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Early Scholars
Early Scholars
Early Scholars of Islam including those who took their knowledge from the Successors (Tabi'un).
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Early Shi'a Scholars
Ijtihad
Mufti
Muhaddith
Mujtahid
Muslim Scientists
Scholars
Scientists
Wilayat al-Faqih
Aban b. Taghlib
Abu al-Hasan al-'Irbili
Abu al-Hasan al-`Abdi
Abu al-Jahhaf Dawud b. Abi `Awf Suwayd, al-Tamimi al-Barjami
Abu Bakr b. `Ayyash b. Salim, al-Muqri' al-'Asadi
Abu `Ubayd b. Abi Bashir al-Ansari
Ahmad b. Salamah
Ahmad b. `Ali b. Sadaqah al-Raqi
Al-'Ajlah b. `Abd Allah, Abu Hujayyah al-Kindi
Al-'Aswad b. `Amir Shadhan al-Wasiti
Al-Fadl b. Dukayn al-'Ahwal al-Mula'i
Al-Fadl b. Musa al-Maruzi
al-Hakam b. Aban al-`Adni
al-Hasan b. al-Hakam al-Nakha`i
al-Hasan b. `Abd Allah
Al-Hasan b. `Atiyyah al-Bazzaz
al-Hasan b. `Ubayd Allah al-Nakha`i
Al-Husayn b. al-Hasan al-Ashqar al-Fazari
Al-Husayn b. Muhammad al-Mu'addab al-Tamimi
al-Jarrah al-Kindi
Al-Muttalib b. Ziyad b. Abi Zuhayr al-Thaqafi
Al-Qasim b. Sallam al-Harawi
Al-Waddah b. `Abd Allah, Abu 'Awanah al-Yashkari
al-Walid b. Hammad al-Ramli
al-Walid b. `Uqbah b. Nizar al-`Ansi
al-Zubayr b. `Adi, Abu `Adi al-Hamadani al-Yami
Bakr b. Sawadah, Abu Thamamah al-Basri
Damrah b. Rabi`ah al-Filistini
Dawud b. Yazid al-'Awdi al-Za`afiri al-A`raj
Fatimah bt. al-Husayn b. `Ali b. Abi Talib
Fatimah bt. Ja`far b. Muhammad b. `Ali b. al-Husayn b. `Ali b. Abi Talib
Fatimah bt. Muhammad b. `Ali b. al-Husayn b. `Ali b. Abi Talib
Fatimah bt. Musa b. Ja`far b. Muhammad b. `Ali b. al-Husayn b. `Ali b. Abi Talib
Fatimah bt. `Ali b. al-Husayn b. `Ali b. Abi Talib
Fudayl b. Marzuq al-Agharr al-Raqashi
Ghiyath b. Ibrahim al-Kufi
Hafs b. `Abd Allah al-Salmi
Hafs b. `Ubayd Allah b. `Umar
Hajjaj b. al-Minhal al-'Anmati al-Salmi
Hakim b. Jubayr al-'Asadi
Hammad b. Salamah al-Khazaz
Hanash b. al-Harith b. Laqit al-Nakha`i al-Ashja`i
Harb b. Subayh
Hassan b. Ibrahim b. `Abd Allah al-`Anzi
Ibn (?) Imra'ah Zayd b. Arqam
Ibn Abi Ghaniyyah, `Abd al-Malik b. Hamid al-Khuza`i
Ibn Abi Salih, al-Rabi` b. Salih al-Aslami al-Bakri
Ibn Abi `Umayr
Ibn Ishaq
Ibn Ma Qabah, Kathir b. Zayd al-Aslami
Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri
Ibn `Ulayyah, Isma`il b. Ibrahim al-'Asadi
Ibrahim b. Muhammad b. Maymun al-Kufi
Ibrahim b. Yazid b. Qays al-Nakha`i al-Kufi
Idris b. Yazid al-'Awdi
Ishaq b. Yusuf b. Mardas al-Makhzumi al-'Azraq
Isma`il b. Khalifah, Abu Isra'il al-`Absi al-Mala'i
Isma`il b. Nashit al-`Amiri
Isra'il b. Yunus al-Sabi`i
Jarir b. `Abd al-Hamid al-Dabbi al-Thaqafi
Ja`far b. Ziyad al-'Ahmar
Kamil b. al-`Ala al-Tamimi al-Sa`di
Khalaf b. Tamim al-Tamimi al-Darimi
Khalid b. Yazid al-Jamhi
Khalid b. `Abd Allah, Abu al-Haytham al-Muzani al-Tahhan
Malik b. al-Husayn b. Malik b. al-Huwayrith
Malik b. Isma`il al-Nahdi
Mansur b. al-Mu`tamir b. Rabi`ah al-Sulami al-Kufi
Ma`mar b. Rashid al-Azdi
Ma`n b. `Isa b. Yahya al-'Ashja`i al-Madani
Mis`ar b. Kidam al-Hilali al-`Amiri
Mughirah b. Miqsam al-Dabbi
Mughirah b. Muhammad, Abu Hatim al-Muhallabi
Muhammad b. al-Sa'ib b. Bishr al-Kalbi
Muhammad b. Fudayl b. Ghazwan al-Dabbi
Muhammad b. Hazim al-Darir al-Tamimi al-Sa`di
Muhammad b. Ibrahim b. Abi `Adi al-Salmi
Muhammad b. Ja`far, Ghundur al-Hudhali
Muhammad b. Kathir al-`Abdi
Muhammad b. Salamah b. Kuhayl
Muhammad b. Sulayman Bumah al-Harrani
Muhammad b. Talhah b. Musarrif al-Yami al-Kufi
Muhammad b. `Abd Allah b. Zubayr al-`Amri al-Habbal
Muhammad Mahdi Shams Al-Din Al-Amili
Musa al-Saghir b. Muslim al-Hazami al-Tahhan
Musa b. Isma`il al-Tabudhaki al-Minqari
Musa b. Ya`qub al-Zam`i al-Asadi
Musa b. `Uthman al-Hadrami
Muslim b. Ibrahim
Muslim b. Salim al-Nahdi al-Jahni
Mus`ab b. al-Miqdam al-Khath`ami
Nasr b. Muzahim al-Minqari
Nuh b. Qays b. Rabah al-Azdi al-Huddani
Nu`aym b. al-Hakim al-Mada'ini
Qays b. al-Rabi` al-Asadi
Rifa`ah b. 'Iyas b. Nudhayr al-Dabbi
Sahl b. `Amir al-Bajali
Salamah b. al-Fadl al-'Abrash al-'Azraq
Salim b. Abi al-Ja`d Rafi` al-Ghatfani al-'Ashja`i
Sa`d al-'Iskaf al-Kufi
Sa`d b. `Ubaydah al-Salmi
Sa`id b. Janab
Sa`id b. `Amr b. Ju`dah b. Hubayrah
Shababah b. Sawar al-Fazari
Sharif Razi
Sharik b. `Abd Allah, al-Qadi al-Nakha`i
Shaykh Aga Buzurg Tehrani
Shaykh al-Ashaj al-`Ala b. Salim al-`Attar
Shaykh Muhammad Jawad Chirri
Shu`ba b. al-Hajjaj al-Wasiti
Simak b. `Ubayd b. al-Walid al-`Absi
Sufyan b. Sa`id b. Masruq al-Thawri
Sufyan b. `Uyaynah al-Hilali
Sukaynah bt. al-Husayn b. `Ali
Suwayd b. Abi Salih
Talhah b. Yahya b. Talhah b. `Ubayd Allah
Waki` b. al-Jarrah al-Rawasi
Yahya b. Adam b. Sulayman
Yahya b. Hammad al-Shaybani
Yahya b. Salamah b. Kuhayl al-Hadrami al-Kufi
Yahya b. Sa`id b. Hayyan al-Taymi
Yahya b. Ya`la
Yazid b. `Isa (or `Umar) b. Muraq
Ya`qub b. Ibrahim al-Zuhri
Ya`qub b. Ja`far b. Abi Kathir al-Ansari
Yunus b. Bukayr b. Wasil al-Jamal al-Shaybani
Zayd b. al-Hasan al-Qarashi al-'Anmati
Zayd b. al-Hubab al-`Akli
Zayd b. `Ali b. al-Husayn b. `Ali b. Abu Talib
Ziyad b. al-Mundhir al-`Abdi al-'A`ma al-Hamdani
Zubayd b. al-Harith b. `Abd al-Karim al-Yami
`Abd al-Malik b. Abi Sulayman Maysarah al-`Arzami
`Abd al-Malik b. Muslim al-Mala'i
`Abd al-Malik b. `Amr b. Qays al-`Aqadi al-Basri
`Abd al-Rahman b. al-Qasim b. Muhammad b. Abi Bakr
`Abd al-Razzaq b. Hammam al-San`ani
`Abd al-Salam b. Harb al-Mala'i al-Nahdi
`Abd al-Wahid b. 'Ayman, Abu al-Qasim al-Makhzumi al-Makki
`Abd Allah b. Abi Najih Yasar al-Thaqafi
`Abd Allah b. Bukayr al-Ghanawi
`Abd Allah b. Dawud al-Khuraybi
`Abd Allah b. Hubayrah al-Saba'i al-Shaybani
`Abd Allah b. Lahi`ah al-Hadrami
`Abd Allah b. Numayr al-Hamadani al-Kharifi
`Abd Allah b. Shawdhab al-Balkhi
`Abd Allah b. Yazid al-Maqri' al-Qasir al-`Adwi
`Affan b. Muslim al-Saffar
`Ali b. al-Hasan b. Dinar al-`Abdi
`Ali b. Qadim al-Khaza`i
`Ali b. Sadaqah al-Raqi
`Ali b. Sa`id b. Qutaybah, Abu Nasr al-Ramli
`Ali b. `Abis al-'Asadi al-Mula'i al-'Azraq
`Ali b. `Ayyash b. Muslim al-Baka' al-'Alhani
`Amr b. Dinar al-Jamhi, al-'Athram
`Amr b. Sa`id b. `Amr b. Ju`dah b. Hubayrah
`Asim b. Mahja` al-Asadi
`Awf b. Abi Jamilah al-`Abdi
`Imran b. Aban
`Imran b. Muslim
`Isa b. `Abd al-Rahman al-Ansari
`Isa b. `Abd Allah b. Muhammad b. `Umar b. `Ali
`Ubayd Allah b. Musa al-`Absi
`Ubayd Allah b. `Ubayd al-Rahman al-Ashja`i
`Ubayd Allah b. `Umar b. Hafs b. `Asim b. `Umar b. al-Khattab
`Ubayd b. Ya`ish al-Muhamili al-`Attar
`Umar b. `Abd Allah b. Ya`la b. Murrah
`Uthman b. Sai`d b. Murrah al-Qarshi
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