Non-conformists

Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani (born Muhamed Nasirudin Nexhati; 16 August 19143 October 1999), commonly known as al-Albani, was an Albanian Islamic hadith scholar (muhaddith), regarded as one of the prominent figures of modern Salafism. He was known for his rigorous re-evaluation of hadith literature and for rejecting adherence to traditional schools of jurisprudence. Al-Albani became a controversial yet-influential reformer within Sunni Islam.

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

Indian Muslim scholar and community leader (1832–1890)