Nizamuddin Shamzai (12 July 1952 - 30 May 2004) was a pro-Taliban Pakistani Sunni Islamic scholar and the senior professor of hadith at the Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia. He was considered "one of the most important Deobandi figures in Pakistan" and the mentor of Mullah Mohammed Omar. He issued religious edicts and travelled to elicit support for the Taliban.