Saeed Ahmad Sandwipi

Saeed Ahmad Sandwipi (1882 – 16 February 1956) was a 20th-century Hadith scholar and Sufi figure from the Bengal region, now part of Bangladesh. He is regarded as the first Sheikh al-Hadith of Bengal, following his appointment as Sheikh al-Hadith at Darul Uloom Hathazari, the first Qawmi madrasa in Bangladesh. He founded Al-Jameatul-Islamia Qasemul Uloom Charia in 1944. He taught Hadith at both institutions for over five decades. He was a student of Mahmud Hasan Deobandi and a member of the Majlis-e-Shura of Darul Uloom Deoband. As a Sufi master, he had nearly 10,000 murids and seven successors, including Muhammad Faizullah.