Trending Imams of all time
The 100 most-viewed imams of all time on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Malcolm X.
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174,719
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1
Malcolm X
American Black rights activist (1925β1965)
42,157
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2
Louis Farrakhan
controversial leader of Nation of Islam
17,876
views
views
3
Aga Khan IV
49th Imam of Nizari Isma'ilism Muslims
11,689
views
views
4
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Leader of the Islamic State (1971-2019)
11,583
views
views
5
Umar ibn Al-KhattΔb
2nd Rashidun Caliph from 634 to 644
9,048
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views
6
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Rahim Aga Khan
50th Imam of the Nizari Isma'ili community (born 1971)
8,502
views
views
7
Elijah Muhammad
American religious leader (1897-1975)
7,131
views
views
8
Jaafar Al-Sadiq
Muslim scholar and Imam (died 765)
3,418
views
views
9
Muhammad al-Mahdi
twelfth and last Imam in Shia Twelver of Islam
3,166
views
views
10
Warith Deen Mohammed
Leader of the Nation of Islam (1933-2008)
2,320
views
views
11
Yasir AlDawsari
Imam of Masjid-al-Haraam
2,216
views
views
12
Aga Khan II
Member of the Iranian royal family.
1,919
views
views
13
Omar Suleiman
American Islamic scholar and author (born 1986)
1,907
views
views
14
Assim al-Hakeem
Saudi Arabian Minangkabau Islamic Da'i
1,806
views
views
15
Shamil
North Caucasian imam and warrior (1797-1871)
1,754
views
views
16
Khalid Abdul Muhammad
Black nationalist leader in the United States (1948-2001)
1,742
views
views
17
Fethullah GΓΌlen
Turkish preacher and imam (1941β2024)
1,624
views
views
18
Muhammad al-Baqir
Fifth of the Twelve Shia Imams
1,575
views
views
19
Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais
imam and preacher at the Grand Mosque in Mecca
1,564
views
views
20
Musa al-Kazim
seventh of the Twelve Imams (745β799 CE)
1,508
views
views
21
Ali al-Ridha
eighth of the Twelve Shia Imams (766β818)
1,505
views
views
22
Abdul Rahman bin Faisal
Saudi monarch and the last Emir of Nejd (1850β1928)
1,479
views
views
23
Armando Bukele KattΓ‘n
Salvadorean chemist (1944-2015)
1,419
views
views
24
Mishary Rashid Al-Afasy
Imam of Grand Mosque (Kuwait), Quran reciter, preacher, Nasheed artist
1,408
views
views
25
Ahmad Sirhindi
Philosopher (1564-1624)
1,172
views
views
26
Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah
6th Fatimid caliph (r. 996β1021) and 16th Ismaili Imam
1,170
views
views
27
Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi
16th century Somali Imam and General of the Adal Sultanate
1,164
views
views
28
Ali al-Hadi
tenth of the Twelve Shia Imams (828β868)
1,133
views
views
29
Izz ad-Din al-Qassam
Syrian Muslim preacher (1882β1935)
1,032
views
views
30
Ali ibn al-Husayn Zayn al-'Abidin
Great-grandson of Muhammad and the fourth of the Shiite Imams
1,031
views
views
31
Cheikh Anta Diop
Senegalese politician, essayist (1923β1986)
968
views
views
32
MuαΈ₯ammad ibn αΉ’ΔliαΈ₯ al-Κ»UthaymΔ«n
Saudi Arabian Islamic scholar (1929-2001)
958
views
views
33
Saud Al-Shuraim
Former Imam Saudi at Masjid al-Haram
905
views
views
34
Muhammad al-Jawad
ninth of the Twelve Imams of Twelver Shi'ism
865
views
views
35
Zayd ibn Ali
Alid political and religious leader (c.695β740)
735
views
views
36
Ali Jaber
former Imam of Masjid al-Haram (1954β2005)
714
views
views
37
Rashid ad-Din Sinan
leader of the Syrian wing of the Hashshashin sect and figure in the history of the Crusades
713
views
views
38
Hasan al-Askari
eleventh of the Twelve Shia Imams
674
views
views
39
Abu Isa at-Tirmidhi
Islamic hadith scholar (824β892)
661
views
views
40
Muhsin Hendricks
South African imam and LGBTQIA activist
637
views
views
41
Hussain Ahmad Madani
Indian freedom struggle leader and scholar
621
views
views
42
Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah
Isma'ili Imam and Fatimid Caliph from 909 to 934
621
views
views
43
Haq Nawaz Jhangvi
Islamic scholar
619
views
views
44
Idris Ibn Abdallah
Idrisid ruler (r. 788β791)
617
views
views
45
Ahmad al-Tayyeb
Imam of al-Azhar Mosque in Egypt
607
views
views
46
Omar Bakri Muhammad
Islamist militant leader
595
views
views
47
Abdur Rahman Al Huthaify
Saudi Imam
591
views
views
48
Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah
Alid political and religious leader (c.637-700)
533
views
views
49
Bandar Baleela
Saudi Islamic scholar and imam (born 1975)
503
views
views
50
Maher Almuaiqly
Saudi imam
456
views
views
51
Musa Baluku
Ugandan militant
425
views
views
52
Abdullah Awad Al Juhany
Saudi imam
408
views
views
53
Shah Khalil Allah III
Nizari imam (1740-1817)
393
views
views
54
Muhammad Ayyub
Imam of Prophet's Mosque (1952β2016)
392
views
views
55
Shaikh Noreen Muhammad Siddique
Qari
387
views
views
56
Mohammad Tawhidi
Muslim influencer and reformist Imam
382
views
views
57
Salman Alodah
Saudi Muslim Scholar (born 1956)
364
views
views
58
Sheikh Mansur
Military general and politician (1760-1794)
362
views
views
59
Al-Mustansir
Egyptian caliph from 1036 to 1094/95
359
views
views
60
Nizar Rayan
Hamas leader (1959-2009)
345
views
views
61
Osman Nuhu Sharubutu
Ghanaian Islamic cleric
339
views
views
62
Isma'il ibn Jafar
sixth of the Isma'ili Shia Imams
332
views
views
63
Muhammad ibn Ismail
Seventh of the Isma'ili Shia Imams (740β813
327
views
views
64
Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed
Tunisian-French LGBTQ+ activist
319
views
views
65
Yasin Abu Bakr
religious figure in Trinidad and Tobago; leader of Jamaat al Muslimeen
304
views
views
66
Suhayb ar-Rumi
companion of Muhammad
298
views
views
67
Daayiee Abdullah
American homosexual Muslim activist
296
views
views
68
Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah
4th Caliph of the Fatimid dynasty (r. 953β975)
293
views
views
69
Al-Aziz Billah
Fatimid dynasty caliph from 975 to 996
291
views
views
70
Mohamad Said Raslan
Egyptian sheikh
289
views
views
71
Amin Ahsan Islahi
Quran translator
288
views
views
72
Turki bin Abdullah Al Saud
5th King of the Saudi State
282
views
views
73
Siraj Wahhaj
American Imam (born 1950)
280
views
views
74
Al-Qa'im Bi-Amrillah
second Fatimid caliph from 934 to 946
274
views
views
75
Husein KavazoviΔ
Grand Mufti of Bosnia and Herzegovina since 2012
271
views
views
76
Halim MalkoΔ
Waffen SS volunteer (1917-1947)
265
views
views
77
Al-Musta'li
Fatimid caliph and imam (1074β1101)
263
views
views
78
Seyit RΔ±za
Zaza tribal chief
251
views
views
79
Muhammad al-Arifi
Saudi Arabian author and Da'i
249
views
views
80
Yahya ibn Zayd
son of Zayd ibn Ali
246
views
views
81
Imam Samudra
Indonesian terrorist (1970β2008)
239
views
views
82
Saleh Alluhaidan
Saudi scholar, judge, imam, preacher, and member of the Council of Senior Scholars
236
views
views
83
Salah Al Budair
Imaam at Masjid al-Nabawi
235
views
views
84
Muhammad ibn Qasim
9th-century Alid Imam
234
views
views
85
Saud al-Kabeer
ruler of the Emirate of Diriyah from 1803 to 1814
231
views
views
86
Abdul Aziz Ghazi
Khateeb of the central mosque of Islamabad known as Lal Masjid
231
views
views
87
Abu Ishaq al-Houweny
Islamic scholar (1956β2025)
231
views
views
88
Ahmad bin Said Al Busaidi
Iman of Oman, first ruler from the Al Bu Said dynasty
231
views
views
89
Ibrahim Ahmad Maqari
Nigerian religious leader (Tijjaniya)
231
views
views
90
Ghazi Muhammad
Imam of Dagestan (1795β1832)
230
views
views
91
Ayuba Suleiman Diallo
Senegalese slave
229
views
views
92
Najmuddin Faraj Ahmad
Islamic scholar
229
views
views
93
Al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah
Fatimid caliph and imam (1096β1130)
228
views
views
94
SaΚ»d al-GhΔmidΔ«
Saudi Arabian Imam and Qari
226
views
views
95
Ahmad Dahlan
Indonesian Islamic revivalist (1868-1923)
222
views
views
96
Muhammad Rizieq Shihab
Indonesian Islamic scholar
218
views
views
97
Ahmed Talib Hameed
Saudi Islamic scholar and Imam (born 1981)
217
views
views
98
Rukn al-Din Khurshah
Nizari Ismaili Imam
216
views
views
99
Adil al-Kalbani
Saudi Arabian Muslim cleric
212
views
views
100
Mohammed Bello Abubakar
Nigerian imam
208
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