List of Muslim theologians

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This is a list of notable Muslim theologians.

• 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
• 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

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

• 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

• Abu Hanifa
• Al-Shafi‘i
• Malik ibn Anas
• Ahmad ibn Hanbal
• Dawud al-Zahiri
• Tahawi
• Junayd of Baghdad
• Harith al-Muhasibi

• Bukhari
• Muslim
• Abu Da'ud
• Tirmidhi
• Nasa'i
• Ibn Maja

• 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)

• 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

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

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

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)

• 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

• 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

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