Trending Imams — the 7 days to 27 October 2026
The 100 most-viewed imams on Wikipedia, the 7 days to 27 October 2026. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Malcolm X. Data as of 27 October 2026.
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241,297
Total Views (the 7 days to 27 October 2026)
1
Malcolm X
American Black rights activist (1925–1965)
54,539
views
views
2
Louis Farrakhan
American religious (born 1935), leader of Nation of Islam (since 1981)
16,667
views
views
3
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Leader of the Islamic State (1971-2019)
16,592
views
views
4
Elijah Muhammad
American religious leader (1897-1975)
13,019
views
views
5
Aga Khan IV
49th Imam of Nizari Isma'ilism Muslims
12,124
views
views
6
Umar ibn Al-Khattāb
2nd Rashidun Caliph from 634 to 644
8,489
views
views
7
Rahim Aga Khan
50th Imam of the Nizari Isma'ili community (born 1971)
7,996
views
views
8
Armando Bukele Kattán
Salvadorean chemist (1944-2015)
7,902
views
views
9
Anwar al-Awlaki
American-Yemeni imam and suspected Islamist extremist (1971–2011)
6,601
views
views
10
Aga Khan III
48th Imam of the Nizari Ismaili community (1877-1957)
6,174
views
views
11
Shamil
North Caucasian imam and warrior (1797-1871)
4,906
views
views
12
Warith Deen Mohammed
Leader of the Nation of Islam (1933-2008)
3,910
views
views
13
Fethullah Gülen
Turkish preacher and imam (1941–2024)
3,662
views
views
14
Muhammad al-Mahdi
twelfth and last Imam in Shia Twelver of Islam
3,462
views
views
15
Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais
imam and preacher at the Grand Mosque in Mecca
3,322
views
views
16
Jaafar Al-Sadiq
Muslim scholar and Imam (died 765)
2,557
views
views
17
Abdul Rahman bin Faisal
Saudi monarch and the last Emir of Nejd (1850–1928)
2,452
views
views
18
Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah
6th Fatimid caliph (r. 996–1021) and 16th Ismaili Imam
2,128
views
views
19
Yasir al-Dawsari
Imam of Masjid-al-Haraam
2,096
views
views
20
Hassen Chalghoumi
French imam
2,071
views
views
21
Ali ibn al-Husayn Zayn al-'Abidin
Great-grandson of Muhammad and the fourth of the Shiite Imams
2,016
views
views
22
Zayd ibn Ali
Alid political and religious leader (c.695–740)
1,833
views
views
23
Ahmad bin Said Al Busaidi
Iman of Oman, first ruler from the Al Bu Said dynasty
1,782
views
views
24
Muhammad al-Badr
King and Imam (1926/1929-1996)
1,573
views
views
25
Hassan Yousef
Leader of Hamas
1,552
views
views
26
Omar Suleiman
American Islamic scholar and author (born 1986)
1,550
views
views
27
Musa al-Kazim
seventh of the Twelve Imams (745–799 CE)
1,424
views
views
28
Mohammad Tawhidi
Muslim influencer and reformist Imam
1,358
views
views
29
Hassan Iquioussen
1,335
views
views
30
Al Sayed Musa al-Sadr
Lebanese Shiite jurist and political activist
1,323
views
views
31
Sheikh Mansur
military general and politician (1760-1794)
1,311
views
views
32
Assim al-Hakeem
Saudi Arabian Minangkabau Islamic Da'i
1,305
views
views
33
Muhammad al-Baqir
Fifth of the Twelve Shia Imams
1,302
views
views
34
Ali al-Rida
eighth of the Twelve Shia Imams (766–818)
1,206
views
views
35
Aga Khan II
Member of the Iranian royal family.
1,136
views
views
36
Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʻUthaymīn
Saudi Arabian Islamic scholar (1929-2001)
1,102
views
views
37
Mishary Rashid Al-Afasy
Imam of Grand Mosque (Kuwait), Quran reciter, preacher, Nasheed artist
1,092
views
views
38
Saud Al-Shuraim
Former Imam Saudi at Masjid al-Haram
1,057
views
views
39
Hasan al-Askari
eleventh of the Twelve Shia Imams
1,051
views
views
40
Khalid Abdul Muhammad
Black nationalist leader in the United States (1948-2001)
1,047
views
views
41
Qaidjoher Ezzuddin
Indian Imam
1,040
views
views
42
Seyran Ateş
Turkish-German attorney (born 1963)
1,033
views
views
43
Aga Khan I
politician (1800–1881)
1,022
views
views
44
Idris Ibn Abdallah
Idrisid ruler (r. 788–791)
998
views
views
45
Izz ad-Din al-Qassam
Syrian Muslim preacher (1882–1935)
973
views
views
46
Abdelhakim Sefrioui
957
views
views
47
Rashid ad-Din Sinan
leader of the Syrian wing of the Hashshashin sect and figure in the history of the Crusades
932
views
views
48
Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi
16th century Somali Imam and General of the Adal Sultanate
920
views
views
49
Taha Najmuddin
Indian imam
909
views
views
50
Turki bin Abdullah Al Saud
5th King of the Saudi State
901
views
views
51
Maher Almuaiqly
Saudi imam
813
views
views
52
Ahmad Sirhindi
Philosopher (1564-1624)
805
views
views
53
Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah
Isma'ili Imam and Fatimid Caliph from 909 to 934
790
views
views
54
Ahmad al-Tayyeb
Imam of al-Azhar Mosque in Egypt
769
views
views
55
Saʻd al-Ghāmidī
Saudi Arabian Imam and Qari
717
views
views
56
Ali al-Hadi
tenth of the Twelve Shia Imams (828–868)
713
views
views
57
Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah
Alid political and religious leader (c.637-700)
689
views
views
58
Salman Al-Ouda
Saudi Muslim Scholar (born 1956)
679
views
views
59
Ghazi Muhammad
Imam of Dagestan (1795–1832)
664
views
views
60
Muhammad al-Jawad
ninth of the Twelve Imams of Twelver Shi'ism
650
views
views
61
Al-Hadi ila'l-Haqq Yahya
10th-century Arab religious leader; founder of the Zaydi Imamate
617
views
views
62
Ali Jaber
former Imam of Masjid al-Haram (1954–2005)
604
views
views
63
Abdur Rahman Al Huthaify
Saudi Imam
588
views
views
64
Adil al-Kalbani
Saudi Arabian Muslim cleric
582
views
views
65
Omar Bakri Muhammad
Islamist militant leader
574
views
views
66
Abu Isa at-Tirmidhi
Islamic hadith scholar (824–892)
573
views
views
67
Al-Mustansir
Egyptian caliph from 1036 to 1094/95
531
views
views
68
Muhammad Ayyub
Imam of Prophet's Mosque (1952–2016)
514
views
views
69
Saif bin Sultan II
Omani imam
513
views
views
70
Isma'il ibn Jafar
sixth of the Isma'ili Shia Imams
492
views
views
71
Muhammad ibn Ismail
Seventh of the Isma'ili Shia Imams (740–813
490
views
views
72
Kahina Bahloul
French imam (born 1979)
480
views
views
73
Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah
4th Caliph of the Fatimid dynasty (r. 953–975)
459
views
views
74
Abdullah bin Faisal
Emir of Nejd (1831–1889)
455
views
views
75
Hamad bin Said Al Busaidi
Iman of Oman
433
views
views
76
Saud al-Kabeer
ruler of the Emirate of Diriyah from 1803 to 1814
421
views
views
77
Najmuddin Faraj Ahmad
Islamic scholar
391
views
views
78
Saif bin Sultan
Omani imam
389
views
views
79
Bandar Baleela
Saudi Islamic scholar and imam (born 1975)
386
views
views
80
Syed Ahmed Bukhari
Shahi Imam of the Jama Masjid, Delhi
377
views
views
81
Hussain Ahmad Madani
Indian freedom struggle leader and scholar
372
views
views
82
Imam Samudra
Indonesian terrorist (1970–2008)
369
views
views
83
Saleh Al-Talib
Saudi scholar and Imam
361
views
views
84
Ayuba Suleiman Diallo
Senegalese slave
352
views
views
85
Tareq Oubrou
French writer
343
views
views
86
Muhsin Hendricks
South African imam and LGBTQIA activist
343
views
views
87
Kunta-haji
Chechen mystic (1800–1867)
341
views
views
88
Hadayatullah Hübsch
German journalist (1946-2011)
335
views
views
89
Abdullah Awad Al Juhany
Saudi imam
335
views
views
90
Ali az-Zahir
Fatimid dynasty caliph from 1021 to 1036
326
views
views
91
Amin Ahsan Islahi
Quran translator
323
views
views
92
Uthman al-Khamis
Kuwaiti Islamic scholar
321
views
views
93
Ahmed Talib Hameed
Saudi Islamic scholar and Imam (born 1981)
309
views
views
94
Al-Qa'im Bi-Amrillah
second Fatimid caliph from 934 to 946
300
views
views
95
Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed
Tunisian-French LGBTQ+ activist
289
views
views
96
Shah Khalil Allah III
Nizari imam (1740-1817)
288
views
views
97
Shaikh Noreen Muhammad Siddique
Qari
285
views
views
98
Muhammad al-Arifi
Saudi Arabian author and Da'i
283
views
views
99
Conrad Tillard
American religious leader & politician (1964-)
281
views
views
100
Nasir bin Murshid
Omani imam
274
views
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