Shams ad-Dīn adh-Dhahabī ( شمس الدين الذهبي ), ya kasan ce shi ne wanda aka sani da Shams ad-Din Abū'Abdillāh Muhammad Ibn Ahmad Ibn'Uthman ibn Qāymāẓ ibn'Abdillāh a-Turkumānī al-Fāriqī ad-Dimashqī (Oktoba 1274 - 3 ga watan Fabrairu 1348 ) wani Syria Musulunci tarihi da kuma Hadith gwani. An haifi Adh-Dhahabi a cikin Damascus a ranar 5 ga Oktoba 1274. Shi dan asalin Turkmen ne daga Mayyafariqin, arewa maso gabashin Diyar Bakr . A wani lokaci, sai suka ƙaura zuwa Dimashƙu. Sunansa, ibn adh-Dhahabi (ɗan maƙerin zinariya), ya nuna aikin mahaifinsa. Ya fara karatun hadisi yana da shekaru goma sha takwas, yana tafiya daga Dimashka zuwa Baalbek, Homs, Hama, Aleppo, Nabulus, Alkahira, Alexandria, Jerusalem, Hijaz, da sauran wurare, kafin ya dawo Dimashƙu don koyarwa da rubutu. Ya yi rubuce-rubuce da dama kuma sananne ne a matsayinsa na mai sukar masanin hadisi. Ya rubuta tarihin rayuwar mutane kuma yana kan gaba wajen iya karatun Kur'ani . Wasu daga cikin malaman sa mata ne. A Baalbek, Zainab bint marUmar b. al-Kindī yana cikin manyan malamai masu tasiri.