List of Muslim theologians explained
This is a list of notable Muslim theologians.
Traditional theologians and philosophers
Ash'aris and Maturidis
Mu'tazilis
Others
See also early Muslim philosophy, Islamic philosophy
Early Sunni theologians and philosophers
Imams of hadith
Medieval theologians and philosophers
Modern theologians
See also modern Islamic philosophy, Islamization of knowledge
Athnā‘ashariyyah-The Twelve Imams
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
- Hasan ibn Ali
- Husayn ibn Ali
- Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin
- Muhammad al-Baqir
- Jafar Sadiq
- Musa al-Kazim
- Ali al-Rida (Ali Raza)
- Muhammad al-Taqi
- Ali al-Hadi (Ali Naqi)
- Hasan al-Askari
- Muhammad al-Mahdi
Zaidiyyah imams
- Ali ibn Abu Talib
- Hasan ibn Ali
- Husayn ibn Ali
- Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin
- Zayd ibn Ali
- Ali ibn Abu Talib (Nizari Isma'ili and Qarmatian-Sevener only; Asās/Wāsīh in Musta'li Isma'ili)
- Hasan ibn Ali (Qarmatian-Sevener and Musta'li Isma'ili only; Pir in Nizari)
- Husayn ibn Ali
- Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin
- Muhammad al-Baqir
- Jafar Sadiq
- Ismāʿīl ibn Jaʿfar
- Maymūn Al-Qaddāḥ (Musta'li and Nizari Isma'ili only)
Others
Historiographers, political scientists, and sociologists
See also
- Kalam
- Aqidah
- List of people by belief
- List of Ash'aris and Maturidis
- List of Muslims
- Western Muslim scholars
