Ahmad Shafi

Shaikhul Hadith, Allama Shah Ahmad Shafi
Allama Shah Ahmad Shafi is praying after in seminar.
Born	Shah Ahmad Shafi 1920 Rangunia, Chittagong
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Era	Modern era
Religion	Islam
Jurisprudence	Hanafi
Movement	Deobandi
Main interest(s)	Hadith
Notable work(s)	Establishing Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh
Alma mater	Darul Uloom Deoband

Sheikh ul-Islam Allama Shah Ahmad Shafi (Bengali: শাহ আহমদ শফী) is the present chief of Hefajat-e-Islam Bangladesh, present rector of Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam Hathazari and also the chairman of Bangladesh Qawmi Madrasah Education Board. He was born in Rangunia, Chittagong and was educated at Hathazari Madrasah and Darul Uloom Deoband.

He was born in Rangunia, Chittagong. He received his primary education from his family. Then he joined Al-Jamiatul Arabiatul Islamiah, Ziri and spent five or six months there. He was admitted to Hathazari Madrasah in 1930 at the age of 10. In Hathazari Madrasah he studied for 10 years. Then Shafi went to Darul Uloom Deoband for higher studies in the field of Hadith and Tafsir. He studied there for four years before returning to his homeland.

Ahmad Shafi commenced his career as a teacher at Hathazari Madrasah. In 1987, he was elected rector of Hathazari Madrasah. Shafi is also the present chairman of Bangladesh Qawmi Madrasah Education Board.

In 2009, Ahamd Shafi, along with Allama Azizul Haque and other senior Bengali Muslim scholars, in a joint statement to the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed, condemned terrorism and militancy committed in the name of Islam.