The Greatest and the first Muslim jurist and theologian whose systematization of Islamic legal doctrine was acknowledged as one of the four canonical schools of Islamic law (madhhabs)
Founder of Shafi'i Islamic of Law, he was Born in Gaza, Palestine in 150 AH, the same year as Hz. Imam Abu Hanifa passing away. Thus, the same year a leading scholar of fiqh passed away, a child was born who would go on...
Founder of the Imam Malik رحمة الله عليهi Islamic School of Law, he was a faqih who played an important role in formulating early Islamic legal doctrines
A Muslim theologian, jurist, and martyr for his faith, He was the compiler of the Traditions of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Musnad) and formulator of the Hanbali Islamic School of Law
One of the most distinguished scholars of Hadith in Islamic history, His book Sahih al-Bukhari, in which the Prophet's ﷺ words, actions, or habits were collected, is one of the greatest sources of the prophetic...
Author of enormous compendiums of early Islamic history and Quranic exegesis, who made a distinct contribution to the consolidation of Sunni thought during the 9th century
One of the pioneers of the science of the interpretation of dreams in Islam, combining his linguistic knowledge, wisdom and insight which enabled him to become a leader in this "art" form
A jurist, theologian, historian, preacher, and teacher who became an important figure in the Baghdad establishment and a leading spokesman of traditionalist Islam
One of the greatest medieval Muslim traveler and the author of one of the most famous travel books, the Rihlah (Travels), His great work describes his extensive travels covering some 75,000 miles (120,000 km) in trips...
Most celebrated of all Ottoman architects, whose ideas, perfected in the construction of mosques and other buildings, served as the basic themes for virtually all later Turkish religious and civic architecture
Persian poet & author of the Shah-nameh (“Book of Kings”), He is considered among the most important of the Persian poets writing under the Samanid Dynasty for his work which, today, remains among the most popular and...