list of the leading Imams of each Science from the Salaf al-Salih and the early Khalaf.

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This is a list of the leading Imams of each Science from the Salaf al-Salih and the early Khalaf.

Fiqh:

- Imam Abu Hanifah (d. 150)

- Imam Maalik ibn Anas (d. 179)

- Imam Muhammad ibn Idrees al-Shafi'i (d. 204)

- - Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal (d. 241) 

- Imam Alqamah ibn Qais (d. 60)

- Imam Abu Salamah ibn 'Abdurrahman ibn 'Awf (d. 94)

- Imam Sa'id ibn al-Musayyib (d. 94)

- Imam 'Urwah ibn al-Zubair (d. 94)

- Imam Said ibn Jubair (d. 95)

- Imam Saleem ibn 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar (d. 106)

- Imam Al Qaasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr (d. 106)

- Imam Ja'far ibn Muhammad al-Saadiq (d. 148)

- Imam Hammad ibn Abi Sulaiman (d. 120)

- Imam Sufyaan al-Thawri (d. 161)

- Imam Laith ibn Sa'd (d. 175)

- Imam 'Abdurrahman al Awzaa'i (d. 177)

- Imam Ishaaq ibn Rahwaih (d. 238)

- Imam Abu Thawr (d. 240)

- Imam Abu Bakr al-Athram (d. 260)

- Imam Abu Bakr al Marrudhi (d. 275)

- Imam Harb ibn Ismaa'il al-Kirmani (d. 280)

- Imam Ibrahim ibn Ishaaq al-Harbi (d. 285)

- Imam Abu Bakr al-Marwazi (d. 292)

- Imam Sulaimaan ibn Yasaar (d. 103)

- Imam Khaarijah Ibn Zaid Ibn Thaabit.

- Imam 'Ata` ibn Abi Rabaah (d. 114)

- Imam Abu Yusuf (d. 181)

- Imam Muhammad al Shaibaani (d. 189)

- Imam 'Ali ibn al Husain (d. 93)

- Imam 'Abdullah ibn al Mubarak (d. 179)

- Imam 'Aamir al Sha'bi (d. 104)

- Imam 'Abdullah ibn Wahb (d. 197)

- Imam Naafi' Mawlay ibn 'Umar (d. 117)

- Imam Taawus ibn Kaisan (d. 106)

- Imam Muhammad ibn Sireen (d. 110)

- Imam al-Hasan Basri (d. 110)

- Imam Ayyub al-Sakhtiyaani (d. 131)

- Imam Hisham ibn 'Urwah (d. 146)

- Imam Yahya ibn Sa'id al-Ansaari (d. 144)

Usool_al_Deen:

- Imam Abu Hanifah (d. 150)

- Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal (d. 241)

- Imam Malik (d. 179)

- Imam al Shafi'i (d. 204)

- Imam Harb Al Kirmani (d. 280)

- Imam Abu Bakr Al-Athram (d. 281)

- Imam Abu Ja'far al Tahawi (d. 321)

- Imam Abul Hasan al Ash'ari (d. 324)

- Imam Abu Mansur al-Maturidi (d. 333)

- Imam Abu Muhammad Al-Barbahari (d. 329)

Tasawwuf:

- Imam Uwais al-Qarni

- Imam Hasan al-Basri (d. 110)

- Imam al Hārith al-Muhasibi (d. 243)

- Imam Dawud al-Taa'i (d. 160)

- Imam Ibrahim ibn Adham (d. 165)

- Imam al Fudail Ibn 'Iyyad (d. 187)

- Imam Ma'roof al-Karkhi (d. 200)

- Imam Abu Sulaiman al-Darrani (d. 215)

- Imam Bishr al-Hafi (d. 227)

- Imam Dhun Nun al-Misri (d. 245)

- Imam Abu Turaab Naqshabi (d. 245)

- Imam Sari al-Saqati (d. 253)

- Imam Abu Yazeed al-Bistami (d. 261)

- Imam Sahl al-Tustari (d. 283)

- Imam Abu Hamzah al-Sufi (d. 290)

- Imam Abul Husain al-Noori (d. 295)

- Imam Junaid al-Baghdadi (d. 298)

- Imam Abu Talib al-Makki (d. 386)

- Imam al Sulami (d. 412)

- Imam Abul Hasan al-Kharqaani (d. 425)

- Imam Abu Bakr al-Shaqqaq

Hadith:

- Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal

- Imam 'Abdurrahman ibn Abi Laila (d. 83)

- Imam Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri (d. 124)

- Imam Malik ibn Anas

- Imam 'Aamir al Sha'bi (d. 104)

- Imam Taawus ibn Kaisan (d. 106)

- Imam Muhammad ibn al-Munkadhir (d. 130)

- Imam Malik ibn Dinar (d. 130)

- Imam Yahya ibn Abi Kathir (d. 132)

- Imam Yahya ibn Sa'if al-Ansari (d. 144)

- Imam Hisham ibn 'Urwah (d. 146)

- Imam Sulaiman al-A'mash (d. 147)

- Imam Ibn Juraij (d. 150)

- Imam Ma'mar ibn Raashid (d. 154)

- Imam Shu'bah ibn al-Hajjaj (d. 160)

- Imam Hammād ibn Zaid (d. 179)

- Imam Waki' ibn al-Jarrah (d. 197)

- Imam Abdurrahman Ibn Mahdi (d. 198)

- Imam Sufyan ibn 'Uyaynah (d. 198)

- Imam Yahya ibn Sa'id al-Qattan (d. 198)

- Imam Yazeed ibn Haarun (d. 206)8

- Imam Abu 'Ubaid al-Harawi (d. 224)

- Imam Yahya ibn Ma'in (d. 233)

- Imam 'Ali Ibn al-Madini (d. 234)

- Imam Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laithi (d. 234)

- Imam al Daarimi (d. 255)

- Imam Abu Zur'ah al-Raazi (d. 264)

- Imam Abu Haatim al-Raazi (d. 277)

- Imam Ibn Abi al-Dunya (d. 281)

- Imam Muhammad ibn Isma'il al-Bukhari

- Imam Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj

- Imam Abu Dawud al-Sijistani

- Imam al Nasaa`i

- Imam Abu 'Isaa al-Tirmidhi

- Imam Ibn Maajah

- Imam Abu Bakr al-Bazzaar (d. 292)

- Imam Abu Ya'la al-Mawsili (d. 307)

- Imam Muhammad ibn Jareer al-Tabari (d. 310)

- Imam Ibn Khuzaimah (d. 311)

- Imam Abu Hatim ubn Hibbaan (d. 354)

- Imam al-Tabaraani (d. 360)

- Imam Ibn al-Sunni (d. 364)

- Imam Abul Hasan al-Daaraqutni (d. 385)

- Imam Hakim al-Nishapuri (d. 405)

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Tafsir:

- Imam Masrooq ibn al 'Ajdaa` (d. 63) 

- Imam Abul 'Alliyah al-Riyahi al-Madini (d. 90)

- Imam Ibrahim al-Nakha'i (d. 95)

- Imam Mujahid al-Makki (d. 104)

- Imam 'Ikrimah al-Makki (d. 107)

- Imam 'Ata` ibn Abi Rabah al-Makki (d. 114)

- Imam Ka'b al-Qarzi al-Madani (d. 117) 

- Imam Al-Hasan al-Basri (d. 121)

- Imam Zaid ibn Aslam al-Madini (d. 130)

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Language:

- Imam al Shafi'i

- Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal

- Imam Abu Aswad al-Du`ali (d. 69)

- Imam Abu 'Amr ibn al 'Alaa` (d. 154)

- Imam Abu Sa'id al-Aśma'i

- Imam 'Abdulhamid ibn 'Abdulmajid

- Imam 'Isaa ibn 'Umar al-Thaqafi

- Imam al Sibawaih (d. 180)

- Imam Ya'qub ibn Ishaq al-Hadrami (d. 205)

- Imam al-Kisaa'i

Recitation:

- Imam Ibn Kathir al-Makki (d. 120)

- Imam 'Aasim al-Kufi (d. 127)

- Imam Abu Ja'far Yazeed (d. 130)

- Imam Abu 'Amr ibn al 'Alaa` (d. 154)

- Imam Ibn 'Amir (d. 154)

- Imam Hamzah al-Zaiyyat (d. 156)

- Imam Nāfi' al Madīnī (d. 169)

- Imam al Kisa'i (d. 189)

- Imam Ya'qub al-Yamani (d. 205)

- Imam Khalaf al-Bazzar (d. 229)

There are countless more Imams of each science, but we have quoted the biggest and the ones who are most referenced by the 'Ulama.

May Allah be pleased with them all. ❤️