Muḥammad Mahdī al-Āṣifī (Arabic: محمد مهدی الآصفی) (b. 1938 - d. 1436/2015) was a Shiite scholar and mujtahid in the Islamic seminary of Najaf and a political activist in Iraq. Al-Asifi was a scholar of fiqh, Usul al-fiqh, the exegesis of the Qur'an, Islamic philosophy, and some economic and social issues, and he wrote on these topics. He was active against the Ba'th regime in Iraq, and was one of the main members of Hizb al-Da'wa al-Islamiyya (Islamic Da'wa Party) for a while. Al-Asifi had religious and social activities in Iran and Kuwait, and when the Ba'th regime was toppled down, he returned to Iraq. Ayatollah al-Asifi was also a member of the Higher Council of Ahl al-Bayt (a) World Assembly and its Secretary General for a while.