List of Muslim theologians
This is an incomplete 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
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- 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'tazilas
- 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
Early [Sunni] Theologians and Philosophers
- Abu Hanifa
- Al-Shafi‘i
- Malik bin Anas
- Ahmad bin 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
- Al-Buzjani
- Al-Farabi
- Al-Farghani
- Al-Ghazali
- Al-Idrisi
- Al-Zarnuji
- Al-Khwarizmi
- Al-Kindi
- Al-Masu'di
- Al-Mawardi
- Ibn al-Baitar
- Ibn al-Haytham
- Ibn al-Nafis
- Ibn Khaldun
- Ibn Rushd
- Ibn Sina
- Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi
- Omar Khayyám
- Sayyid Ali Hamadani
Modern theologians
- Abdolkarim Soroush
- Abdul Qadeer Khan
- Ahmed Rida Khan
- Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
- Akhtar Raza Khan
- Ali Shariati
- Alija Ali Izetbegovic
- Bilal Philips
- Fazlur Rahman
- Harun Yahya
- Idries Shah
- Inayat Khan
- Ismail Al-Faruqi
- Israr Ahmed
- Khaled Abou Al-Fadl
- Leila Ahmed
- Mawlana Muhammad Ilyas
- Muhammad Asadullah Al-Ghalib
- Muzaffer Ozak
- Nasiruddin Albani
- 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
- Ziauddin Sardar
[Shi'a] Imams">Imamate in Shia doctrine">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
- Muhammad al-Taqi
- Ali al-Hadi
- 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">Isma'ilism">Isma'ili Imams">Imamate in Ismaili doctrine">Imams
- Ali ibn Abu Talib '
- Hasan ibn Ali '
- Husayn ibn Ali
- Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin
- Muhammad al-Baqir
- Jafar Sadiq
- Ismāʿīl ibn Jaʿfar
- Maymūn Al-Qaddāḥ
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