| | | | | | | | Muhammad (570–632) prepared the Constitution of Medina, taught the Quran, and advised his companions | | | | | | | | | |
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| `Abd Allah bin Masud (died 650) taught | Ali (607-661) fourth caliph taught | Aisha, Muhammad's wife and Abu Bakr's daughter taught | Abd Allah ibn Abbas (618-687) taught | Zayd ibn Thabit (610-660) taught | Umar (579-644) second caliph taught | Abu Hurairah (603 – 681) taught |
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Alqama ibn Qays (died 681) taught | | Husayn ibn Ali (626–680) taught | Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr (657-725) taught and raised by Aisha | Urwah ibn Zubayr (died 713) taught by Aisha, he then taught | Said ibn al-Musayyib (637-715) taught | Abdullah ibn Umar (614-693) taught | Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr (624-692) taught by Aisha, he then taught | |
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Ibrahim al-Nakha’i taught | | | Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin (659–712) taught | | | | | Hisham ibn Urwah (667-772) taught | Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri (died 741) taught | Salim ibn Abd-Allah ibn Umar taught | Umar ibn Abdul Aziz (682-720) raised and taught by Abdullah ibn Umar |
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Hammad bin ibi Sulman taught | | | Muhammad al-Baqir (676-733) taught | Farwah bint al-Qasim Abu Bakr's great grand daughter Jafar's mother | | |
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Abū Ḥanīfa (699 — 767) wrote Al Fiqh Al Akbar and Kitab Al-Athar, jurisprudence followed by Sunni, Sufi, Barelvi, Deobandi, Zaidiyyah Shia and originally by the Fatimid and taught | Zayd ibn Ali (695-740) | Ja'far al-Sadiq (702–765) Ali's and Abu Bakr's great great grand son taught | Malik ibn Anas (711 – 795) wrote Muwatta, jurisprudence from early Medina period now mostly followed by Sunni in Africa and taught | | Al-Waqidi (748 – 822) wrote history books like Kitab al-Tarikh wa al-Maghazi, student of Malik ibn Anas | Abu Muhammad Abdullah ibn Abdul Hakam (died 829) wrote biographies and history books, student of Malik ibn Anas |
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Abu Yusuf (729-798) wrote Usul al-fiqh | Muhammad al-Shaybani (749–805) | | | | Al-Shafi‘i (767—820) wrote Al-Risala, jurisprudence followed by Sunni and taught | Ismail ibn Ibrahim | | Ali ibn al-Madini (778–849) wrote The Book of Knowledge of the Companions | | Ibn Hisham (died 833) wrote early history and As-Sirah an-Nabawiyyah, Muhammad's biography |
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Isma'il ibn Jafar (719-775) | Musa al-Kadhim (745-799) | | Ahmad ibn Hanbal (780—855) wrote Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal jurisprudence followed by Sunni and hadith books | Muhammad al-Bukhari (810-870) wrote Sahih al-Bukhari hadith books | Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj (815-875) wrote Sahih Muslim hadith books | Muhammad ibn Isa at-Tirmidhi (824-892) wrote Jami` at-Tirmidhi hadith books | Al-Baladhuri (died 892) wrote early history Futuh al-Buldan, Genealogies of the Nobles |
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| | | | | | | | | | | Ibn Majah (824- 887) wrote Sunan ibn Majah hadith book | | Abu Dawood (817–889) wrote Sunan Abu Dawood Hadith Book |
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Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni (864- 941) wrote Kitab al-Kafi hadith book followed by Twelver Shia | | | | | | | | | | | Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari (838–923) wrote History of the Prophets and Kings, Tafsir al-Tabari | | Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari (874–936) wrote Maqālāt al-islāmīyīn, Kitāb al-luma, Kitāb al-ibāna 'an usūl al-diyāna |
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Ibn Babawayh (923-991) wrote Man la yahduruhu al-Faqih jurisprudence followed by Twelver Shia | | Sharif Razi (930-977) wrote Nahj al-Balagha followed by Twelver Shia | | Nasir al-Din al-Tusi (1201-1274) wrote jurisprudence books followed by Ismaili and Twelver Shia | | | Al-Ghazali (1058–1111) wrote The Niche for Lights, The Incoherence of the Philosophers, The Alchemy of Happiness on Sufism | | Rumi (1207-1273) wrote Masnavi, Diwan-e Shams-e Tabrizi on Sufism | |
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KEY: Some of Muhammad's Companions | KEY: Taught in Medina | KEY: Taught in Iraq | KEY: Worked in Syria | KEY: Travelled extensively collecting the sayings of Muhammad and compiled books of hadith | KEY: Worked in Iran |