Biography:List of contemporary Sufi scholars

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This article is a list of modern-era (20th to 21st century) Sufi scholars who are considered by reliable sources to be leading authorities on the teachings and rulings of Sufism.

Geographical categories have been created based on commonalities in culture and language across the Muslim World.

Arabian Peninsula

• Abdallah Bin Bayyah (born 1935) – Saudi Arabia
• 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
• Abdullah al-Harari (1910–2008) – Lebanon
• Gibril Fouad Haddad (born 1960) – Lebanon
• 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
• Abdul Baqi Miftah (born 1952) – Algeria
• 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
• 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 Saad Al-Azhari (born 1978) – United Kingdom
• Annemarie Schimmel (1922–2003) – Germany
• Frithjof Schuon (1907–1998) – Switzerland
• Idries Shah (1924–1996) – United Kingdom
• Ivan Aguéli (1969–1917) – Sweden
• Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee (born 1953) – United Kingdom
• Martin Lings (1909–2005) – United Kingdom
• Muhammad Imdad Hussain Pirzada (born 1946) – United Kingdom
• Umar Al-Qadri – Ireland

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
• Süleyman Ateş (born 1933) – Turkey

North America

• Ahmed Tijani Ben Omar (born 1950) – United States
• Ali Kianfar (born 1944) – United States
• Faraz Rabbani (born 1974) – Canada
• Feisal Abdul Rauf (born 1948) – United States
• Hamza Yusuf (born 1960) – United States
• Hisham Kabbani (born 1945) – United States
• Hossein Nasr (born 1933) – 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

• Aalahazrat Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi (1856–1921) – India
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• Shaykh al-Islām Sayyad Muhammad Madni Ashrafi al-Jilani – India
• Sayyad Muhammad Ashraf Kichhouchhwi - India
• Shah Syed Hasnain Baqai - India
• Sayyad Muhammad Izhar Ashraf - India
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• Hujjat-ul-Islam Hamid Raza Khan (1875–1943) – India
• Imdadullah Muhajir Makki (1817–1899) – India
• Kareemullah Shah (1838–1913) – India
• Masihullah Khan
• Meher Ali Shah (1859–1937) – Pakistan
• Mohammad Abdul Ghafoor Hazarvi (1909–1970) – Pakistan
• Muhammad Akram Awan (born 1934) – Pakistan
• Mustafa Raza Khan (1892–1981) – India
• Machiliwale Shah (died 1932) – India
• Muhammad Ilyas Qadri (born 1950) – Pakistan
• Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri (born 1951) – 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
• Syed Mohammed Mukhtar Ashraf- India

Eastern and Central Asia

• Habib Ali Kwitang (1870–1968) – Indonesia
• Habib Munzir Al-Musawa (1973–2013) – Indonesia
• Habib Usman bin Yahya (1822–1913) – Indonesia
• Muhammad Abdul Aleem Siddiqi (1892–1954) – Singapore
• Muhammad Ma Jian (1906–1978) – China
• Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas (born 1931) – Malaysia