| Religion: | Islam |
| Aḥmad Muḥammad Shākir | |
| Birth Date: | January 29, 1892 |
| Region: | Cairo, Egypt |
| Denomination: | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence: | Hanafi |
| School Tradition: | Athari |
| Main Interests: | Hadith |
| Influences: | Muhammad Rashid Rida[1] |
| Influenced: | Abu Turab al-Zahiri |
Ahmad Muhammad Shakir (Arabic: أحمد محمد شاكر|Aḥmad Muḥammad Shākir) (January 29, 1892, Cairo – June 14, 1958) was an Egyptian Islamic scholar of hadith. He is the son of Muḥammad Shākir ibn Aḥmad, an Islamic scholar of Al-Azhar University[2] [3] and elder brother of Mahmud Muhammad Shakir,[4] a writer and journalist.
As editor, Shākir's Cairo publication, from 1937 in 5 volumes, provided the standard topical classification of the hadith Arabic text for Sunan at-Tirmidhi. The work was subject to many reprints.[5]
He graduated from and worked at Al-Azhar University and retired in 1951. Among the positions that he held was that of vice-chairman of the Supreme Shariah Court in Cairo.