Shaykh Hashim Ahmad is an American Islamic scholar and teacher, holding a degree from Jami’ah Ummul Qura, Makkah Al Mukarramah, with specialization in the sciences of Quran and Hadith, and an MA in Islamic Culture from the University Of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan, as well as ijaazaat from many traditional scholars whom he studied with.

He was deputed in 1985 by Shaykh Abdul Aziz Bin Baz, former Chief Mufti of Saudi Arabia, as a teacher to Jamiatul Uloom Al Islamiyyah, Binnori Town, Karachi. He served at the prestigious institute teaching various islamic subjects in the Arabic medium from 1985-1992. From 1992 onward he taught at Madrasah ‘A’ishah Siddiqah, for premier institute for Women’s Education in Karachi, and later at one of its branches, Madrasah Maryam.