List of modern Sufi scholars

This article is a List of modern Sufi scholars. The Sufis in the list were known in the 20th century or later. They are grouped geographically.

Arabian Peninsula

• Abdallah Bin Bayyah (born 1935) – Saudi Arabia
• Habib Ali al-Jifri (born 1971) – Yemen
• Habib Umar bin Hafiz (born 1962) – Yemen
• Muhammad Alawi al-Maliki (1944–2004) – Saudi Arabia

Levant

• Abd al-Rahman al-Shaghouri (1912–2004) – Syria
• Mohamed Said Ramadan Al-Bouti (1929–2013) – Syria
• Muhammad al-Yaqoubi (born 1963) – Syria
• Nuh Ha Mim Keller (born 1954) – Jordan
• Wahba Zuhayli (1932–2015) – Syria
• Yusuf an-Nabhani (1849–1932) – Palestine

North Africa

• Abd al-Aziz al-Ghumari (1920–1997) – Morocco
• Abd al-Hamid Kishk (1933–1996) – Egypt
• Ahmad al-Alawi (1869–1934) – Algeria
• Ahmed el-Tayeb (born 1946) – Egypt
• Ali Gomaa (born 1951) – Egypt
• Hamza al Qadiri al Boutchichi (born 1922) – Morocco
• Hamza Yusuf (born 1960) – United States
• Muhammad ibn al-Habib (1876–1972) – Morocco
• Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy (1928–2010) – Egypt
• Shawki Allam (born 1961) – Egypt

West, Central and Southern Africa

• Abdalqadir as-Sufi (born 1930) – South Africa
• Abdullah al-Harari (1910–2008) – Ethiopia
• Ahmad Tijani Ali Cisse (born 1955) – Senegal
• Amadou Bamba (1853–1927) – Senegal
• Hassan Cissé (1945–2008) – Senegal
• Sa'adu Abubakar (born 1954) – Nigeria
• Sanusi Lamido Sanusi (born 1961) – Nigeria

Western Europe

• Abdal Hakim Murad (born 1960) – United Kingdom
• Ahmed Babikir – United Kingdom
• Frithjof Schuon (1907–1998) – Switzerland
• Idries Shah (1924–1996) – United Kingdom
• Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee (born 1953) – United Kingdom
• Martin Lings (1909–2005) – United Kingdom
• Muhammad Imdad Hussain Pirzada (born 1946) – United Kingdom

Eastern Europe

• Hüseyin Hilmi Işık (1911–2001) – Turkey
• Nazim Al-Haqqani (1922–2014) – Turkey
• Said Afandi al-Chirkawi (1937–2012) – Dagestan
• Said Nursî (1878–1960) – Turkey

North America

• Ali Kianfar (born 1944) – United States
• Ahmed Tijani Ben Omar (born 1950) – United States
• Faraz Rabbani (born 1974) – Canada
• Feisal Abdul Rauf (born 1948) – United States
• Hisham Kabbani (born 1945) – United States
• Hossein Nasr (born 1933) – United States
• Kabir Helminski (born 1942) – United States
• M. A. Muqtedar Khan (born 1966) – United States
• Muhammad bin Yahya al-Ninowy (born 1966) – United States
• Nahid Angha (born 1945) – United States
• Nooruddeen Durkee (born 1938) – United States
• Sayyid Ahmed Amiruddin (born 1978) – Canada
• Syed Soharwardy (born 1955) – Canada
• Zaid Shakir (born 1956) – United States

South Asia

• Ahmed Ullah Maizbhanderi (1826–1906) – Bangladesh
• Ahmed Raza Khan (1856–1921) – India
• Azangachhi Shaheb (1828/1829–1932) – India
• Imdadullah Muhajir Makki (1817–1899) – India
• Meher Ali Shah (1859–1937) – Pakistan
• Mohammad Abdul Ghafoor Hazarvi (1909–1970) – Pakistan
• Muhammad Akram Awan (born 1934) – Pakistan
• Muhammad Ilyas Qadri (born 1950) – Pakistan
• Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri (born 1951) – Pakistan
• Omer Tarin (born 1967) – Pakistan
• Qalandar Baba Auliya (1898–1979) – Pakistan
• Qamaruzzaman Azmi (born 1946) – India
• Saheb Qiblah Fultali (1913–2008) – Bangladesh
• Shah Shahidullah Faridi (1915–1978) – Pakistan
• Syed Muhammad Zauqi Shah (1878–1951) – Pakistan
• Syed Waheed Ashraf (born 1933) – India
• Tajuddin Muhammad Badruddin (1861–1925) – India
• Thaika Shuaib (born 1930) – India
• Wahid Baksh Sial Rabbani (died 1995) – Pakistan
• Waris Ali Shah (1819–1905) – India

Eastern and Central Asia

• Habib Munzir Al-Musawa (1973–2013) – Indonesia
• Muhammad Abdul Aleem Siddiqi (1892–1954) – Singapore
• Muhammad Ma Jian (1906–1978) – China
• Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas (born 1931) – Malaysia

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