Syed Ahmad Hashmi (17 January 1932 - 4 November 2001) was an Indian Muslim scholar and politician who served as the seventh general secretary of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind and the chairman of Passenger Amenities Committee.

He was a member of the Rajya Sabha, upper house of the Parliament of India representing Uttar Pradesh for two terms.

[4] Hashmi stayed at Kolkata between 1957 and 1974, and taught there in the madrasa of Anjuman Nidā-e-Islām, and served as the general secretary of the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind's West Bengal unit.

[6] He was appointed the chairman of the Delhi Waqf Board in 1977 and served as the general secretary of the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind from 1973 to 1980.

[7] His funeral prayer was led by Abdul Ghafar, the then senior hadith professor of Madrasa Alia, Fatehpuri.