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[h=2]"Star" Scholars of the 20th Century[/h]
An interesting list compiled by Sh. G.F. Haddad:
Stars of 20th-c. Muslim learning with dates and place of death:
* Muhammad Al-Ushmuni Al-Azhari 1903 Egypt
* Abdul Qadir ibn Mustafa Al-Rafi'ie 1905 Tripoli-Lebanon
* Rasheed Ahmad Gangohi 1905 India
* Muhammad ibn Abdul Kabir Al-Kataani 1907 Morocco
* Uthman Al-Daghistani 1907 Saudi Arabia
* Abdul Hakeem Al-Afghani 1908 Afghanistan
* Abdur Rahman Al-Shirbini 1908 Egypt
* Falih Al-Zhaahiri 1910 Saudi Arabia
* Mustafa Ma Al-Ainayn 1910 Mauritania
* Muhammad ibn Yahya Al-Shanqiti 1912 Mauritania
* Muhammad Amin Kurdi 1914 Iraq
* Alawi Al-Saqaaf 1916 Saudi-Arabia
* Muhammad Al-Makki ibn Azuz 1916 Tunisia
* Saleem Al-Bishri 1917 Egypt
* Taahir Al-Jazaairi 1920 Syria
* Ahmad Rida Khan al-Barelwi 1921 India
* Mahmud Al-Hasan, Sheikh Al-Hind 1921 India
* Basheer Al-Ghazzi Al-Halabi 1921 Syria
* Mahdi Al-Wazaani 1923 Morocco
* Mahmood Shukri Al-Alusi 1924 Iraq
* Hasuna Al-Nawaawi 1925 Egypt
* Abdul Qadir Badraan 1927 Syria
* Abbas ibn Muhammad Ameen Ridwaan 1927 Saudi Arabia
* Muhammad Abu Al-Fadl Al-Jizaawi 1927 Egypt
* Muhammad Jafar Al-Kataani 1927 Morocco
* Khaleel Ahmad Saharanpuri 1928 India
* Ahmad Al-Balghithi 1929 Morocco
* Zahid Umar Zahid 1929 Saudi Arabia
* Mukhtar ibn Ataarid Al-Baghuri 1930 Indonesia
* Umar Mukhtar 1931 Libya
* Yusuf ibn Ismail Al-Nabhani 1932 Palestine
* Anwar Shah Kashmiri 1933 India
* Mahmood ibn Muhammad Khataab Subki 1933 Egypt
* Ali ibn Ali Al-Habashi 1934 Yemen
* Arshad Al-Taweel Al-Bantani 1934 Indonesia
* Muhammad Al-Tayib Al-Tambakti 1934 Mali
* Badr Al-Deen Al-Hasani 1935 Syria
* Muhammad Bakheet Al-Muti'ie 1935 Egypt
* Muhammad ibn Ahmad Al-Ghumari 1935 Morocco
* Sulaiman Idrisi Al-Ahdal 1935 Yemen
* Umar Ba Junaid 1935 Yemen
* Muhammad Al-Khidr Al-Shanqiti 1935 Morocco
* Muhsin ibn Ali Al-Musaawi 1935 Saudi Arabia
* Abdus Sataar Al-Dehlawi 1936 Saudi Arabia
* Ameen Suwaid 1936 Syria
* Abdullah Al-Alami 1936 Palestine
* Makki Al-Batawiri 1936 Morocco
* Ahmad ibn Muhammad Rafi' Al-Tahtawi 1936 Egypt
* Muhammad Hasanain Makhloof 1936 Egypt
* Ahmad Zarqa 1938 Syria
* Ahmad Al-Sanusi 1938 Algeria
* Amatuaal bint Abdul Ghani Al-Dehlawiyah 1938 Saudi Arabia
* Zahid Umar Zahid 1939 Saudi Arabia
* Muhammad Ali Dinyah 1939 Morocco
* Ibn Badees 1940 Algeria
* Khaleel Jawaad Al-Khalidi 1941 Palestine
* Ahmad ibn Umar Al-Shatri 1941 Yemen
* Abdul Qadir Al-Qasaab 1941 Syria
* Al-Husain ibn Ali Al-Umari 1942 Yemen
* Ashraf Ali Thanwi 1943 India
* Esa Al-Bayanuni 1943 Syria
* Muhammad Al-Tayib Al-Tambakti 1943 Mali
* Ali Al-Daqar 1943 Syria
* Salih Al-Himsi 1943 Syria
* Mahmood Al-Ataar 1943 Syria
* Ahmad ibn Al-Haaj Al-Ayashi 1944 Morocco
* Habibullah Al-Shanqiti 1944 Mauritania
* Muhammad Ilyas 1944 India
* Ali ibn Falih Al-Zhaahiri 1944 Libya
* Ahmad Ibrahim 1945 Egypt
* Abdullah ibn Muhammad Ghazi 1945 Saudi Arabia
* Muhammad Abdul Baqi Al-Laknawi 1945 India
* Abdur Rahman ibn Zaydaan 1946 Morocco
* Yusuf Al-Dujwa 1946 Egypt
* Zaki Al-Barzanji 1946 Saudi Arabia
* Idroos ibn Salim 1947 Saudi Arabia
* Muhammad Ali Al-Maliki 1948 Saudi Arabia
* Abu Al-Nasr Khalaf Al-Himsi 1948 Syria
* Mukhtar ibn Uthman Makhdoom 1948 Saudi Arabia
* Shabeer Ahmad Uthmani 1949 India
* Umar Hamdaan Al-Mahrasi 1949 Tunisia
* Muhyideen Al-Kashghari 1949 Turkistan
* Hasan Al-Banna 1949 Egypt
* Ahmad Bisaati 1950 Saudi Arabia
* Abdul Qadir Al-Shalabi 1950 Tripoli-Lebanon
* Muhammad Khalifa Al-Nabhani 1950 Saudi Arabia
* Ibrahim ibn Musa Al-Khuzami 1950 Sudan
* Muhammad Raghib Al-Tabaakh 1951 Syria
* Muhammad Zahid Al-Kawthari 1952 Turkey
* Abdur Rahman ibn Muhammad Al-Ahdal 1953 Yemen
* Abdul Qadir Audah 1954 Egypt
* Abu Bakr ibn Ahmad Al-Habashi 1954 Saudi Arabia
* Muhammad ibn Hasan Al-Hajwy 1954 Morocco
* Mustafa Sabri 1954 Turkey
* Esa Manoon 1956 Palestine
* Husain Ahmad Madani 1957 India
* Ahmad ibn Abdur Rahman Al-Sa'ati 1958 Egypt
* Ahmad Shakir 1958 Egypt
* Muhammad Al-Khidr Husain 1958 Tunisia
* Abdul Wasi' Al-Waasiie 1959 Yemen
* Jameel Al-Shatee 1959 Syria
* Saeed Nursi 1959 Turkey
* Mahdi Al-Kataani 1959 Morocco
* Ahmad ibn Muhammad Al-Ghumari 1960 Morocco
* Muhammad Zabarah 1960 Yemen
* Abu Al-Khair Al-Maydani 1961 Syria
* Muhammad Al-Hashimi 1961 Algeria
* Muhammad ibn Yusuf Al-Kaafi 1961 Tunisia
* Abdul Hay Al-Kataani 1962 Morocco
* Alawi ibn Taahir Al-Hadad 1962 Yemen
* Abdul Qadir ibn Ahmad Al-Tarimi 1962 Yemen
* Muhammad Al-Arabi Al-Azuzi 1962 Morocco
* Muhammad ibn Hadi Al-Saqaaf 1962 Yemen
* Abdul Hafeez Al-Faasi 1964 Morocco
* Abu Bakr ibn Salim Al-Baar 1964 Saudi Arabia
* Mustafa Sibaaie 1964 Syria
* Muhammad Al-Basheer Al-Ibrahimi 1965 Algeria
* Sayid Qutb 1966 Egypt
* Muhammad Sa'id Al-Burhani 1967 Syria
* Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Al-Khutani 1969 Turkistan
* Abdullah ibn Zaid Al-Ma'zabi 1969 Yemen
* Abdul Wahaab Dabs wa Zayt 1969 Syria
* Abdul Kareem Al-Rifaaie 1972 Syria
* Alawi ibn Abbas Al-Maliki 1972 Saudi Arabia
* Muhammad Al-Taahir Al-Ashour 1973 Tunisia
* Muhammad Al-Makki Al-Kataani 1973 Syria
* Muhammad Abu Zahra 1974 Egypt
* Muhammad Idris Khandehlawi 1974 India
* Zafar Ahmad Uthmani 1974 India
* Abu Al-Wafa Al-Afghani 1975 Afghanistan
* Muhammad Al-Arabi Al-Tabaani 1975 Algeria
* Muhammad Shafi' 1976 Pakistan
* Yusuf Binnoori 1977 Pakistan
* Muhammad Al-Hafiz ibn Abdul Lateef 1978 Egypt
* Abdul Haleem Mahmood 1978 Egypt
* Hasan Habanaka Al-Maydani 1978 Syria
* Hasan ibn Muhammad Al-Mashaat 1978 Saudi Arabia
* Muhammad Zakariya 1981 India
* Abu Al-Yusr Abideen 1981 Syria
* Ibrahim Al-Ya'qubi 1984 Syria
* Mahmood Rankousi 1985 Syria
* Saeed Hawa 1985 Syria
* Muhammad Al-Mukhtar Al-Shanqiti 1985 Mauritania
* Salih Al-Farfoor 1986 Syria
* Abdullah Azzam 1989 Palestine
* Muhammad Yasin Al-Fadani 1990 Saudi Arabia
* Habib Al-Rahman Al-A'zami 1992 India
* Zakariya Billa 1992 Saudi Arabia
* Abdullah Al-Ghumari 1993 Morocco
* Wali Hasan 1995 Pakistan
* Abdul Hameed Kishk 1996 Egypt
* Abdul Fataah Abu Ghudah 1997 Syria
* Mahmud Shakir 1997 Egypt
* Muhammad Al-Shazli Al-Naifar 1997 Tunisia
* Mutawali Al-Sharawi 1998 Egypt
* Abu Al-Hasan Ali Al-Nadwi 1999 India
* Attiya Muhammad Salim 1999 Egypt
* Manna' Khaleel Qataan 1999 Egypt
* Mustafa Zarqa 1999 Syria
* Abdur Rasheed Al-Numani 1999 India
* Ahmad Naseeb Al-Mahameed 2000 Syria
Allah have mercy on them all and benefit this Umma with them.
Blessings and peace on the Prophet Muhammad, his Family, and his
Companions

An interesting list compiled by Sh. G.F. Haddad:
Stars of 20th-c. Muslim learning with dates and place of death:
* Muhammad Al-Ushmuni Al-Azhari 1903 Egypt
* Abdul Qadir ibn Mustafa Al-Rafi'ie 1905 Tripoli-Lebanon
* Rasheed Ahmad Gangohi 1905 India
* Muhammad ibn Abdul Kabir Al-Kataani 1907 Morocco
* Uthman Al-Daghistani 1907 Saudi Arabia
* Abdul Hakeem Al-Afghani 1908 Afghanistan
* Abdur Rahman Al-Shirbini 1908 Egypt
* Falih Al-Zhaahiri 1910 Saudi Arabia
* Mustafa Ma Al-Ainayn 1910 Mauritania
* Muhammad ibn Yahya Al-Shanqiti 1912 Mauritania
* Muhammad Amin Kurdi 1914 Iraq
* Alawi Al-Saqaaf 1916 Saudi-Arabia
* Muhammad Al-Makki ibn Azuz 1916 Tunisia
* Saleem Al-Bishri 1917 Egypt
* Taahir Al-Jazaairi 1920 Syria
* Ahmad Rida Khan al-Barelwi 1921 India
* Mahmud Al-Hasan, Sheikh Al-Hind 1921 India
* Basheer Al-Ghazzi Al-Halabi 1921 Syria
* Mahdi Al-Wazaani 1923 Morocco
* Mahmood Shukri Al-Alusi 1924 Iraq
* Hasuna Al-Nawaawi 1925 Egypt
* Abdul Qadir Badraan 1927 Syria
* Abbas ibn Muhammad Ameen Ridwaan 1927 Saudi Arabia
* Muhammad Abu Al-Fadl Al-Jizaawi 1927 Egypt
* Muhammad Jafar Al-Kataani 1927 Morocco
* Khaleel Ahmad Saharanpuri 1928 India
* Ahmad Al-Balghithi 1929 Morocco
* Zahid Umar Zahid 1929 Saudi Arabia
* Mukhtar ibn Ataarid Al-Baghuri 1930 Indonesia
* Umar Mukhtar 1931 Libya
* Yusuf ibn Ismail Al-Nabhani 1932 Palestine
* Anwar Shah Kashmiri 1933 India
* Mahmood ibn Muhammad Khataab Subki 1933 Egypt
* Ali ibn Ali Al-Habashi 1934 Yemen
* Arshad Al-Taweel Al-Bantani 1934 Indonesia
* Muhammad Al-Tayib Al-Tambakti 1934 Mali
* Badr Al-Deen Al-Hasani 1935 Syria
* Muhammad Bakheet Al-Muti'ie 1935 Egypt
* Muhammad ibn Ahmad Al-Ghumari 1935 Morocco
* Sulaiman Idrisi Al-Ahdal 1935 Yemen
* Umar Ba Junaid 1935 Yemen
* Muhammad Al-Khidr Al-Shanqiti 1935 Morocco
* Muhsin ibn Ali Al-Musaawi 1935 Saudi Arabia
* Abdus Sataar Al-Dehlawi 1936 Saudi Arabia
* Ameen Suwaid 1936 Syria
* Abdullah Al-Alami 1936 Palestine
* Makki Al-Batawiri 1936 Morocco
* Ahmad ibn Muhammad Rafi' Al-Tahtawi 1936 Egypt
* Muhammad Hasanain Makhloof 1936 Egypt
* Ahmad Zarqa 1938 Syria
* Ahmad Al-Sanusi 1938 Algeria
* Amatuaal bint Abdul Ghani Al-Dehlawiyah 1938 Saudi Arabia
* Zahid Umar Zahid 1939 Saudi Arabia
* Muhammad Ali Dinyah 1939 Morocco
* Ibn Badees 1940 Algeria
* Khaleel Jawaad Al-Khalidi 1941 Palestine
* Ahmad ibn Umar Al-Shatri 1941 Yemen
* Abdul Qadir Al-Qasaab 1941 Syria
* Al-Husain ibn Ali Al-Umari 1942 Yemen
* Ashraf Ali Thanwi 1943 India
* Esa Al-Bayanuni 1943 Syria
* Muhammad Al-Tayib Al-Tambakti 1943 Mali
* Ali Al-Daqar 1943 Syria
* Salih Al-Himsi 1943 Syria
* Mahmood Al-Ataar 1943 Syria
* Ahmad ibn Al-Haaj Al-Ayashi 1944 Morocco
* Habibullah Al-Shanqiti 1944 Mauritania
* Muhammad Ilyas 1944 India
* Ali ibn Falih Al-Zhaahiri 1944 Libya
* Ahmad Ibrahim 1945 Egypt
* Abdullah ibn Muhammad Ghazi 1945 Saudi Arabia
* Muhammad Abdul Baqi Al-Laknawi 1945 India
* Abdur Rahman ibn Zaydaan 1946 Morocco
* Yusuf Al-Dujwa 1946 Egypt
* Zaki Al-Barzanji 1946 Saudi Arabia
* Idroos ibn Salim 1947 Saudi Arabia
* Muhammad Ali Al-Maliki 1948 Saudi Arabia
* Abu Al-Nasr Khalaf Al-Himsi 1948 Syria
* Mukhtar ibn Uthman Makhdoom 1948 Saudi Arabia
* Shabeer Ahmad Uthmani 1949 India
* Umar Hamdaan Al-Mahrasi 1949 Tunisia
* Muhyideen Al-Kashghari 1949 Turkistan
* Hasan Al-Banna 1949 Egypt
* Ahmad Bisaati 1950 Saudi Arabia
* Abdul Qadir Al-Shalabi 1950 Tripoli-Lebanon
* Muhammad Khalifa Al-Nabhani 1950 Saudi Arabia
* Ibrahim ibn Musa Al-Khuzami 1950 Sudan
* Muhammad Raghib Al-Tabaakh 1951 Syria
* Muhammad Zahid Al-Kawthari 1952 Turkey
* Abdur Rahman ibn Muhammad Al-Ahdal 1953 Yemen
* Abdul Qadir Audah 1954 Egypt
* Abu Bakr ibn Ahmad Al-Habashi 1954 Saudi Arabia
* Muhammad ibn Hasan Al-Hajwy 1954 Morocco
* Mustafa Sabri 1954 Turkey
* Esa Manoon 1956 Palestine
* Husain Ahmad Madani 1957 India
* Ahmad ibn Abdur Rahman Al-Sa'ati 1958 Egypt
* Ahmad Shakir 1958 Egypt
* Muhammad Al-Khidr Husain 1958 Tunisia
* Abdul Wasi' Al-Waasiie 1959 Yemen
* Jameel Al-Shatee 1959 Syria
* Saeed Nursi 1959 Turkey
* Mahdi Al-Kataani 1959 Morocco
* Ahmad ibn Muhammad Al-Ghumari 1960 Morocco
* Muhammad Zabarah 1960 Yemen
* Abu Al-Khair Al-Maydani 1961 Syria
* Muhammad Al-Hashimi 1961 Algeria
* Muhammad ibn Yusuf Al-Kaafi 1961 Tunisia
* Abdul Hay Al-Kataani 1962 Morocco
* Alawi ibn Taahir Al-Hadad 1962 Yemen
* Abdul Qadir ibn Ahmad Al-Tarimi 1962 Yemen
* Muhammad Al-Arabi Al-Azuzi 1962 Morocco
* Muhammad ibn Hadi Al-Saqaaf 1962 Yemen
* Abdul Hafeez Al-Faasi 1964 Morocco
* Abu Bakr ibn Salim Al-Baar 1964 Saudi Arabia
* Mustafa Sibaaie 1964 Syria
* Muhammad Al-Basheer Al-Ibrahimi 1965 Algeria
* Sayid Qutb 1966 Egypt
* Muhammad Sa'id Al-Burhani 1967 Syria
* Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Al-Khutani 1969 Turkistan
* Abdullah ibn Zaid Al-Ma'zabi 1969 Yemen
* Abdul Wahaab Dabs wa Zayt 1969 Syria
* Abdul Kareem Al-Rifaaie 1972 Syria
* Alawi ibn Abbas Al-Maliki 1972 Saudi Arabia
* Muhammad Al-Taahir Al-Ashour 1973 Tunisia
* Muhammad Al-Makki Al-Kataani 1973 Syria
* Muhammad Abu Zahra 1974 Egypt
* Muhammad Idris Khandehlawi 1974 India
* Zafar Ahmad Uthmani 1974 India
* Abu Al-Wafa Al-Afghani 1975 Afghanistan
* Muhammad Al-Arabi Al-Tabaani 1975 Algeria
* Muhammad Shafi' 1976 Pakistan
* Yusuf Binnoori 1977 Pakistan
* Muhammad Al-Hafiz ibn Abdul Lateef 1978 Egypt
* Abdul Haleem Mahmood 1978 Egypt
* Hasan Habanaka Al-Maydani 1978 Syria
* Hasan ibn Muhammad Al-Mashaat 1978 Saudi Arabia
* Muhammad Zakariya 1981 India
* Abu Al-Yusr Abideen 1981 Syria
* Ibrahim Al-Ya'qubi 1984 Syria
* Mahmood Rankousi 1985 Syria
* Saeed Hawa 1985 Syria
* Muhammad Al-Mukhtar Al-Shanqiti 1985 Mauritania
* Salih Al-Farfoor 1986 Syria
* Abdullah Azzam 1989 Palestine
* Muhammad Yasin Al-Fadani 1990 Saudi Arabia
* Habib Al-Rahman Al-A'zami 1992 India
* Zakariya Billa 1992 Saudi Arabia
* Abdullah Al-Ghumari 1993 Morocco
* Wali Hasan 1995 Pakistan
* Abdul Hameed Kishk 1996 Egypt
* Abdul Fataah Abu Ghudah 1997 Syria
* Mahmud Shakir 1997 Egypt
* Muhammad Al-Shazli Al-Naifar 1997 Tunisia
* Mutawali Al-Sharawi 1998 Egypt
* Abu Al-Hasan Ali Al-Nadwi 1999 India
* Attiya Muhammad Salim 1999 Egypt
* Manna' Khaleel Qataan 1999 Egypt
* Mustafa Zarqa 1999 Syria
* Abdur Rasheed Al-Numani 1999 India
* Ahmad Naseeb Al-Mahameed 2000 Syria
Allah have mercy on them all and benefit this Umma with them.
Blessings and peace on the Prophet Muhammad, his Family, and his
Companions