List of Muslim theologians

This is a list of notable Muslim theologians.

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
 * 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
 * Fakhr al-Din al-Razi
 * Sayf al-Din al-Amidi
 * Izz al-Din ibn 'Abd al-Salam
 * Taqi al-Din al-Subki
 * 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 Ahmed 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
 * Muhammad Abdul Wahhab
 * Mohammed Amine Smaili
 * Muhammad Asadullah Al-Ghalib
 * Muhammad Ilyas al-Kandhlawi
 * Muhammad Rafi Usmani
 * Muhammad Shafi Deobandi
 * Muhammad Taqi Usmani
 * Muhammad Zakariyya al-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

Athnā‘ashariyyah-The Twelve Imams

 * 1) Ali ibn Abi Talib
 * 2) Hasan ibn Ali
 * 3) Husayn ibn Ali
 * 4) Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin
 * 5) Muhammad al-Baqir
 * 6) Jafar Sadiq
 * 7) Musa al-Kazim
 * 8) Ali al-Rida (Ali Raza)
 * 9) Muhammad al-Taqi
 * 10) Ali al-Hadi (Ali Naqi)
 * 11) Hasan al-Askari
 * 12) Muhammad al-Mahdi

Zaidiyyah Imams

 * 1) Ali ibn Abu Talib
 * 2) Hasan ibn Ali
 * 3) Husayn ibn Ali
 * 4) Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin
 * 5) Zayd ibn Ali

Isma'ili Imams

 * 1) Ali ibn Abu Talib (Nizari Isma'ili and Qarmatian-Sevener only; Asās/Wāsīh in Musta'li Isma'ili)
 * 2) Hasan ibn Ali (Qarmatian-Sevener and Musta'li Isma'ili only; Pir in Nizari)
 * 3) Husayn ibn Ali
 * 4) Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin
 * 5) Muhammad al-Baqir
 * 6) Jafar Sadiq
 * 7) Ismāʿīl ibn Jaʿfar
 * 8) 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