List of modern Sufi scholars
This article is a List of modern Sufi scholars. The Sufis in the list were known in the 20th century or later. They are grouped geographically.
Arabian Peninsula
- Abdallah Bin Bayyah – Saudi Arabia
- Habib Ali al-Jifri – Yemen
- Habib Umar bin Hafiz – Yemen
- Muhammad Alawi al-Maliki – Saudi Arabia
Levant
- Abd al-Rahman al-Shaghouri – Syria
- Mohamed Said Ramadan Al-Bouti – Syria
- Muhammad al-Yaqoubi – Syria
- Nuh Ha Mim Keller – Jordan
- Wahba Zuhayli – Syria
- Yusuf an-Nabhani – Palestine
North Africa
- Abd al-Aziz al-Ghumari – Morocco
- Abd al-Hamid Kishk – Egypt
- Abdul Baqi Miftah – Algeria
- Ahmad al-Alawi – Algeria
- Ahmed el-Tayeb – Egypt
- Ali Gomaa – Egypt
- Lalla Zaynab – Algeria
- Hamza al Qadiri al Boutchichi – Morocco
- Hamza Yusuf – United States
- Muhammad ibn al-Habib – Morocco
- Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy – Egypt
- Shawki Allam – Egypt
West, Central and Southern Africa
- Usman dan Fodio -- Nigeria
- Abdalqadir as-Sufi – South Africa
- Abdullahi dan Fodio -- Nigeria
- Muhammed Bello -- Nigeria
- Abdullah al-Harari – Ethiopia
- Ahmad Tijani Ali Cisse – Senegal
- Ibrahim Niass – Senegal
- Amadou Bamba – Senegal
- Hassan Cissé – Senegal
- Sa'adu Abubakar – Nigeria
- Sanusi Lamido Sanusi – Nigeria
- Osman Nuhu Sharubutu – Ghana
- Dahiru Usman Bauchi -- Nigeria
Western Europe
- Abdal Hakim Murad – United Kingdom
- Ahmed Saad Al-Azhari – United Kingdom
- Frithjof Schuon – Switzerland
- Idries Shah – United Kingdom
- Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee – United Kingdom
- Martin Lings – United Kingdom
- Muhammad Imdad Hussain Pirzada – United Kingdom
- Annemarie Schimmel – Germany
- Ivan Aguéli – Sweden
- Umar Al-Qadri – Ireland
Eastern Europe
- Said Afandi al-Chirkawi – Russia
- Ahmet Mahmut Ünlü – Turkey
- Hüseyin Hilmi Işık – Turkey
- Mahmud Esad Coşan – Turkey
- Mahmut Ustaosmanoğlu – Turkey
- Mehmed Fatih Çıtlak – Turkey
- Muzaffer Ozak – Turkey
- Nazim Al-Haqqani – Turkey
- Osman Nuri Topbaş – Turkey
- Ömer Tuğrul İnançer – Turkey
- Said Nursî – Turkey
- Süleyman Ateş – Turkey
North America
- Ali Kianfar – United States
- Ahmed Tijani Ben Omar – United States
- Faraz Rabbani – Canada
- Feisal Abdul Rauf – United States
- Hamza Yusuf – United States
- Hisham Kabbani – United States
- Hossein Nasr – United States
- M. A. Muqtedar Khan – United States
- Muhammad bin Yahya al-Ninowy – United States
- Nahid Angha – United States
- Nooruddeen Durkee – United States
- Robert Darr – United States
- Syed Soharwardy – Canada
- Zaid Shakir – United States
South Asia
- Khwaja Shamsuddin Azeemi - Karachi, Pakistan
- Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad - Kerala, India
- Sayyid Ibrahim Khaleel Al Bukhari - Kerala, India )
- Dr.Muhammed Abdul Hakkim Azhari - Kerala, India )
- Mohammad Abu Bakr Siddique – West Bengal
- Wasif Ali Wasif – Pakistan
- Abdul Rashid Dawoodi – India
- Bawa Muhaiyaddeen – Sri Lanka
- Ahmed Ullah Maizbhanderi – Bangladesh
- Azangachhi Shaheb – India
- Imdadullah Muhajir Makki – India
- Meher Ali Shah – Pakistan
- Mohammad Abdul Ghafoor Hazarvi – Pakistan
- Muhammad Akram Awan – Pakistan
- Pir Muhammad Alauddin Siddiqui – Pakistan
- Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri – Pakistan
- Qalandar Baba Auliya – Pakistan
- Qamaruzzaman Azmi – India
- Saheb Qiblah Fultali – Bangladesh
- Shah Shahidullah Faridi – Pakistan
- Syed Muhammad Zauqi Shah – Pakistan
- Syed Waheed Ashraf – India
- Tajuddin Muhammad Badruddin – India
- Ahmad Raza Khan Barelvi
- Thaika Shuaib – India
- Wahid Baksh Sial Rabbani – Pakistan
- Waris Ali Shah – India
- Shah Syed Hasnain Baqai – India
- Naseeruddin Naseer Gilani
- Sayyad Muhammad Ashraf Kichhouchhwi – India
- Sayyad Muhammad Izhar Ashraf – India
- Hujjat-ul-Islam Hamid Raza Khan – India
- Kareemullah Shah – India
- Masihullah Khan
- Mustafa Raza Khan – India
- Machiliwale Shah – India
- Syed Mohammed Mukhtar Ashraf- India
Eastern and Central Asia
- Habib Ali Kwitang – Indonesia
- Habib Munzir Al-Musawa – Indonesia
- Habib Usman bin Yahya – Indonesia
- Muhammad Abdul Aleem Siddiqi – Singapore
- Muhammad Ma Jian – China
- Ustad wan hizam – Malaysia
- Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas – Malaysia
Oceania
- Halim Rane – Australia
Philippines
- Shaykh Ahmad Imbing – One of the leading Sunni, Ash'ari in Aqeeda and Shafi'i in Fiqh scholar.
- Shaykh Khadzraji Tapsi – Ameer of Sabielal Muhtadin Foundation Inc. One of the leading Senior Sunni, Ash'ari in Aqeeda and Shafi'i in Fiqh scholar.
- Sayyiduna Professor Yusuf Morales – former Commissioner of National Commission on Muslim Filipinos. Lead Convenor of Consortium for Peacebuilders, Governance Development and Security Studies. Former Muslim Affairs Coordinator of Ateneo de Zamboanga University, Zamboanga. Sunni Sufi Scholar with Ijazah in the different Turuq and the science of Irfan.
- Shaykh Aliazer Abdurajim – Cultural writer, poet, and peace advocate.Chairman of the Board at Zambasulta Halal Hub Inc.
- Shaykh Al Johan Caluang Ilacad – Muslim formator of Ateneo de Zamboanga University, Zamboanga. Muqaddam of the Shadhili Rifa'i Qadiri Tariqa. Student of the Muhaddith Muhammad al-Yaqoubi and Muhaddith Muhammad bin Yahya al-Ninowy. He is also an Ustad with permission or Ijazah in the 40 Tariqa
- Shaykh Khalid Ismael – Ameer of the Naqshbandi Tariqa in the Philippines. Student of the Muhaddith Mehmet Adil.
- Atty. Datu Amir Wagas – an Ustad with permission or Ijazah in the 40 Tariqa. He is also a Student of the Muhaddith Mehmet Adil.
- Faqir Calingalan Hussin Caluang
- Shaykh Al Jamar Ismael – Student of the Muhaddith Mehmet Adil.
- Shaykh Ali Parmanan Hajul – Student of the Muhaddith Mehmet Adil.
- Shaykh Shamir Kingking – Student of the Muhaddith Muhammad al-Yaqoubi and Muhaddith Muhammad bin Yahya al-Ninowy.
- Shaykh Alnaif Kingking – Student of the Muhaddith Muhammad al-Yaqoubi and Muhaddith Muhammad bin Yahya al-Ninowy.
- Imam Al Hassan Tawasil Caluang- son of Imam Hadji Yahya Caluang son of Capt.Kalingalan Caluang son of Panglima Caluang son of Panglima Bandahala son of Sattiya Munuh son of Sayyid Sharif Qasim;with permission or Ijazah in the 40 Tariqa.
- Shaykh Abdul Warith Abdula – Student of the Muhaddith Muhammad al-Yaqoubi and Muhaddith Muhammad bin Yahya al-Ninowy. He is also an Ustad with permission or Ijazah in the 40 Tariqa