Ashraf Ali Bishwanathi (1928–2005) was a Bangladeshi Deobandi Islamic scholar, educator, politician and religious writer.

[4][5][6] Ashraf Ali Bishwanathi was born in 1928 in a Muslim family in Ghargaon village under Bishwanath Upazila in Sylhet.

After studying at Ranaping Arabia Hussainiya Madrasa Dhaka up to Meshkat Jamat, he was admitted in Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam.

madrasa and was the principal until his death, whose present name is Jamia Islamia Darul Uloom Madania Bishwanath.

At his invitation, the journey of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Sylhet started in the East Pakistan on November 1, 1964, at the Hawapara Mosque.