Muslim scholars of the Hanafi school

by century (AH
CE)

2nd/8th

Abu Hanifa (founder of the school; 699–767)
Abu Yusuf (738–798)
Ibn al-Mubarak (726–797)
Muhammad al-Shaybani (749–805)
Yahya ibn Ma'in (774–807)
Waki' ibn al-Jarrah (d. 812)

3rd/9th

4th/10th

Al-Tahawi (843–933)
Abu Mansur al-Maturidi (853–944)
Al-Hakim al-Samarqandi (b. 874)
Al-Jassas (917–981)
Abu al-Layth al-Samarqandi (944–983)

5th/11th

Abu al-Husayn al-Basri (d. 1044)
Ali Hujwiri (1009–1072)
Al-Bazdawi (1010–1089)
Al-Sarakhsi (d. 1090)
Abu al-Yusr al-Bazdawi (1030–1100)
Abu al-Mu'in al-Nasafi (d. 1115)

6th/12th

Abu Ishaq al-Saffar al-Bukhari (d. 1139)
Ibn al-Malāḥimī (d. 1141)
Yusuf Hamadani (1062–1141)
Abu Hafs Umar al-Nasafi (1067–1142)
Al-Zamakhshari (1074–1143)
Siraj al-Din al-Ushi (d. 1180)
Nur al-Din al-Sabuni (d. 1184)
Jamal al-Din al-Ghaznawi (d. 1197)
Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani (1135–1197)

7th/13th

Rumi (1207–1273)
Jalaluddin Tabrizi (d. 1228)
Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki (1173–1235)
Mu'in al-Din Chishti (1143–1236)
Fariduddin Ganjshakar (1173–1266)
Abu Tawwama (d. 1300)
Abu al-Barakat al-Nasafi (d. 1310)

8th/14th

Nizamuddin Auliya (1238–1325)
Uthman bin Ali Zayla'i (d. 1342)
Shah Jalal Mujarrad (1271–1346)
Uthman Siraj ad-Din (1258–1357)
Ala al-Haq (1301–1384)
Jahaniyan Jahangasht (1308–1384)
Akmal al-Din al-Babarti (d. 1384)
Al-Taftazani (1322–1390)
Ibn Abi al-Izz (1331–1390)
Shams al-Din al-Samarqandi (1350–1410)
Al-Sharif al-Jurjani (1339–1414)

9th/15th

Nur Qutb Alam (d. 1416)
Shams al-Din al-Fanari (1350–1431)
'Ala' al-Din al-Bukhari (1377–1438)
Husam ad-Din Manikpuri (d. 1449)
Badr al-Din al-Ayni (1361–1451)
Al-Kamal ibn al-Humam (1388–1457)
Ali Qushji (1403–1474)
Khidr Bey (b. 1407)

10th/16th

Zenbilli Ali Cemali Efendi (1445–1526)
Ibn Kemal (1468–1536)
Abdul Quddus Gangohi (1456–1537)
Ibrāhīm al-Ḥalabī (1460–1549)
Fahreddin-i Acemi (d. 1460)
Ali Sher Bengali (d. 1570s)
Mosleh al-Din Lari (1510–1572)
Muhammad Birgivi (1522–1573)
Ebussuud Efendi (1490–1574)
Sadeddin Efendi (1536–1599)
Mustafa Selaniki (d. 1600)
Ali al-Qari (d. 1606)

11th/17th

Ahmad Sirhindi (1564–1624)
Esad Efendi (1570–1625)
Kadızade Mehmed (1582–1635)
'Abd al-Haqq al-Dehlawi (1551–1642)
Mehmed Efendi (1595–1654)
Kâtip Çelebi (1609–1657)
Shihab al-Din al-Khafaji (1569–1659)
Khayr al-Din al-Ramli (1585–1671)
Syed Rafi Mohammad (d. 1679)
Mir Zahid Harawi (d. 1689)
Syed Inayatullah (d. 1713)

12th/18th

Shah Abdur Rahim (1644–1719)
Syed Hayatullah (d. 1722)
Barkatullah Marehrawi (1660–1729)
Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi (1641–1731)
Syed Mohammad Zaman (d. 1756)
Hashim Thattvi (1692–1761)
Shah Waliullah Dehlawi (1703–1762)
Shah Nuri Bengali (d. 1785)
Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janaan (1699–1781)
Murtada al-Zabidi (1732–1790)
Sanaullah Panipati (1730–1810)
Syed Mohammad Rafi (d. 1803)
Majduddin (d. 1813)

13th/19th

Çerkes Halil Efendi (d. 1821)
Ghulam Ali Dehlavi (1743–1824)
Shah Abdul Aziz (1746–1824)
Syed Ahmad Barelvi (1786–1831)
Syed Mir Nisar Ali (1782–1831)
Ibn Abidin (1784–1836)
Haji Shariatullah (1781–1840)
Shah Muhammad Ishaq (1783–1846)
Mamluk Ali Nanautawi (1789–1851)
Mahmud al-Alusi (1802–1854)
Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi (1796–1861)
Dudu Miyan (1819–1862)
Karamat Ali Jaunpuri (1800–1873)
Al-Maydani (1807–1861)
Haji Dost Muhammad Qandhari (1801–1868)
Yusuf Ma Dexin (1794–1874)
Naqi Ali Khan (1830–1880)
Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi (1832–1880)
Ahmad Ali Saharanpuri (1810–1880)
Yaqub Nanautawi (1833–1884)
Mazhar Nanautawi (1821–1885)
Abd al-Hayy al-Lucknawi (1848–1886)
Siddiq Bharchundi (1819–1890)
Rafiuddin Deobandi (1836–1890)
Rahmatullah Kairanawi (1818–1891)
Mustafa Ruhi Efendi (1800–1891)
Imdadullah Muhajir Makki (1817–1899)
Hafiz Ahmad Jaunpuri (1834–1899)
Rashid Ahmad Gangohi (1826–1905)
Abdul Wahid Bengali (1850–1905)
Syed Ahmadullah Maizbhandari (1826–1906)
Fazlur Rahman Usmani (1831–1907)
Abd Allah ibn Abbas ibn Siddiq (1854–1907)
Muhammad Naimuddin (1832–1907)
Hassan Raza Khan (1859–1908)
Sayyid Muhammad Abid (1834–1912)
Ahmad Hasan Amrohi (1850–1912)
Shibli Nomani (1857–1914)
Najib Ali Choudhury (fl. 1870s)

14th/20th

Barelvi

Wasi Ahmad Surati (1836–1916)
Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi (1856–1921)
Muhammad Amjad (d. 1927)
Ghulam Muhammad Dinpuri (1835–1936)
Qasim Sadiq (1845–1942)
Hamid Raza Khan (1875–1943)
Amjad Ali Aazmi (1882–1948)
Naeem-ud-Deen Muradabadi (1887–1948)
Abdullah Barelvi (1841–1949)
Jamaat Ali Shah (1834–1951)
Murtaza Hasan Chandpuri (1868–1951)
Kifayatullah Dehlawi (1875–1952)
Shihabuddeen Ahmed Koya Shaliyathi (1885–1954)
Abdul Aleem Siddiqi (1892–1954)
Amin ul-Hasanat (1922–1960)
Sardar Ahmad Chishti (1903–1962)
Ibrahim Raza Khan (1907–1965)
Abdul Hamid Qadri Badayuni (1898–1970)
Mohammad Abdul Ghafoor Hazarvi (1909–1970)
Fazlur Rahman Ansari (1914–1974)
Ghulam Mohiuddin Ghaznavi (1902–1975)
Mustafa Raza Khan (1892–1981)
Ziauddin Madni (1877–1981)
Khwaja Qamar ul Din Sialvi (1906–1981)
Muslehuddin Siddiqui (1918–1983)
Faiz-ul Hassan Shah (1911–1984)
Shafee Okarvi (1930–1984)
Rehan Raza Khan (1908–1985)
Ahmad Saeed Kazmi (1913–1986)
Abdul Mustafa Azhari (1918–1989)
Shujaat Ali Qadri (1941–1993)
Waqaruddin Qadri (1915–1993)
Abdul Wahab Siddiqi (1942–1994)
Karam Shah Azhari (1918–1998)
Musa Amritsari (1927–1999)
Ghulam Ali Okarvi (1919–2000)
Rashid Ahmed Jaunpuri (1889–2001)
Saleem Qadri (1960–2001)
Arshadul Qadri (1925–2002)
Ibrahim Siddiqui (1930–2002)
Shah Ahmad Noorani (1926–2003)
Sarfraz Ahmed Naeemi (1948–2009)

Deobandi

Imamuddin Punjabi (died 1916)
Abdul Hamid Madarshahi (1869–1920)
Mahmud Hasan Deobandi (1851–1920)
Sufi Azizur Rahman (1862–1922)
Khalil Ahmad Saharanpuri (1852–1927)
Muhammad Ali Mungeri (1846–1927)
Azizur Rahman Usmani (1859–1928)
Muhammad Ahmad Nanautawi (1862–1930)
Ibrahim Ali Tashna (1872–1931)
Anwar Shah Kashmiri (1875–1933)
Majid Ali Jaunpuri (d. 1935)
Abul Muhasin Sajjad (1880–1940)
Shukrullah Mubarakpuri (1895–1942)
Ashraf Ali Thanwi (1863–1943)
Ibrahim Ujani (1863–1943)
Habibullah Qurayshi (1865–1943)
Ubaidullah Sindhi (1872–1944)
Ilyas Kandhlawi (1885–1944)
Asghar Hussain Deobandi (1877–1945)
Sahool Bhagalpuri (d. 1948)
Sulaiman Nadvi (1884–1953)
Shabbir Ahmad Usmani (1887–1949)
Izaz Ali Amrohi (1882–1955)
Manazir Ahsan Gilani (1892–1956)
Hussain Ahmed Madani (1879–1957)
Ahmad Saeed Dehlavi (1888–1959)
Badre Alam Merathi (1898–1965)
Azizul Haq (1903–1961)
Maqsudullah (1883–1961)
Abdul Qadir Raipuri (1878–1962)
Ahmed Ali Lahori (1887–1962)
Hifzur Rahman Seoharwi (1900–1962)
Yusuf Kandhlawi (1917–1965)
Shah Ahmad Hasan (1882–1967)
Shamsul Haque Faridpuri (1896–1969)
Khair Muhammad Jalandhari (1895–1970)
Muhammad Ali Jalandhari (1895–1971)
Mushahid Ahmad Bayampuri (1907–1971)
Abdur Rahman Kashgari (1912–1971)
Syed Fakhruddin Ahmad (1889–1972)
Deen Muhammad Khan (1900–1974)
Zafar Ahmad Usmani (1892–1974)
Muhammad Miyan Deobandi (1903–1975)
Ibrahim Balyawi (1887–1976)
Muhammad Faizullah (1892–1976)
Abdul Wahhab Pirji (1895–1976)
Athar Ali Bengali (1891–1976)
Muhammad Shafi Deobandi (1897–1976)
Yusuf Banuri (1908–1977)
Syed Muhammad Ishaq (1915–1977)
Ahmed Ali Badarpuri (1915–2000)
Mehboob Rizwi (1911–1979)
Mufti Mehmood (1919–1980)
Shah Abd al-Wahhab (1894–1982)
Zakariyya Kandhlawi (1898–1982)
Tayyib Qasmi (1897–1983)
Shamsul Haq Afghani (1901–1983)
Ibrahim Chatuli (1894–1984)
Atiqur Rahman Usmani (1901–1984)
Saeed Ahmad Akbarabadi (1908–1985)
Azhar Shah Qaiser (1920–1985)
Harun Babunagari (1902–1986)
Abdur Rashid Tarkabagish (1900–1986)
Hafizur Rahman Wasif Dehlavi (1910–1987)
Muhammadullah Hafezzi (1895–1987)
Abdul Aziz Malazada (1917–1987)
Shamsul Huda Panchbagi (1897–1988)
Abdul Haq Akorwi (1912–1988)
Abdul Jalil Badarpuri (1925–1989)
Abdul Matin Fulbari (1915–1990)
Minnatullah Rahmani (1913–1991)
Taqi Amini (1926–1991)
Habib al-Rahman al-A'zami (1900–1992)
Muhammad Yunus (1906–1992)
Masihullah Khan (1912–1992)
Abul Hasan Jashori (1918–1993)
Inamul Hasan Kandhlawi (1918–1995)
Mahmood Hasan Gangohi (1907–1996)
Athar Mubarakpuri (1916–1996)
Shamsuddin Qasemi (1935–1996)
Manzoor Nomani (1905–1997)
Sultan Ahmad Nanupuri (1914–1997)
Muhammad Abdullah Ghazi (1935–1998)
Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi (1913–1999)
Ismail Katki (1914–2005)
Nur Uddin Gohorpuri (1924–2005)
Ashraf Ali Bishwanathi (1928–2005)
Kafilur Rahman Nishat Usmani (1942–2006)
Syed Fazlul Karim (1935–2006)
Sirajussajidin Katki (1939–2006)
Abrarul Haq Haqqi (1920–2006)
Ubaidul Haq (1928–2007)
Anzar Shah Kashmiri (1927–2008)
Obaidul Haque Wazirpuri (1934–2008)

Mehmet Cemaleddin Efendi (1848–1917)
Abdul Awwal Jaunpuri (1867–1921)
Azimuddin Hanafi (1838–1922)
Medeni Mehmet Nuri Efendi (1859–1927)
Hamiduddin Farahi (1863–1930)
Abdur Rab Jaunpuri (1875–1935)
Ali Hussain Ashrafi (1850–1936)
Meher Ali Shah (1859–1937)
Ghulamur Rahman Maizbhandari (1865–1937)
Muhammad Ishaq (1883–1938)
Syed Sulaiman Ashraf (1878–1939)
Mohammad Abu Bakr Siddique (1845–1939)
Abd Allah Siraj (1876–1949)
Khwaja Yunus Ali (1886–1951)
Nesaruddin Ahmad (1873–1952)
Muhammad Zahid al-Kawthari (1879–1952)
Mustafa Sabri (1869–1954)
Ahmed Ali Enayetpuri (1898–1959)
Abdul Batin Jaunpuri (1900–1973)
Momtazuddin Ahmad (1889–1974)
Muhammad Abu Zahra (1898–1974)
Amimul Ehsan Barkati (1911–1974)
Ghulam Mohiyuddin Gilani (1891–1974)
Abul Wafa Al Afghani (1893–1975)
Abdul Majid Daryabadi (1892–1977)
Abul A'la Maududi (1903–1979)
Abdur Rahim Firozpuri (1918–1987)
Muntakhib al-Haqq (fl. 1980s)
Abu Zafar Mohammad Saleh (1915–1990)
Sayed Moazzem Hossain (1901–1991)
Hamid al-Ansari Ghazi (1909–1992)
Ayub Ali (1919–1995)
Mukhtar Ashraf (1916–1996)
Abdul Haque Faridi (1903–1996)
Shamsul-hasan Shams Barelvi (1917–1997)
Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghudda (1917–1997)
Amin Ahsan Islahi (1904–1997)
Ghulam Moinuddin Gilani (1920–1997)
Naeem Siddiqui (1916–2002)
Abdul Latif Fultali (1913–2008)
Muhammad Abdullah (1932–2008)
Naseeruddin Naseer Gilani (1949–2009)

15th/21st

Israr Ahmed (1932–2010)

Marghubur Rahman (1914–2010)

Abu Saeed Muhammad Omar Ali (1945–2010)

Zafeeruddin Miftahi (1926–2011)

Azizul Haque (1919–2012)

Abdus Sattar Akon (1929–2012)

Shah Saeed Ahmed Raipuri (1926–2012)

Fazlul Haque Amini (1945–2012)

Aslam Razvi (1934–2012)

Wahbi Sulayman Ghawji (1923–2013)

Muhammad Fazal Karim (1954–2013)

Qazi Mu'tasim Billah (1933–2013)

Ashfaque Hussain Naeemi (1931–2013)

Zubairul Hasan Kandhlawi (1950–2014)

Nurul Islam Farooqi (1959–2014)

Ahmad Naruyi (1963–2014)

Asad Muhammad Saeed as-Sagharji (d. 2015)

Abdur Rahman Chatgami (1920–2015)

Abdul Majeed Ludhianvi (1935–2015)

Abdullah Quraishi Al-Azhari (1935–2015)

Sibtain Raza Khan (1927–2015)

Muhiuddin Khan (1935–2016)

Abdul Jabbar Jahanabadi (1937–2016)

Shah Turab-ul-Haq (1944–2016)

Saleemullah Khan (1921–2017)

Yunus Jaunpuri (1937–2017)

Alauddin Siddiqui (1938–2017)

Muhammad Abdul Wahhab (1923–2018)

Salim Qasmi (1926–2018)

Akhtar Raza Khan (1943–2018)

Iftikhar-ul-Hasan Kandhlawi (1922–2019)

Yusuf Motala (1946–2019)

Ghulam Nabi Kashmiri (1965–2019)

Khalid Mahmud (1925–2020)

Tafazzul Haque Habiganji (1938–2020)

Muhammad Abdus Sobhan (1936–2020)

Abdul Momin Imambari (1930–2020)

Saeed Ahmad Palanpuri (1940–2020)

Salman Mazahiri (1946–2020)

Shah Ahmad Shafi (1945–2020)

Adil Khan (1957–2020)

Khadim Hussain Rizvi (1966–2020)

Nur Hossain Kasemi (1945–2020)

Azizur Rahman Hazarvi (1948–2020)

Nizamuddin Asir Adrawi (1926–2021)

Muhammad Ali al-Sabuni (1930–2021)

Muhammad Wakkas (1952–2021)

Noor Alam Khalil Amini (1952–2021)

Usman Mansoorpuri (1944–2021)

Junaid Babunagari (1953–2021)

Wali Rahmani (1943–2021)

Ebrahim Desai (1963–2021)

Abdus Salam Chatgami (1943–2021)

Abdur Razzaq Iskander (1935–2021)

Nurul Islam Jihadi (1916–2021)

Faizul Waheed (1964–2021)

Wahiduddin Khan (1925–2021)

AbdulWahid Rigi (d. 2022)

Abdul Halim Bukhari (1945–2022)

Rafi Usmani (1936–2022)

Delwar Hossain Sayeedi (1940–2023)

Shahidul Islam (1960–2023)

Living

Scholars of other Sunni Islamic schools of jurisprudence

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