Below is a chronology of birth dates of famous Muslim scholars of the past:
| AH Year | CE Year | Scholar |
|---|---|---|
| 21 | 642 | Hasan Al-Basri – One of the most celebrated of the Tab'iun whose name is often encountered in commentaries of the Quran. |
| 80 | 702 | Abu Hanifa – Famous for his school of jurisprudence. |
| 85 | 704 | Ibn Ishaq – Famous for his biography of the Prophet ﷺ. |
| 93 | 711 | Malik ibn Anas – Famous for his school of jurisprudence. |
| 150 | 767 | Al-Shaafi'i – Famous for his school of jurisprudence. |
| 164 | 780 | Ahmad Ibn Hanbal – Famous for his school of jurisprudence. |
| 194 | 810 | Muhammad Al-Bukhari – Famous for his Hadith collection. |
| 204 | 819 | Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj – Famous for his Hadith collection. |
| 214 | 829 | Al-Nasa'i – Famous for his Hadith collection. |
| 240 | 854 | Ibn Abi Hatim |
| 270 | 883 | Ibn Hibban |
| 321 | 933 | Al-Haakim |
| 384 | 994 | Al-Bayhaqi |
| 392 | 1002 | Al-Khateeb Al-Baghdadi |
| 450 | 1058 | Al-Ghazali – Famous for his works entitled The Incoherence of the Philosophers and The Revival of the Religious Sciences. |
| 631 | 1233 | Al-Nawawi – Famous for his collection of 40 Hadith and his work entitled The Meadows of the Righteous. |
| 661 | 1263 | Ibn Taymiyyah |
| 691 | 1292 | Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyya |
| 701 | 1300 | Ibn Kathir – Famous for his commentary on the Quran. |
Note: AH is short for After Hijrah; CE is short for Common Era.
