Zubair Ali Zai (Urdu: زبیر علی زئی; 25 June 1957 – 10 November 2013) was a preacher, theologian, Islamic scholar of ahadith and former merchant marine from Pakistan.

In addition to his native language of Hindko and Arabic, he was also fluent in English, Urdu, Pashto and Greek, and could read and understand Persian.

Hafiz Zubair Alizai was, like his former teacher Rashidi, a bibliophile, having amassed a private library of some renown in Hazro, where he spent most of his time.

Much of Hafiz Zubair Alizai's work consists of editing and referencing ancient texts of prophetic tradition and evaluating them according to the Categories of Hadith.

List of his books (published): Hafiz Zubair Alizai died on 10 November 2013 in Benazir Bhutto Hospital in Rawalpindi, Pakistan of lung failure.