List of Muslim theologians

This is a list of notable Muslim theologians.

Traditional theologians and philosophers Ash'aris and Maturidis

Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari Abu Mansur al-Maturidi Abu al-Yusr al-Bazdawi Abu al-Mu'in al-Nasafi Ibn Hibban Ibn Furak Abu Mansur al-Baghdadi Abu Ishaq al-Isfara'ini Abu al-Walid al-Baji Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi Adud al-Din al-Iji 'Ala al-Din al-Baji Al-Bayhaqi Al-Baqillani Al-Qushayri Al-Shahrastani Al-Juwayni Ahmad al-Rifa'i Al-Ghazali Al-Baydawi Al-Maziri Ali Qushji Ali al-Qari Al-Sharif al-Jurjani Diya' al-Din al-Makki Fakhr al-Din al-Razi Sayf al-Din al-Amidi Izz al-Din ibn 'Abd al-Salam Taqi al-Din al-Subki Ibrahim al-Desuqi Taj al-Din al-Subki Jalal al-Din al-Dawani Zakariyya al-Ansari Ibn Aqil Ibn al-Jawzi Ibn Khaldun Ibn Tumart Ibn Arafa Ibn Ashir 'Illish Ibn Abi Zayd Qadi Ayyad Ibn Hajar al-Haytami Shams al-Din al-Samarqandi Najm al-Din 'Umar al-Nasafi Sa'd al-Din al-Taftazani Najm al-Din al-Qazwini al-Katibi Shihab al-Din al-Qarafi Abu Hayyan al-Gharnati Abu Ali al-Hassan al-Yusi Abdel Qadir al-Jilani Abd al-Rahman al-Thaalbi Abd al-Rahman al-Fasi Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi Al-Maqqari al-Tilmisani Al-Sha'rani Al-Bahūtī Al-Maydani Ad-Desouki Ahmad Sirhindi Ahmad al-Dardir Ibrahim al-Bajuri Abdullah ibn Alawi al-Haddad

Shah Waliullah Dehlawi Ahmad Rida Khan Rahmatullah Kairanawi Muhammad Zahid al-Kawthari Muhammad Mayyara Murtada al-Zabidi Muhammad Abu Zahra Yusuf al-Nabhani Muhammad Metwally al-Sha'rawy Ahmed Deedat Abdullah al-Harari Muhammad Said Ramadan al-Bouti Muhammad Alawi al-Maliki Noah Qudah Ali Gomaa

Mu'tazilis

Wasil ibn 'Ata' Al-Qadi 'Abd al-Jabbar Al-Jubba'i Al-Jahiz Al-Zamakhshari Ibrahim al-Nazzam

Others Abu Muslim Al-Dinawari Al-Farabi Sayyid Ali Hamadani Al-Kindi Ibn Hazm Ibn Sina Ibn Taymiya Ibn al-Qayyim

See also early Muslim philosophy, Islamic philosophy

Early Sunni theologians and philosophers Abu Hanifa Al-Shafi‘i Malik ibn Anas Ahmad ibn Hanbal Dawud al-Zahiri Tahawi Junayd of Baghdad Harith al-Muhasibi

Imams of hadith Bukhari Muslim Abu Da'ud Tirmidhi Nasa'i Ibn Maja

Medieval theologians and philosophers Al-Biruni Al-Battani (Albatenius) Al-Buzjani Al-Farabi (Alpharabius) Al-Farghani Al-Ghazali (Algazel) Al-Idrisi Al-Zarnuji Al-Khwarizmi (Algoritmi) Al-Kindi (Alkindus) Al-Masu'di Al-Mawardi Ibn al-Baitar Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen) Ibn al-Nafis Ibn Khaldun Ibn Rushd (Averroes) Ibn Sina (Avicenna) Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi Kemalpaşazade Molla Fenari Omar Khayyám Sayyid Ali Hamadani (Preacher and traveller)

Modern theologians Sa'id Foudah A F M Khalid Hossain Abdul Baqi Miftah Abdolkarim Soroush Abdur Rahman Bangladeshi Abdul Halim Bukhari Abdul Matin Chowdhury Abdul Qadeer Khan Ahmed Rida Khan Allama Khalid Mahmood Ashraf Ali Thanwi Akhtar Raza Khan Ali Shariati Alija Izetbegović Anwar Shah Kashmiri Bilal Philips Ebrahim Desai Fazlur Rahman Hussain Ahmad Madani Idries Shah Inayat Khan Ismail Al-Faruqi Israr Ahmed Junaid Babunagari Khaled Abou Al-Fadl Leila Ahmed Mahmudul Hasan Mamunul Haque Mahmud Hasan Deobandi Mawlana Muhammad Ilyas Mostafa Hosseini Tabatabaei Muhammad Abdul Wahhab Mohammed Amine Smaili Muhammad Asadullah Al-Ghalib Muhammad Ilyas al-Kandhlawi Rafi Usmani Muhammad Shafi Taqi Usmani Zakariyya Kandhlawi Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri Muzaffer Ozak Nurul Islam Olipuri Nasiruddin Albani Necmettin Erbakan (Millî Görüş) Nur Hossain Kasemi Nur Uddin Gohorpuri Shah Ahmad Shafi Shabbir Ahmad Usmani Said Nursi Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi Shams-ul-haq Azeemabadi Sherman Jackson Seyyed Hossein Nasr Siraj Wahaj Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas Syed Nazeer Husain Tariq Jameel Yusuf Motala Ziauddin Sardar

See also modern Islamic philosophy, Islamization of knowledge

Shi'a imams Athnā‘ashariyyah-The Twelve Imams Ali ibn Abi Talib Hasan ibn Ali Husayn ibn Ali Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin Muhammad al-Baqir Jafar Sadiq Musa al-Kazim Ali al-Rida (Ali Raza) Muhammad al-Taqi Ali al-Hadi (Ali Naqi) Hasan al-Askari Muhammad al-Mahdi

Zaidiyyah imams Ali ibn Abu Talib Hasan ibn Ali Husayn ibn Ali Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin Zayd ibn Ali

Isma'ili imams Ali ibn Abu Talib (Nizari Isma'ili and Qarmatian-Sevener only; Asās/Wāsīh in Musta'li Isma'ili) Hasan ibn Ali (Qarmatian-Sevener and Musta'li Isma'ili only; Pir in Nizari) Husayn ibn Ali Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin Muhammad al-Baqir Jafar Sadiq Ismāʿīl ibn Jaʿfar Maymūn Al-Qaddāḥ (Musta'li and Nizari Isma'ili only)

Others Al-Shaykh Al-Mufid Sharif al-Murtaza Nasir al-Din al-Tusi Al-Hilli Zurarah ibn A'yan Hisham ibn Hakam Agha Zia Addin Araghi Ja'far Sobhani

Historiographers, political scientists, and sociologists Al-Masudi Ibn al-Tiqtaqa Ibn Hisham Ibn Ishaq Ibn Kathir Ibn Khaldoun Ibn Khallikan Mahdi ElMandjra Rashid-al-Din Hamadani Sayyid Qutb Tabari Usamah ibn Munqidh

See also Kalam Aqidah List of people by belief List of Ash'aris and Maturidis List of Muslims Western Muslim scholars

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