Founder of the Hanafi school of jurisprudence, one of the four major Islamic legal schools. He is known as Al-Imam Al-Azam, the Greatest Imam.

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Founder of the Maliki school and author of the Muwatta, one of the earliest hadith collections. He spent his entire life in Medina.

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Founder of the Shafi i school and father of Islamic legal theory (Usul al-Fiqh). He was a student of Imam Malik.

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Founder of the Hanbali school and author of the Musnad, a vast hadith collection. He endured imprisonment for defending the uncreated nature of the Quran.

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Author of Sahih Al-Bukhari, considered the most authentic hadith collection after the Quran. He memorized over 600,000 hadiths.

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Author of Sahih Muslim, the second most authentic hadith collection. He was a student of Imam Al-Bukhari and dedicated his life to hadith sciences.

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Great Shafi i scholar and author of many foundational works including Riyadh Al-Salihin and the 40 Hadith An-Nawawi. He died at only 44 years old.

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Prolific Hanbali scholar and reformer who defended the Sunna against innovations and foreign philosophies. He spent several years in prison for his positions.

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Chief student of Ibn Taymiyya and author of many spiritual and legal masterpieces including Madarij Al-Salikin and Zad Al-Ma ad.

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Shafi i historian and exegete, author of the famous Tafsir Ibn Kathir and Al-Bidaya wa Al-Nihaya, a vast Islamic historical encyclopedia.

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Known as Hujjat Al-Islam, the Proof of Islam. His major work Ihya Ulum Al-Din is a monument of Islamic spirituality.

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Andalusian Maliki philosopher and jurist, known in the West as Averroes. His commentaries on Aristotle deeply influenced medieval European philosophy.

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Physician and philosopher known as the Prince of Physicians. His Canon of Medicine served as a reference manual in Europe for centuries.

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Major historian and exegete of classical Islam. His Tafsir and Tarikh Al-Rusul wa Al-Muluk are indispensable references.

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The greatest traveler of the medieval world. He covered over 120,000 km across the Islamic world and beyond, recording his adventures in the Rihla.

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Historian, philosopher and sociologist. His Muqaddima is considered one of the founding texts of social sciences and the philosophy of history.

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