Sayyid Hussain Ahmad Madani (6 October 1879 – 5 December 1957) was an Indian Islamic scholar. His followers called him Shaykh al-Islām, Shaykh al-Arab Wal Ajam to acknowledge his expertise in hadith and fiqh. He was among the first recipients of the civilian honour of Padma Bhushan in 1954.[1][2]