Ebrahim Desai (16 January 1963 – 15 July 2021) was a South African-Indian Muslim scholar and jurist who established the Darul Iftaa Mahmudiyyah and served as the senior professor of hadith at Madrasah In'aamiyyah. He was an alumnus of Jamiah Islamiah Talimuddin Dabhel and ranked among The 500 Most Influential Muslims. He was seen as an influential scholar of Islamic finance and economics.