Imam Sheikh Abu Abdullah Muhammad bin Jamal al-Din Abdullah bin Ali al-Kharshi al-Maliki (Arabic: محمد الخرشي; 1010 A.H./1601 C.E. – 1101 A.H./1690 C.E.), historical name Muhammad al-Kharashi) was an Egyptian cleric, author and Islamic scholar who was reportedly the first Grand Imam of the Al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo. Al-Kharshi is considered to be a leading Muslim scholar, well known in his time throughout the Arab World and into other Islamic kingdoms in Africa.