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 |
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Class: Sunni Muslim scholar
Generated description
A Sunni Muslim scholar is a learned individual who studies, interprets, and teaches Islamic theology, law, and tradition according to Sunni principles and methodologies.
Instances (184)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Abu’l-Husayn Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Quduri | Hanafi jurist |
| Yaʿqub ibn Ibrahim al-Ansari | Hanafi jurist |
| Abd al-Rahman ibn Sakhr al-Dawsi | Sunni figure |
| Hammad ibn Abi Sulayman | Hanafi scholar |
| Tuanku Nan Renceh | Islamic reformer |
| Sufyan al-Thawri | hadith scholar |
| Mansur ibn Yunus al-Bahuti | Sunni scholar |
| Abu Saʿid ʿAbd al-Salam ibn Saʿid ibn Habib at-Tanukhi | Maliki jurist |
| Ibn Sa'd | hadith scholar |
|
adh-Dhakhira
surface form:
Shihab al-Din al-Qarafi
|
Muslim jurist |
| Sahnun ibn Saʿid | Muslim jurist |
| Abul A‘la Maududi | Quran commentator |
| Yusuf al-Qaradawi | Sunni cleric |
| al-Rabi' ibn Sulayman al-Muradi | disciple of al-Shafi'i |
|
ibn Idris
surface form:
Al-Shafi'i
|
Sunni scholar |
|
ibn Sharaf
surface form:
Ibn Sharaf
|
medieval Islamic scholar |
| Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani | Hanafi jurist |
|
الشيخ عبد القادر الكيلاني
surface form:
عبد القادر الكيلاني
|
فقيه حنبلي |
|
أبو الفرج ابن الجوزي (بحسب بعض الروايات)
surface form:
أبو الفرج ابن الجوزي
|
فقيه حنبلي |
| Ebussuud Efendi | Qur’anic exegete |
|
غوث الأعظم
surface form:
عبد القادر الجيلاني
|
فقيه حنبلي |
| Al-Bulqini | Shafi‘i jurist |
| Al-Subki | Shafi'i jurist |
| Al-Muhasibi | Hadith scholar |
| Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani | hadith scholar |
| Ibn Daqiq al-Id | Muslim jurist |
| Ibn Abd al-Salam | Muslim jurist |
|
Abu Abd Allah
surface form:
Ibn Batta al-Ukbari
|
medieval Islamic scholar |
| Muadh ibn Jabal | Quran scholar |
| Zakariyya al-Ansari | Shafi'i jurist |
| Ibn ‘Abbad al-Rundi | Maliki jurist |
|
Abu al-Abbas
surface form:
Abu al-Abbas Ibn Hajar al-Haytami
|
hadith scholar |
|
al-Haytami
surface form:
Ibn Hajar al-Haytami
|
— |
| Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli | Shafi'i jurist |
| Marʿi al-Karmi | muhaddith |
|
Sahl
surface form:
Sahl al-Tustari
|
Quran commentator |
| al-Sulami | Quran commentator |
| Yahya ibn Saʿid al-Ansari | hadith scholar |
| Muḥammad ibn Abī Bakr ibn Ayyūb ibn Saʿd al-Zurʿī | — |
| Abu Yaʿla al-Farraʾ | Muslim jurist |
| Al-Dhahabi | — |
|
Abd al-Malik
surface form:
Abd al-Malik al-Juwayni
|
Shafi'i jurist |
| Abu al-Qasim al-Ansari | Ash'ari theologian |
| Imam al-Haramayn | Shafi'i jurist |
| Majd al-Din ibn Taymiyyah | Muslim jurist |
|
Abu al-Ma'ali
surface form:
Abu al-Ma'ali al-Juwayni
|
Sunni theologian |
| Al-Baqillani | Ash'ari theologian |
| Abu al-Ma'ali Abd al-Malik ibn Abd Allah al-Juwayni | Sunni Muslim theologian |
|
Aḥmad
surface form:
Aḥmad ibn ʿAtaʾ Allah al-Iskandari
|
Maliki jurist |
|
Ahmad ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa al-Burnusi al-Fasi al-Zarruq
surface form:
Ahmad Zarruq
|
Maliki jurist |