Abu Shuja Muhammad al-Ashraf

Abu Shuja Muhammad al-Ashraf ibn Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Khalaf was a vizier of the Fatimid caliph al-Mustansir Billah on two brief occasions in 1064–65.

Abu Shuja's date of birth is unknown. He was the son of the Buyid vizier Fakhr al-Mulk, who had been executed by the Buyid emir Sultan al-Dawla in 1016.{{sfn|Saleh|2002|p=390}}{{sfn|al-Imad|1990|p=187}} Historians stress his family's enormous wealth, but also his integrity.{{sfn|al-Imad|1990|p=187}} He served as vizier to al-Mustansir during the chaos of the Mustansirite Hardship, for only two days in December 1064 and again from January to February 1065.{{sfn|Saleh|2002|p=390}} He held the titles of {{Transliteration|ar|al-ajall}} ({{lit.|the illustrious one}}) and {{Transliteration|ar|al-muʿaẓẓam}} ({{lit.|the exalted one}}), as well as his father's title of {{Transliteration|ar|fakhr al-mulk}} ({{lit.|glory of the realm}}).{{sfn|al-Imad|1990|pp=168, 187}}

When Badr al-Jamali was called to take over the vizierate by al-Mustansir in 1073, Abu Shuja left for Syria, but was intercepted and executed by Badr al-Jamali.{{sfn|Saleh|2002|p=390}}{{sfn|al-Imad|1990|p=188}}