Shahab Ahmed (Urdu: شہاب احمد; December 11, 1966 – September 17, 2015) was a Pakistani[1] scholar of Islam at Harvard University.

was listed in The Chronicle of Higher Education as one of the eleven best scholarly books of the 2010s, chosen by Noah Feldman.

[5] He was a junior member of the Harvard Society of Fellows (2000–2003), and served as a Visiting Lecturer and Research Fellow at Princeton University (2004–2005), Associate Professor of Islamic Studies at Harvard University (2005–2014), Higher Education Commission of Pakistan Visiting Scholar at the Islamic Research Institute in Islamabad (2007–2008), and Lecturer on Law and Research Fellow in Islamic Legal Studies at Harvard Law School (2014–2015).

[11] In a posthumous presentation about him, Shahab Ahmed's sister highlighted her brother's fondness and appreciation for good wine.

In this regard, she noted that "he felt very much in good company with Jahangir, with Ghalib, and with other writers [...] he adored.