Sunni Muslim scholar
C9540
concept
A Sunni Muslim scholar is a learned individual who studies, interprets, and teaches Islamic theology, law, and tradition according to Sunni principles and methodologies.
All labels observed (52)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| hadith scholar | 43 |
| Muslim jurist | 29 |
| muhaddith | 18 |
| Islamic reformer | 16 |
| Maliki jurist | 13 |
| Shafi'i jurist | 10 |
| Sunni scholar | 10 |
| Hanafi jurist | 9 |
| Quran commentator | 9 |
| Qur’anic exegete | 8 |
| Sunni Muslim scholar canonical | 7 |
| Hadith scholar | 6 |
| Hanbali scholar | 6 |
| Ash'ari theologian | 5 |
| Shafi'i scholar | 5 |
| medieval Islamic scholar | 4 |
| فقيه حنبلي | 4 |
| Grand Mufti | 3 |
| Hanafi scholar | 3 |
| Shafiʿi jurist | 3 |
| Sunni Islamic scholar | 3 |
| Sunni Muslim theologian | 3 |
| Islamic legal scholar | 2 |
| Maliki scholar | 2 |
| Medinan scholar | 2 |
| Qur’anic commentator | 2 |
| Shafi‘i jurist | 2 |
| Sunni cleric | 2 |
| Sunni theologian | 2 |
| founder of an Islamic school of law | 2 |
| Ashʿari theologian | 1 |
| Ashʿarite theologian | 1 |
| Ash‘ari theologian | 1 |
| Deobandi scholar | 1 |
| Islamic legal official | 1 |
| Islamic scholar of Medina | 1 |
| Maturidi theologian | 1 |
| Muslim scholar of fiqh | 1 |
| Muslim scholar of kalam | 1 |
| Quran scholar | 1 |
| Qurʾanic exegete | 1 |
| Qur’an exegete | 1 |
| Salafi scholar | 1 |
| Sufi commentator | 1 |
| Sufi theologian | 1 |
| Sunni figure | 1 |
| disciple of al-Shafi'i | 1 |
| founder of a school of Islamic theology | 1 |
| madhhab legal theorist | 1 |
| maturidi theologian | 1 |
| member of the Seven Fuqaha of Medina | 1 |
| mujtahid within the Hanbali school | 1 |
Instances (184)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi | Islamic reformer |
| Al-Tabari | Qur’anic exegete |
| Ibn al-Sunni | hadith scholar |
| al-Mawwāq | Maliki scholar |
| Ibn al-Jawzi | Hanbali scholar |
| Shah Waliullah Dehlawi | Islamic reformer |
|
al-Mabsut by al-Sarakhsi
surface form:
Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Sarakhsi
|
Hanafi jurist |
|
al-Hidaya by al-Marghinani
surface form:
Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani
|
Hanafi scholar |
| Abu Hanifa | Muslim jurist |
| al-Qushayri | Hadith scholar |
| Abdullah Azzam | Sunni Islamic scholar |
| Al-Lakhmi | Maliki jurist |
| Abu Yusuf | muhaddith |
| Muhammad al-Shaybani | Hanafi jurist |
| عبد القادر الجيلاني | فقيه حنبلي |
| Zufar ibn al-Hudhayl | Hanafi jurist |
| Ibn al-Qasim | Muslim jurist |
| Sahnun | Maliki scholar |
| Ibn Abd al-Barr | Maliki jurist |
| Al-Qarafi | Muslim jurist |
| Malik ibn Anas | Muslim jurist |
| Al-Shafi'i | Sunni scholar |
| Al-Nawawi | hadith scholar |
| Khalil ibn Ishaq | Maliki jurist |
| Al-Rafi'i | Shafi'i scholar |
| al-Bahuti | Islamic legal scholar |
| Ibn Hajar al-Haytami | — |
| al-Mardawi | mujtahid within the Hanbali school |
| Al-Suyuti | muhaddith |
| al-Harith al-Muhasibi | Hadith scholar |
| Ahmad ibn Hanbal | Muslim jurist |
| Ibn Batta al-Ukbari | Muslim jurist |
| Ali Zayn al-Abidin | Muslim jurist |
| Urwah ibn al-Zubayr | Medinan scholar |
| Ibn Qudamah | — |
| Al-Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr | hadith scholar |
| Ibn Taymiyyah | Sunni Muslim theologian |
| Sahl al-Tustari | Qur’anic exegete |
| Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah | Sunni scholar |
| Ata ibn Abi Rabah | hadith scholar |
| Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali | hadith scholar |
| Al-Juwayni | Sunni theologian |
| Ibn ‘Ata’ Allah al-Iskandari | Hadith scholar |
| Ahmad Zarruq | Maliki jurist |
| Ibn ‘Ajiba | Qur’anic commentator |
| Fakhr al-Din al-Razi | Qur’anic exegete |
| Muhammad Ahmad al-Mahdi | Islamic reformer |
| Muhammad al-Bukhari | hadith scholar |
| Abu al-Husayn Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj al-Qushayri al-Naysaburi | hadith scholar |
| Abu Dawud Sulayman ibn al-Ashʿath al-Sijistani | hadith scholar |