zai
Southeast Asia
Indonesia
- Abdurrahman Wahid
- Ahmad Surkati
- Fakih Usman
- Hamka
- Ilyas Ruhiat
- Maria Ulfah
- Mas Mansoer
- Mohammad Natsir
- Oemar Said Tjokroaminoto
- Quraish Shihab
- Siti Noordjannah Djohantini
Malaysia
- Abdul Hadi Awang
- Asri Zainul Abidin
- Haron Din
- Imran N. Hosein
- Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat
- Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas
Singapore
- Abdul Aleem Siddiqi
Central Asia
Uzbekistan
- Muhammad Sadik Muhammad Yusuf
East Asia
China
- Muhammad Ma Jian
Europe
Eastern Europe
- Abdul Qader Arnaoot Kosovo
- Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani Albania
- Mustafa Ceric Bosnia and Herzegovina
Western Europe
Austria
- Adnan Ibrahim Vienna
- Muhammad Asad
Germany
- Ahmad Milad Karimi
Ireland
- Umar Al-Qadri Dublin
United Kingdom
- Abdul Qayum London
- Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera
- Abu-Abdullah Adelabu London
- Abu Yusuf Riyadh ul Haq Leicester
- Ajmal Masroor London
- Ahmed Saad Al-Azhari London
- Haitham al-Haddad London
- Ibrahim Mogra Leicester
- Joel Hayward London
- Khurshid Ahmad Leicester
- Martin Lings Manchester
- Marmaduke Pickthall Surrey
- Mohammad Akram Nadwi Oxford
- Muhammad Abdul Bari London
- Muhammad ibn Adam Al-Kawthari, Leicester
- Muhammad Imdad Hussain Pirzada Nottinghamshire
- Musharraf Hussain Nottingham
- Timothy Winter London
- Yusuf Motala Lancashire
Sweden
- Ivan Aguéli
Switzerland
- Frithjof Schuon
- Tariq Ramadan Geneva
North America
Canada
- Ahmad Kutty, Toronto
- Bilal Philips, Jamaica & Toronto
- Faraz Rabbani, Ontario
- Ibrahim Long, Edmonton
- Ingrid Mattson, Ontario
- Jamal Badawi, Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Muzaffar Iqbal, Edmonton
- Shabir Ally, Toronto
United States
- Anwar al-Aulaqi New Mexico
- Amir Hussain Los Angeles, CA
- Asifa Quraishi
- Dalia Mogahed
- Fazlur Rahman Illinois
- Fetullah Gulen Pennsylvania
- Hamza Yusuf Berkeley, CA
- Hamid Algar Berkeley, CA
- Hassan Hathout Pasadena. CA
- Jonathan A.C. Brown Washington DC
- Khaled Abou El Fadl California
- Khalid Yahya Blankinship Philadelphia, PA
- Louay Safi
- Mohammed Adam El-Sheikh Virginia
- Mohammad Hassan Khalil Michigan
- Muqtedar Khan Delaware
- Muzammil H. Siddiqi
- Omar Khalidi
- Omar Suleiman
- Omid Safi North Carolina
- Ovamir Anjum Ohio
- Seyyed Hossein Nasr
- Sherman Jackson California
- Wael Hallaq New York
- Warith Deen Mohammed Illinois
- Yasir Qadhi Texas
- Yasmin Mogahed
- Zaid Shakir California
Trinidad
- Imran N. Hosein
Oceania
Australia
- Fehmi Naji
- Ibrahim Abu Mohamed
- Shady Alsuleiman
- Taj El-Din Hilaly
New Zealand
- Joel Hayward, lives in Abu Dhabi, UAE