Shah Ahmad Shafi

Shaykh al-Islām Allamah Shah Ahmad Shafi
Amir of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh
In office January 2010 – 18 September 2020
Preceded by	position established
Succeeded by	Junaid Babunagari
Title	Sheikhul Islam
Personal
Born	5 April 1930 Rangunia, Bengal, British India
Died	18 September 2020(2020-09-18) (aged 90) Dhaka, Bangladesh
Resting place	Madrasa cemetery
Religion	Islam
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Citizenship	British Indian (1930-1947) Pakistani (1947-1971) Bangladeshi (1971-2020)
Era	Modern era
Region	Chattagram
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Hanafi
Creed	Maturidi
Movement	Deobandi
Main interest(s)	Hadith
Notable idea(s)	Fiqh jurisprudence
Notable work(s)	Established Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh
Alma mater	Darul Uloom Deoband
Tariqa	Qadri Chishti Soharwardi Naqshbandi
Occupation	Hadith, Scholar
Muslim leader
Disciple of	Hussain Ahmad Madani
Disciples Nurul Islam Olipuri Sajidur Rahman
Influenced by Ashraf Ali Thanwi Hussain Ahmed Madani Rashid Ahmad Gangohi
Influenced Sultan Zauq Nadvi Nurul Islam Jihadi Junaid Babunagari Syed Faizul Karim A F M Khalid Hossain Mamunul Haque Zia Uddin

Shah Ahmad Shafi (Bengali: শাহ আহমদ শফী) (5 April 1930 – 18 September 2020) was a Bangladeshi Sunni Islamic scholar, the chief of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh, Rector of Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam Hathazari and also the chairman of Bangladesh Qawmi Madrasah Education Board.^[1][2][3] He was born in 1930 in Rangunia, Chittagong and was educated at Hathazari Madrasah and Darul Uloom Deoband.^[4][5]