Hakeem Muhammad Akhtar (1928 – 2 June 2013) was a Pakistani Sunni Muslim scholar, poet, philanthropist and a Sufi mentor.

[2] He was inclined towards studying Islamic sciences, and completed the traditional dars-e-nizami at the Madrasa Bait-ul-Uloom in Sarai Mir in four years.

[3] He developed interest in Sufism in early days and benefitted from Abdul Ghani Phulpuri, Abrarul Haq Haqqi and Muhammad Ahmad Pratapgarhi.

[7] His disciples have started branches of it in Bangladesh, India, Kenya, Mauritius, Myanmar, Réunion, South Africa and Turkey.

[10] His disciples in Sufism include Abdul Hamid Ishaq, Fazlur Rahman Azmi, Muhammad Ilyas Ghuman, Salman Nadvi and Younus Patel.