# Zahid

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**Zahid** is a male given name and family name or surname particularly popular in several Middle Eastern and Asian countries. It has its roots in the Arabic language. In Arabic, there are a few variations based on the exact pronunciation of the name thus having different meanings. One of the meanings of Zahid in Arabic is [Altruistic](/source/Altruism). Zahid is also defined as "the noble man who stops other from wrong doing of 'respectable' belief",[1] explained as: "The Zahid is the literal believer in the letter of the Law, opposed to the [Sufi](/source/Sufism), who believes in its spirit: hence the former is called a Zahiri (outsider), and the latter a Batini, sider."[2]

Notable persons with the name include:

- [Zahid Ahmed (actor)](/source/Zahid_Ahmed_(actor)) (born 1984), Pakistani actor
- [Zahid Ahmed (cricketer)](/source/Zahid_Ahmed_(Pakistani_cricketer)) (born 1961), Pakistani cricketer
- [Zahid Ali](/source/Zahid_Ali) (born 1976), Norwegian comedian
- [Zahid Iqbal](/source/Zahid_Iqbal) (born 1981), English cricketer
- [Zahid Pirzada](/source/Zahid_Pirzada) (born 1958), Pakistani field hockey player
- [Zahid Saeed](/source/Zahid_Saeed) (born 1981), Pakistani cricketer
- [Zahid Shareef](/source/Zahid_Shareef) (born 1970), Pakistani field hockey player
- [Ahmad Zahid Hamidi](/source/Ahmad_Zahid_Hamidi) (born 1953), Malaysian politician
- [Zahidullah Salmi](/source/Zahidullah_Salmi) (born 2002), Afghan cricketer, also known as Zahid
- [Ghayas Zahid](/source/Ghayas_Zahid) (born 1994), Norwegian footballer
- [Zahid Mahmood](/source/Zahid_Mahmood) (born 1988), Pakistani cricketer
- [Zahid Valencia](/source/Zahid_Valencia) (born 1997), American freestyle wrestler
- [Zahid Hasan](/source/Zahid_Hasan_(actor)) (born 1965), Bangladeshi film actor
- [Zahid (Turkistan Islamic Party)](/source/Zahid_(Turkistan_Islamic_Party)) (born 1977), Emir of the [Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria](/source/Turkistan_Islamic_Party_in_Syria)
- [Zahid Hasan Ameli](/source/Zahid_Hasan_Ameli) (born 1987), retired Bangladeshi footballer
- [M. Zahid Hasan](/source/M._Zahid_Hasan) (born 1971), Bangladeshi physicist
- [Zahid Ahsan Russel](/source/Zahid_Ahsan_Russel) (born 1978), Bangladesh politician
- [Zahid Hasan (actor)](/source/Zahid_Hasan_(actor)) (born 1965), Bangladeshi actor
- [Zahid Hasan (scholar)](/source/Zahid_Hasan_(scholar)) (1918–1988), Indian Islamic scholar and politician

## References

1. p.16 Islamic History. London: The Octagon Press, 1974

1. Burton 1974, p.104

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