Proto-Salafists

Islamic scholar, jurist and philosopher (1263–1328)

Islamic Saudi scholar, jurist and eponym of Wahhabi movement (1703–1792)

Syrian Islamic historian, exegete and scholar (c.1300–1373)

Syrian Islamic jurist, theologian and spiritual writer (1292-1350)

Syrian Islamic Scholar (1256–1341 CE)

Muḥammad ibn Ali ibn Muḥammad ibn Abd Allah, better known as al-Shawkani () (11 July 1759–30 October 1834) was a prominent Yemeni Sunni Islamic scholar, jurist, theologian and reformer. Al-Shawkani was one of the most influential proponents of Athari theology and is respected as one of their canonical scholars by Salafi Muslims. His teachings played a major role in the emergence of the Salafi movement. Influenced by the teachings of the medieval Hanbali scholar Ibn Taymiyya, al-Shawkani became noteworthy for his staunch stances against the practice of Taqlid (imitation to legal schools), calls

Islamic scholar