Islamic Scholars & Sages
19 entries in the Islamic Scholars & Sages compendium.
Ibn AbbasThe Ocean of Knowledge: Cousin of the Prophet and greatest Qur'anic exegete.Ibn AbidinHanafi jurist and mufti of Damascus, author of the authoritative Radd al-Muhtar.Ibn ArabiSufi mystic of al-Andalus, poet and philosopher, first to spell out the unity of existence.Ibn BabawayhProminent ninth-century Twelver Shia scholar and compiler of the canonical hadith collection Man La Yahduruhu…Ibn Hajar al-AsqalaniForemost 15th-century scholar of hadith and Islamic law.Ibn HazmAndalusi polymath, Zahiri jurist, and leading thinker of the Muslim world.Ibn KathirArab exegete, historian, and authority on Sunni Islam.Ibn Qayyim al-JawziyyaHanbali jurist, theologian, and spiritual writer.Ibn TaymiyyaControversial Hanbali scholar, proto-Salafist theologian, and Qadiri Sufi.Ibn TumartFounder of the Almohad movement and its first leader.Jahm bin SafwanUmayyad theologian whose doctrines shaped early Islamic debates on divine attributes.Jamal al-Din al-AfghaniPolitical activist and Islamic ideologist who championed Pan-Islamic unity.Mirza Ghulam AhmadFounder of the Ahmadiyya movement and claimed Messiah and Mahdi.Mohammad-Baqer MajlesiMajor Iranian Twelver Shi'a scholar of the Safavid eraMuhammad AbduhEgyptian scholar and Grand Mufti, key figure in Islamic Modernism.Muhammad al-BaqirFifth Shia Imam who shaped Twelver, Ismaili, and Zaydi jurisprudence.Muhammad al-JawadNinth Twelver Imam, known for piety and generosity.Muhammad al-MahdiTwelfth Imam and awaited Mahdi in Twelver Shia Islam.Musa al-KazimSeventh Twelver Shia Imam, known for piety and imprisonment.
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