Trending Imams this year
The 100 most-viewed imams this year on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Malcolm X.
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424,400
Total Views (this year)
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Malcolm X
American Black rights activist (1925–1965)
80,276
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2
Louis Farrakhan
controversial leader of Nation of Islam
60,557
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3
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Rahim Aga Khan
50th Imam of the Nizari Isma'ili community (born 1971)
28,345
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4
Elijah Muhammad
American religious leader (1897-1975)
25,955
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5
Aga Khan IV
49th Imam of Nizari Isma'ilism Muslims
25,712
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6
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Leader of the Islamic State (1971-2019)
25,456
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views
7
Umar ibn Al-Khattāb
2nd Rashidun Caliph from 634 to 644
15,927
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8
Warith Deen Mohammed
Leader of the Nation of Islam (1933-2008)
8,782
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9
Muhammad al-Mahdi
twelfth and last Imam in Shia Twelver of Islam
6,944
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10
Fethullah Gülen
Turkish preacher and imam (1941–2024)
5,968
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11
Jaafar Al-Sadiq
Muslim scholar and Imam (died 765)
5,741
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12
Ali ibn al-Husayn Zayn al-'Abidin
Great-grandson of Muhammad and the fourth of the Shiite Imams
5,038
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13
Armando Bukele Kattán
Salvadorean chemist (1944-2015)
4,754
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14
Shamil
North Caucasian imam and warrior (1797-1871)
4,211
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views
15
Ali al-Ridha
eighth of the Twelve Shia Imams (766–818)
4,191
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16
Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais
imam and preacher at the Grand Mosque in Mecca
4,094
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17
Khalid Abdul Muhammad
Black nationalist leader in the United States (1948-2001)
4,004
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views
18
Assim al-Hakeem
Saudi Arabian Minangkabau Islamic Da'i
3,800
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19
Omar Suleiman
American Islamic scholar and author (born 1986)
3,475
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views
20
Musa al-Kazim
seventh of the Twelve Imams (745–799 CE)
3,349
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views
21
Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah
6th Fatimid caliph (r. 996–1021) and 16th Ismaili Imam
3,348
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views
22
Muhammad al-Baqir
Fifth of the Twelve Shia Imams
3,340
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views
23
Zayd ibn Ali
Alid political and religious leader (c.695–740)
3,296
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views
24
Yasir AlDawsari
Imam of Masjid-al-Haraam
3,221
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views
25
Aga Khan II
Member of the Iranian royal family.
3,206
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views
26
Yasin Abu Bakr
religious figure in Trinidad and Tobago; leader of Jamaat al Muslimeen
3,148
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views
27
Abdul Rahman bin Faisal
Saudi monarch and the last Emir of Nejd (1850–1928)
3,016
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views
28
Siraj Wahhaj
American Imam (born 1950)
2,930
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views
29
Hasan al-Askari
eleventh of the Twelve Shia Imams
2,365
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views
30
Cheikh Anta Diop
Senegalese politician, essayist (1923–1986)
2,277
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views
31
Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah
Alid political and religious leader (c.637-700)
2,216
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views
32
Omar Bakri Muhammad
Islamist militant leader
2,184
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views
33
Mohammad Tawhidi
Muslim influencer and reformist Imam
2,098
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views
34
Mishary Rashid Al-Afasy
Imam of Grand Mosque (Kuwait), Quran reciter, preacher, Nasheed artist
2,092
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views
35
Ahmad Sirhindi
Philosopher (1564-1624)
2,049
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36
Idris Ibn Abdallah
Idrisid ruler (r. 788–791)
1,898
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views
37
Ali al-Hadi
tenth of the Twelve Shia Imams (828–868)
1,808
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views
38
Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi
16th century Somali Imam and General of the Adal Sultanate
1,802
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39
Aly Hindy
Canadian Imam
1,800
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views
40
Rashid ad-Din Sinan
leader of the Syrian wing of the Hashshashin sect and figure in the history of the Crusades
1,752
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views
41
Muhammad al-Jawad
ninth of the Twelve Imams of Twelver Shi'ism
1,737
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views
42
Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʻUthaymīn
Saudi Arabian Islamic scholar (1929-2001)
1,647
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43
Saud Al-Shuraim
Former Imam Saudi at Masjid al-Haram
1,629
views
views
44
Izz ad-Din al-Qassam
Syrian Muslim preacher (1882–1935)
1,545
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views
45
Ahmad al-Tayyeb
Imam of al-Azhar Mosque in Egypt
1,484
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views
46
Abdelhakim Sefrioui
1,366
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views
47
Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah
Isma'ili Imam and Fatimid Caliph from 909 to 934
1,262
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views
48
Ali Jaber
former Imam of Masjid al-Haram (1954–2005)
1,177
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views
49
Turki bin Abdullah Al Saud
5th King of the Saudi State
1,155
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views
50
Muhammad Ayyub
Imam of Prophet's Mosque (1952–2016)
1,108
views
views
51
Ahmad bin Said Al Busaidi
Iman of Oman, first ruler from the Al Bu Said dynasty
1,088
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views
52
Muhammad ibn Ismail
Seventh of the Isma'ili Shia Imams (740–813
1,052
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views
53
Abu Isa at-Tirmidhi
Islamic hadith scholar (824–892)
1,026
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views
54
Salman Alodah
Saudi Muslim Scholar (born 1956)
1,019
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views
55
Hussain Ahmad Madani
Indian freedom struggle leader and scholar
1,012
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views
56
Sheikh Mansur
Military general and politician (1760-1794)
1,011
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views
57
Al-Mustansir
Egyptian caliph from 1036 to 1094/95
972
views
views
58
Shah Khalil Allah III
Nizari imam (1740-1817)
939
views
views
59
Maher Almuaiqly
Saudi imam
911
views
views
60
Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah
4th Caliph of the Fatimid dynasty (r. 953–975)
831
views
views
61
Abdur Rahman Al Huthaify
Saudi Imam
827
views
views
62
Haq Nawaz Jhangvi
Islamic scholar
791
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views
63
Saud al-Kabeer
ruler of the Emirate of Diriyah from 1803 to 1814
790
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views
64
Isma'il ibn Jafar
sixth of the Isma'ili Shia Imams
775
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65
Adil al-Kalbani
Saudi Arabian Muslim cleric
773
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views
66
Muhsin Hendricks
South African imam and LGBTQIA activist
771
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views
67
Osman Nuhu Sharubutu
Ghanaian Islamic cleric
755
views
views
68
Abdul Aziz Ghazi
Khateeb of the central mosque of Islamabad known as Lal Masjid
726
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views
69
Najmuddin Faraj Ahmad
Islamic scholar
720
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views
70
Adnan Ibrahim
Austrian imam and television preacher
701
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71
Imam Samudra
Indonesian terrorist (1970–2008)
693
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views
72
Abdullah bin Faisal
Emir of Nejd (1831–1889)
654
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views
73
Saʻd al-Ghāmidī
Saudi Arabian Imam and Qari
650
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74
Ayuba Suleiman Diallo
Senegalese slave
648
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views
75
Bandar Baleela
Saudi Islamic scholar and imam (born 1975)
635
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76
Al-Hadi ila'l-Haqq Yahya
10th-century Arab religious leader; founder of the Zaydi Imamate
629
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views
77
Seyran Ateş
Turkish-German attorney (born 1963)
608
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views
78
Ghazi Muhammad
Imam of Dagestan (1795–1832)
602
views
views
79
Uthman al-Khamis
Kuwaiti Islamic scholar
590
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views
80
Abdul Rashid Ghazi
Pakistani fundamentalist
587
views
views
81
Shaikh Noreen Muhammad Siddique
Qari
563
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views
82
Al-Musta'li
Fatimid caliph and imam (1074–1101)
558
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83
Ahmed Talib Hameed
Saudi Islamic scholar and Imam (born 1981)
556
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views
84
Abdullah Awad Al Juhany
Saudi imam
537
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views
85
Amin Ahsan Islahi
Quran translator
526
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views
86
Al-Qa'im Bi-Amrillah
second Fatimid caliph from 934 to 946
522
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views
87
Husein Kavazović
Grand Mufti of Bosnia and Herzegovina since 2012
515
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views
88
Hassen Chalghoumi
French imam
511
views
views
89
Rukn al-Din Khurshah
Nizari Ismaili Imam
509
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90
Daayiee Abdullah
American homosexual Muslim activist
507
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views
91
Musa Baluku
Ugandan militant
504
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92
Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed
Tunisian-French LGBTQ+ activist
502
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93
Al-Aziz Billah
Fatimid dynasty caliph from 975 to 996
498
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views
94
Ibrahim Ahmad Maqari
Nigerian religious leader (Tijjaniya)
489
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views
95
Saleh Al-Talib
Saudi scholar and Imam
485
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96
Muhammad al-Arifi
Saudi Arabian author and Da'i
485
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97
Warsh
imam and Muslim theologian of Quran (728–812)
483
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views
98
Al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah
Fatimid caliph and imam (1096–1130)
450
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99
Ahmad al-Wafi
Eighth Ismaili imam (c. 766–828)
444
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100
Saleh Alluhaidan
Saudi scholar, judge, imam, preacher, and member of the Council of Senior Scholars
435
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