List of Somalis - Theologians

Theologians

• Abdirahman bin Isma'il al-Jabarti (fl. 10th-11th centuries) – Early Muslim leader and forefather of the Darod clan.
• Uways al-Barawi (1847–1909) – Somali scholar credited with reviving Islam in 19th century East Africa and with followers in Yemen and Indonesia.
• Sa'id of Mogadishu – 14th century Somali scholar and traveler. His reputation as a scholar earned him audiences with the Emirs of Mecca and Medina. He travelled across the Muslim world and visited Bengal and China.
• Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti (1753–1825) – Somali scholar living in Cairo who recorded the Napoleonic invasion of Egypt.
• Abd Al-Rahman bin Ahmad al-Zayla'i (1820–1882) – Somali scholar who played a crucial role in the spread of the Qadiriyya movement in Somalia and East Africa.
• Muhammad Al-Sumaalee (1910–1999) – Somali scholar and teacher in the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca. He influenced many of the prominent Islamic scholars of today.
• Ali al-Jabarti (d. 1492) – Somali scholar and politician in the Mamluk Empire.
• Uthman bin Ali Zayla'i (d. 1342) – 14th century Somali theologian and jurist who wrote the single most authoritative text on the Hanafi school of Islam, consisting of four volumes known as the Tabayin al-Haqa'iq li Sharh Kanz al-Daqa'iq.
• Abdallah al-Qutbi (1879–1952) – Somali polemicist theologian and philosopher
• Abd al Aziz al-Amawi (1832–1896) – 19th century influential Somali diplomat, historian, poet, jurist and scholar living in the Sultanate of Zanzibar.
• Abadir Umar Ar-Rida – 13th century cleric and saint of Harar. Forefather of the Sheekhaal Somali clan.