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Sunni Scholars

Scholars who are clearly identified in biographical sources as belonging to one of the Sunni schools of thought.

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Abu Ahmad al-Basri

Abu Ahmad al-Hamadani

Abu Ahmad b. Matrif al-Matrifi

Abu al-Fadl al-Fudayli

Abu al-Fath al-Natanzi

Abu al-Fath al-Shahrastani

Abu al-Futuh al-`Ijli

Abu al-Ghana'im al-Narsi

Abu al-Husayn b. Akhi Kabir al-Zayyat

Abu al-Layth al-Samarqandi

Abu al-Muzaffar al-Sam`ani

Abu al-Qasim al-Khalili

Abu al-Qasim al-Khuza`i

Abu al-Qasim al-Shaybani

Abu Bakr al-Bazzar

Abu Bakr al-Hazimi al-Hamadhani

Abu Bakr al-Jallab

Abu Bakr al-Jurjani

Abu Bakr al-Shafi`i al-Bazzaz

Abu Bakr b. Abi Dawud `Abd Allah b. Sulayman al-Sijistani

Abu Bakr b. Ishaq

Abu Bakr b. Khallad al-Nasibi

Abu Hamid al-Ghazali

Abu Ja`far al-Qahastani

Abu Ja`far Mutayyan, Muhammad b. `Abd Allah al-Hadrami

Abu Mansur al-Tha`alibi

Abu Muslim b. Shahdal

Abu Nu`aym al-'Isfahani

Abu Sa`d al-'Idrisi

Abu Sa`d al-Janazrudi

Abu Sa`d Al-Sam`ani

Abu Sa`d al-Wa`iz al-Kharkushi

Abu Sa`id al-Sijzi

Abu Sa`ud al-`Imadi

Abu Tahir al-Mukhallis

Abu Ya`la al-Mawsili

Abu `Abd al-Rahman b. Abi `A'ishah

Abu `Abd Allah Muhammad al-Saffar

Abu `Ali al-Harawi al-'Adib

Ahmad al-Batarqani

Ahmad b. al-Furat al-Dabbi al-Razi

Ahmad b. al-Hasan, Abu Bakr al-Qadi

Ahmad b. al-Husayn

Ahmad b. al-Muhajir b. al-Walid, Abu `Abd Allah

Ahmad b. al-Siddiq al-Ghumari

Ahmad b. Ibrahim al-Thaqafi al-Madini al-'Isbahani

Ahmad b. Isma`il b. Yusuf al-`Abid al-'Isbahani

Ahmad b. Ja`far b. Hamdan al-Qati`i

Ahmad b. Ja`far b. Muhammad al-'Ash`ari al-Isbahani

Ahmad b. Ja`far b. Muhammad al-Khatli

Ahmad b. Mansur b. Sayyar al-Ramadi

Ahmad b. Mihran b. Khalid

Ahmad b. Muhammad al-Bazzar

Ahmad b. Muhammad al-Dab`i al-'Ahwal

Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Musa al-Ahwazi

Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Musa al-Mujabbir

Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Tawan, Abu Bakr

Ahmad b. Muhammad b. `Abd al-Wahhab

Ahmad b. Muhammad b. `Ali al-`Asimi

Ahmad b. Musa b. Mardawayh al-Isfahani

Ahmad b. Mustafa al-Qadayn Khani

Ahmad b. Nasr

Ahmad b. Sahl al-Qabbani

Ahmad b. Shaddad al-Tirmidhi

Ahmad b. Sulayman al-Mu'addab

Ahmad b. Yahya al-Sufi

Ahmad b. Yusuf Hamdan al-Sulami al-Azdi

Ahmad b. Zayni Dahlan

Ahmad b. `Abd al-Rahman al-Farisi

Ahmad b. `Abd al-Rahman b. al-`Abbas al-'Asadi

Ahmad b. `Ammar b. Khalid

Ahmad b. `Ubayd

Ahmad b. `Umar al-Jallab al-Kindi

Ahmad b. `Uthman al-Nawfali

Ahmad b. `Uthman b. Hakim al-'Awdi

Ahmad Farid Rafa`i

Ahmad Nasim al-Misri

Ahmad Zaki `Adwi

Al-'Azraq b. `Ali b. Muslim al-Hanafi

Al-'Ijli, Abu al-Hasan Ahmad b. 'Abd Allah

Al-Alusi al-Baghdadi

Al-Baladhuri

Al-Baqillani

Al-Baydawi

Al-Bayhaqi

Al-Bukhari

Al-Daraqutni

Al-Darimi

Al-Dhahabi

Al-Dulabi

al-Fadl b. Muhammad b. `Abd Allah al-'Isfahani

Al-Hakim al-Naysaburi

Al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi

al-Hasan b. Ahmad al-Haddad al-Muqri al-Hafiz

al-Hasan b. Ahmad al-Mukhalladi

Al-Hasan b. Hammad Sajadah al-Hadrami

Al-Hasan b. Sufyan al-Shaybani al-Nasawi al-Baluzi

al-Hasan b. `Ali al-Hudhali al-Halawani

Al-Hasan b. `Ali b. `Affan al-`Amiri

al-Hasan b. `Aqil al-Ghanawi

Al-Hasan b. `Arafah al-Mu'addab al-`Abdi

Al-Haytham b. Kulayb al-Shashi

al-Husayn al-Nayri

Al-Husayn b. al-Qasim al-Yamani

Al-Husayn b. Hurayth al-Khaza`i

Al-Husayn b. Isma`il al-Muhamili al-Dabbi

al-Husayn b. Muhammad al-`Adl al-`Alawi al-Wasiti

al-Jurabi (or al-Jawrabi)

Al-Jurjani

Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi

Al-Khatib al-Khawarazmi

Al-Khatib al-Tabrizi

Al-Khuldi

Al-Madini

Al-Maqrizi

al-Marzabani, Abu `Abd Allah al-Baghdadi

Al-Mas`udi

al-Mismar b. `Umar b. al-`Uways al-Baghdadi

Al-Mizzi

Al-Munawi

Al-Nadr b. Sa`id, Abu Suhayb

Al-Nasa'i

Al-Nawawi

Al-Qadi al-Harastani

Al-Qadi `Iyad b. Musa

Al-Qarshi, `Ali b. Hamid

Al-Qastallani

Al-Qurtubi

Al-Samhudi

Al-Samnani

Al-Shablanji

Al-Sharbini

al-Sharif Abu Muhammad Hamzah al-`Alawi

Al-Shawkani

Al-Shaykhani al-Qadiri

Al-Suyuti

Al-Tabarani

Al-Tabari

Al-Tahawi

Al-Tha`labi

Al-Tirmidhi

Al-Wahidi

al-Walid b. Hammad al-Ramli

al-Walid b. Salih al-Dabbi al-Jazari

Al-Yafi`i

Al-Zamakhshari

Al-Zarandi

Al-Zarqani

Al-Zubayr b. `Abd Allah b. Musa al-Tuzi

Al-`Abbas b. al-Fadl al-'Asqati

Al-`Aydrus al-Husayni

Asil al-Din `Abd Allah b. Ahmad al-'Iji

Ba Kathir al-Makki

Badr al-Din al-`Ayni

Bahlul Behjat Afandi

Burhan al-Din Ibrahim al-Shabarhayti

Burhan al-Din Nasir b. Abi al-Makarim al-Matrazi

Darim b. Muhammad b. Zayd, Abu al-Muthanna al-Nahshali

Dawud b. Sulayman b. Hafs al-`Askari

Da`laj b. Ahmad b. Da`laj al-Mu`addal

Diya' al-Din Ahmad b. Muhammad, Abu Muhammad al-Witri al-Shafi`i

Diya' al-Din al-Maqdisi

Fadl Allah b. Abi Sa`id al-Turbashti

Fadl Allah b. Ruzbahan al-Khunji

Fakhr al-Din al-Razi

Habshun b. Musa b. Ayyub al-Khalal

Hamid b. `Ali al-`Imadi

Hanbal b. `Abd Allah al-Rasafi

Hani' b. Ayyub al-Hanafi al-Kufi

Harun b. `Abd Allah al-Bazzaz al-Hammal

Haydar `Ali al-Fayd Abadi

Hilal b. Bishr al-'Ahdab al-Mazni

Hudbah b. Khalid al-Qaysi al-Thawbani

Husam al-Din al-Saharanpuri

Husayn b. Mu`in al-Din al-Maybadhi

Husayn `Ali al-'A`zami

Ibn 'Amilah

Ibn Abi al-Fawaris

Ibn Abi al-Hadid

Ibn Abi Shaybah, `Abd Allah b. Muhammad

Ibn Abi Shaybah, `Uthman b. Muhammad al-`Absi

Ibn Abi `Asim al-Shaybani

Ibn Abu Hatim al-Razi

Ibn al-'Akhram

Ibn al-'Athir

Ibn al-'Athir, Abu al-Hasan `Izz al-Din

Ibn al-Baghandi

Ibn al-Batta, Muhammad b. `Abd al-Baqi b. Sulayman, Abu al-Fath

Ibn al-Bawwab, `Ubayd Allah b. Ahmad b. Ya`qub b. Ahmad, Abu al-Husayn

Ibn al-Diba` al-Shaybani

Ibn al-Jallab

Ibn al-Jawzi

Ibn al-Jazari

Ibn al-Ji`abi, Muhammad b. `Umar al-Tamimi

Ibn al-Maghazili

Ibn al-Mudhhib

Ibn al-Muhibb al-Samit

Ibn al-Sabbagh

Ibn al-Shaykh al-Maliqi

Ibn al-Wardi

Ibn al-Zaghuni

Ibn Battah al-Hanbali

Ibn Bint al-Suddi, Isma`il b. Musa al-Fazari

Ibn Bukayr, Muhammad b. `Umar b. Bukayr al-Muqri'

Ibn Dayzayl, Ibrahim b. al-Husayn al-Kasa'i

Ibn Haddad al-Haskani

Ibn Hajar al-Haytami

Ibn Hajar al-`Asqalani

Ibn Hamzah al-Harrani

Ibn Hanbal

Ibn Hibban

Ibn Jabir al-'Andalusi

Ibn Kathir

Ibn Khafif al-Shirazi

Ibn Khaldun

Ibn Khuzaymah, Abu Bakr Muhammad b. Ishaq al-Nishaburi

Ibn Ma'in

Ibn Majah

Ibn Mandah

Ibn Miskawayh

Ibn Nayri

Ibn Qani`

Ibn Qutaybah

Ibn Rahwayh, Ishaq b. Ibrahim al-Hanzali

Ibn Sammak

Ibn Samman

Ibn Shabbah al-Numayri

Ibn Sha`ir, Hajjaj b. Yusuf al-Thaqafi

Ibn Sinan, Ahmad b. Yusuf al-Qarmani

Ibn Taj al-Qurra', `Ali b. Abi al-Qasim al-Tusi

Ibn Zawlaq al-Laythi

Ibn `Abd al-Barr

Ibn `Abd Rabbih

Ibn `Adi, Abu Ahmad `Abd Allah al-Jurjani

Ibn `Asakir

Ibn `Ijlun

Ibn `Uqdah

Ibn `Uzayzah, Ahmad b. Hazim al-Ghafari

Ibrahim b. Abi Talib al-Naysaburi

Ibrahim b. al-Hajjaj al-Sami al-Naji

Ibrahim b. al-Mundhir al-Asadi al-Hazami

Ibrahim b. al-Walid b. Hammad

Ibrahim b. Marzuq b. Dinar al-Basri

Ibrahim b. Na'ilah al-'Isbahani

Ibrahim b. Yunus, Harami al-Mu'addab

Ibrahim b. `Abd al-Samad al-Hashimi

Ibrahim b. `Abd Allah al-Wassabi al-Yamani

Ibrahim b. `Abd Allah b. Muslim al-Kaji

Ibrahim b. `Uthman b. Yusuf b. 'Ayyub al-Kashghari

Isma`il b. Abi al-Hakam al-Thaqafi

Isma`il b. Abi `Abd Allah b. Hammad al-`Asqalani

Isma`il b. `Abd Allah b. Mas`ud al-`Abdi

Isma`il b. `Umar, Abu al-Mundhir al-Wasiti

Jamal al-Din Abu al-Qasim b. `Abd al-Samad al-'Ansari

Jamal al-Din `Ata' Allah al-Husayni

Ja`far b. Humayd al-Qurashi al-Kufi

Jubayr b. Muhammad, Abu `Isa al-Wasiti

Kamal al-Din Hibat Allah, Abu Ghalib al-Samiri

Kathir b. Yahya b. Kathir al-Hanafi al-Basri

Khalaf b. Salim al-Mukharrimi al-Muhallabi

Khwajah Parsa

Mahasin b. `Umar b. Ridwan al-Hara'ini

Mahmud Abu Rayyah

Mahmud al-Rifa`i

Majd al-Din `Abd Allah b. Mahmud al-Musili

Malik al-`Ulama' al-Zawali al-Dawlatabadi

Malik b. Ahmad b. `Ali, Abu `Abd Allah al-Baniyasi

Mawlawi Muhammad Salim al-Dihlawi

Mir al-Sayyid `Ali al-Hamadani

Mirza Makhdum al-Jurjani

Mirza Muhammad al-Badakhshani

Mubin b. Muhibb al-Lakhnawi

Muhammad al-Ash`ari

Muhammad b. Abi Ghalib

Muhammad b. Abi Isma`il, Abu al-Hasan al-`Alawi

Muhammad b. Abu Bakr, Abu Musa al-Hafiz

Muhammad b. Abu Zakariyyah

Muhammad b. Ahmad

Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Balwayh al-Mu`addil

Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Tamim al-Khayyat al-Qantari

Muhammad b. Ahmad b. `Abd al-Rahman al-Mu`addal

Muhammad b. Ahmad b. `Ali b. Mukhallad al-Jawhari

Muhammad b. Ahmad b. `Uthman, Abu Talib

Muhammad b. al-Fadl al-Farawi

Muhammad b. al-Hasan al-Naqqash al-Mufassir

Muhammad b. al-Hasan, Abu `Abd Allah al-Shaybani

Muhammad b. al-Husayn al-Za`farani

Muhammad b. al-Husayn b. `Ubayd Allah al-Burji al-'Isbahani

Muhammad b. al-Husayn, Abu al-Fath al-`Attar

Muhammad b. al-Muthanna al-Zaman al-`Anzi

Muhammad b. al-Muzaffar b. Musa b. `Isa, Abu al-Husayn al-Baghdadi

Muhammad b. al-`Ala' b. Kurayb al-Hamadani

Muhammad b. Ayyub al-Kalabi

Muhammad b. Bashar b. `Uthman al-`Abdi

Muhammad b. Darwish al-Hut al-Bayruti

Muhammad b. Fityan b. al-Muthanna, Abu al-Muzaffar

Muhammad b. Hamdun b. Khalid al-Naysaburi

Muhammad b. Haydarah al-Husayni al-Kufi

Muhammad b. Ibrahim al-Halwani

Muhammad b. Ibrahim b. al-Sirri al-Tamimi

Muhammad b. Ibrahim b. Sakhtawayh al-Tustari

Muhammad b. Isma`il b. Ishaq, al-Rashidi

Muhammad b. Isma`il b. Salah al-Kahlani

Muhammad b. Ja`far b. Ahmad b. Yazid, Abu Bakr al-Matiri

Muhammad b. Ja`far, Abu al-Hasan al-Halwani

Muhammad b. Jum`ah b. Khalaf al-Qahastani

Muhammad b. Khalaf al-Namiri (or al-Numayri ?)

Muhammad b. Khalid b. `Abd Allah, al-Wasiti

Muhammad b. Khalid, Ibn `Athmah al-Hanafi

Muhammad b. Khalifah al-Washtani

Muhammad b. Muhammad al-Misri

Muhammad b. Muhammad b. al-Hasan al-Rashidi

Muhammad b. Muhammad b. Sahl al-Naysaburi

Muhammad b. Muhammad, Abu Bakr al-Saydalani

Muhammad b. Nahar b. `Ammar

Muhammad b. Salih b. Hani al-Warraq

Muhammad b. Salim b. Ahmad al-Hafni

Muhammad b. Sulayman b. al-Harith, Abu Bakr al-Wasiti

Muhammad b. Tahir al-Fitanni

Muhammad b. Talhah al-Shafi`i

Muhammad b. Yahya b. `Abd Allah al-Dhuhli

Muhammad b. Yusuf al-Kanji al-Shafi`i

Muhammad b. Yusuf al-Sanusi

Muhammad b. `Abd al-Rahim Sa`iqah al-`Adwi al-Bazzaz

Muhammad b. `Abd al-Rahman al-Zarra`

Muhammad b. `Abd al-Rasul al-Barzanji

Muhammad b. `Abd Allah al-`Adwi al-Maqri

Muhammad b. `Abd Allah al-`Umari

Muhammad b. `Abd Allah b. Muhammad, Abu Bakr

Muhammad b. `Abd Allah b. Nasr al-Za`farani

Muhammad b. `Abdah

Muhammad b. `Ali al-Sabban

Muhammad b. `Ali b. Duhaym al-Shaybani

Muhammad b. `Ali b. Isma`il

Muhammad b. `Ali b. Khalaf al-`Attar

Muhammad b. `Ali b. `Umar b. al-Mahdi

Muhammad b. `Ali, Abu Sa`id al-Saffar

Muhammad b. `Ali, Abu Tahir al-Bayyi`

Muhammad b. `Awf b. Sufyan al-Ta'i

Muhammad b. `Umar b. Bahtah al-Bazzaz

Muhammad b. `Uthman al-Mazini

Muhammad b. `Uthman b. Abi Shaybah, Abu Ja`far al-`Absi

Muhammad b. `Uthman b. Karamah, Abu Ja`far al-`Ijli

Muhammad Habib Allah al-Shanqayti

Muhammad Mahbub al-`Alam

Muhammad Sadr al-`Alam

Muhammad Sa`id Dahduh

Muhammad Shakir Khayyat al-'Azhari

Muhammad `Abduh

Muhibb al-Din al-Tabari

Muhyi al-Sunnah al-Farra' al-Baghawi

Murtada al-Zubaydi al-Wasiti

Muslim b. al-Hajjaj

Nasir al-Din al-Albani

Nasr b. `Ali b. Nasr al-Azdi al-Jahdami

Nizam al-Din al-Naysaburi

Nur al-Din al-Halabi

Nur al-Din al-Haythami

Nur al-Din al-Muttaqi al-Hindi

Qays b. Hafs b. al-Qa`qa` al-Tamimi

Qutaybah b. Sa`id al-Thaqafi al-Baghlani

Raja b. `Abd Allah al-San'ani

Rashid al-Din al-Dihlawi

Razin b. Mu`awiyah al-`Abdari al-Sarqasti

Sadr al-Din Al-Juwayni

Safa Khalusi

Salih b. Mahdi al-Muqbili

Salih b. Muhammad Jazarah

Sayyid Ahmed Ali Khan

Sayyid Shahab al-Din Ahmad

Sa`d al-Din al-Taftazani

Sa`d al-Din Mahmud b. Muhammad al-Salihani

Sa`id al-Din Muhammad b. Ahmad al-Farghani

Sa`id b. Mansur al-Nasa'i

Sa`id b. Muhammad al-Kazaruni

Sa`id b. `Abd al-Karim b. Sulayt al-Hanafi

Shah Wali Allah al-Dihlawi

Shahrdar b. Shirwayh, Abu Mansur al-Daylami

Shihab al-Din al-Khafaji

Shihab al-Din al-`Ujayli

Sibt Ibn al-Jawzi

Sulayman b. Ibrahim al-Qunduzi

Sulayman b. Sayf al-Ta'i al-Harrani

Sulayman b. `Ubayd Allah al-Ghaylani

Taj al-Din Abu Talib `Ali b. al-Husayn al-Khazin

Taj al-Din al-Qaysi al-Nahwi

Taj al-Din Zayd b. al-Hasan al-Kindi

Umm Muhammad Zaynab bt. Ahmad, al-Shaykhah al-Maqdisiyyah

Wahban b. Baqiyyah b. `Uthman, Abu Muhammad al-Wasiti

Wali Allah b. Habib Allah al-Lakhnawi

Yahya b. Muhammad b. `Abd Allah al-Baghyani

Yahya b. Muhammad b. `Umar al-Akhbari

Yahya b. Sulayman al-Ju`fi al-Muqri'

Yahya b. `Abd al-Hamid al-Himmani

Yaqut al-Hamawi

Ya`qub b. Ahmad, Abu al-Qasim al-Sirri

Ya`qub b. Humayd al-Madani

Yusuf b. Isma`il al-Nabhani

Yusuf b. Khalil al-Dimashqi

Yusuf b. Muhammad b. Sabiq

Yusuf b. Musa al-Qattan al-Razi

Yusuf b. Ya`qub, Abu al-Fath al-Shaybani

Yusuf b. `Isa b. Dinar al-Zuhri

Zahir b. Tahir al-Shahhami al-Mustamli

Zakariyya' b. Yahya, Khayyat al-Sunnah al-Sijzi

Zayd b. Isma`il (mawla al-'Ansar)

`Abbas b. `Ali b. `Abbas al-Nasa'i

`Abd al-'A`la b. Wasil b. `Abd al-'A`la al-Asadi

`Abd al-Fattah `Abd al-Maqsud

`Abd al-Hamid b. Mahmud al-Alusi al-Baghdadi

`Abd al-Haqq al-Dihlawi

`Abd al-Jabbar b. Muhammad al-Hawari al-Bayhaqi

`Abd al-Latif b. Muhammad b. `Ali b. Hamzah al-Qabiti

`Abd al-Malik b. Muhammad, Abu Qalabah al-Raqqashi

`Abd al-Masih al-'Antaki

`Abd al-Rahman b. Ahmad, al-'Ayji

`Abd al-Rahman b. al-Husayn al-'Asadi

`Abd al-Rahman b. Mus`ab

`Abd al-Rahman b. `Abd al-Salam, al-Safuri

`Abd al-Wahhab b. Muhammad al-Bukhari

`Abd al-Wahid b. Muhammad al-Madani al-Qadi

`Abd al-`Ali

`Abd Allah b. Ahmad b. Hanbal

`Abd Allah b. Ahmad b. Ja`far al-Shaybani

`Abd Allah b. al-Saqar b. Nasr al-Sakri

`Abd Allah b. Ishaq al-Baghawi

`Abd Allah b. Ja`far, Abu Muhammad al-'Isbahani

`Abd Allah b. Muhammad al-'Azdi

`Abd Allah b. Muhammad al-Baghawi

`Abd Allah b. Muhammad b. al-`Abbas al-'Isbahani

`Abd Allah b. Salih b. Muhammad al-Layth al-Juhani

`Abd Allah b. Sa`id al-'Ashajj al-Kindi

`Abd Allah b. `Ali b. Muhammad b. Bashran

`Abd Allah b. `Umar b. Hamawayh

`Abd Allah b. `Urwah

`Abdus b. `Abd Allah b. `Abdus al-Hamadani

`Ala al-Din `Ali b. Muhammad al-Qawshaji

`Ali al-Qari

`Ali b. Abi al-Fikhar al-Hashimi

`Ali b. Ahmad b. `Abdan

`Ali b. al-Hasan b. al-Husayn al-Khal`i

`Ali b. al-Mundhir b. Zayd al-Tariqi al-'Awdi

`Ali b. Bahr

`Ali b. Hakim al-'Awdi

`Ali b. Mahrawayh, Abu al-Hasan al-Qazwini

`Ali b. Muhammad b. Ishaq al-Tanafisi

`Ali b. Muhammad b. Ja`far al-'Ahwazi

`Ali b. Muhammad b. `Ali, al-Qadi al-Massaysi

`Ali b. `Abd Allah b. Mubashshir, Abu al-Hasan

`Ali b. `Ubayd Allah b. al-`Alaf al-Bazzar

`Ali Jalal al-Husayni

`Ammar b. Khalid b. Yazid al-Wasiti al-Tammar

`Amr b. `Awn, Abu `Uthman al-Wasiti al-Bazzar

`Imad al-Din `Abd al-Hafiz b. Badran al-Maqdisi

`Izz al-Din al-Rasa`ni

`Ubayd Allah b. `Abd al-Karim al-Makhzumi al-Razi

`Ubaydallah b. `Umar b. Maysarah al-Jashmi al-Qawariri

`Umar b. Muhammad al-Mulla

`Umar b. Muhammad al-Sirri

`Umar b. `Abd Allah b. Shawdhab