Late Allama Ehsan Elahi Zaheer Shaheed was one of the best Islamic scholars of Pakistan and founder of Jamiat Ahle Hadith Pakistan.
He was born in 1945 In Sialkot city of Punjab province and belonged to a rich family of the city. he was having a very good memory from early age due to which he also became Hafiz E Quran at a young age.
He studies in Saudi Arabia from some great scholars of Islam like Shaikh bin Baaz. Ehsan Elahi Zaheer worked for the rights of Ahle Hadith sect Muslims in Pakistan.
He was a big critic of General Zia Ul Haq Martial law due to which he also faced lot of opposition from Zia Ul Haq.
he passed away on 30 March 1987 in result of a bomb blast in his Jalsa in which he was doing speech about Seerah of Prophet SAW. He was buried in Jannat Ul Baqi Madina.
Allama Ehsan Elahi Zaheer also written many books on various topics which became very popular like Qadiani and Kitaab al-Tawheed.