Shoayb Ahmed

Shaykh Shoayb Ahmed, hafidhahullah, is a student and teacher of the Islamic sciences based in Pretoria, South Africa. Dedicated to the documentation and preservation of Islamic scholarly heritage, he has produced reference works cataloging the lives and contributions of major Muslim scholars across the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. His work 'Muslim Scholars of the Twentieth Century: 1900-2000' established him as a careful chronicler of modern Islamic scholarship, a project he continued with 'Muslim Scholars of the 21st Century: A Concise History of Scholars Who Passed Away.' His books serve as valuable references for students and researchers seeking accessible accounts of contemporary Muslim intellectual history.