Shaykh Hashim Ahmad is an American Islamic Scholar and Teacher holding a degree from Jāmiʿah Umm al-Qura, Makkah al-Mukarramah, with a specialization In the Sciences of Quran and Hadith, as well as an MA in Islamic Culture from the University of Sindh, Pakistan. He has also obtained Ijāzāt from many Traditional Scholars whom he studied with.
In 1985 deputed by late Shaykh Abdul Aziz Bin Baz, Grand Mufti of SA, as a teacher to Jāmiʿah al-ʿUlūm al-Islāmiyyah, Karachi. He served at the prestigious Institute teaching various Islamic Sciences In the Arabic medium from 1985-1992. From 1992 onward he taught at Madrasah ʿĀ’ishah Ṣiddiqah Premier Institute for Women’s Education In Karachi, and later at one of its branches, Madrasah Maryam.
Shaykh Hashim currently serves as the Religious Director at Darul Falah in Tustin, CA and as a Seminary Instructor at the Institute of Knowledge.