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Abdulaziz Al Sheikh

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Abdulaziz Al Sheikh

Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Al ash-Sheikh (30 November 1943 – 23 September 2025) was a Saudi Islamic scholar who served as the third Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia from 1999 until his death in 2025. As such he was head of the Council of Senior Religious Scholars and its sub-committee, the Permanent Committee for Islamic Research and Issuing Fatwas.

Infobox

Preceded by
Ibn Baz
Succeeded by
Saleh Al-Fawzan
Born
(1943-11-30)30 November 1943Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Died
23 September 2025(2025-09-23) (aged 81)Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Alma mater
Imam Muhammad ibn Saud University
Religion
Islam
Denomination
Sunni
Lineage
Al ash-Sheikh family
Jurisprudence
Hanbali
Creed
Athari
Movement
Salafi

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Preceded byAbdulaziz Bin Baz
Preceded byAbdulaziz Bin Baz
Religious titles
Preceded byAbdulaziz Bin Baz
Religious titles
Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia 1999–2025
Religious titles
Succeeded bySalih al-Fawzan
Religious titles
Preceded byAbdulaziz Bin Baz
Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia 1999–2025
Succeeded bySalih al-Fawzan

References

  1. Arabic: عبد العزيز بن عبد الله آل الشيخ, romanized: ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn ʿAbd Āllah Āl ash-Shaykh
  2. The New York Times
  3. نجوم مصرية
    https://www.nmisr.com/arab-news/saudi-news/%D8%AD%D9%82%D9%8A%D9%82%D8%A9-%D9%88%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%A9-%D9%85%D9%81%D8%AA%D9%89-%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AE-%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF
  4. The Middle East and North Africa 2003
    https://books.google.com/books?id=4CfBKvsiWeQC&pg=PA949
  5. "Hässliche, unglückliche Äußerungen: Erdogan fordert Entschuldigung des Papstes" Archived 8 February 2012 at the Wayback
    http://www.netzeitung.de/spezial/derpapst/440836.html
  6. "Saudi Grand Mufti, an Archconservative in a Changing Kingdom, Dies"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20250923151207/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/world/middleeast/saudi-arabia-grand-mufti-dies.html
  7. The Independent
    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/mecca-for-the-rich-islams-holiest-site-turning-into-vegas-2360114.html
  8. Reuters
    http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/8/37528/World/Region/Europe-bishops-slam-Saudi-fatwa-against-Gulf-churc.aspx
  9. Diyanet Haber
    http://www.dinihaberler.com/haber/diyanetten-suudi-muftuye-kilise-cevabi-23536.html
  10. Huffington Post: "Sheikh Abdul-Aziz Al al-Sheikh, Saudi Arabian Mufti, Says Girls Ready For Marriage At 10 Years Old" By
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/24/sheikh-abdul-aziz-al-al-sheikh_n_1450449.html
  11. The Muslim 500
    http://themuslim500.com/downloads/151001-TheMuslim500-2016v009(23%7C48)-Web-Low.pdf
  12. "Horse statues demolished in Jazan"
    http://www.arabnews.com/news/454812
  13. Arabian Business News: "Saudi's Grand Mufti vents against horse statues" By Courtney Trenwith Archived 21 October 2013 a
    http://www.arabianbusiness.com/saudi-s-grand-mufti-vents-against-horse-statues-504942.html
  14. en.alalam.ir
    http://en.alalam.ir/news/1543997
  15. "Saudi Arabia's Grand Mufti denounces Islamic State group as un-Islamic"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20140827113133/http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2014/08/25/saudi-arabias-grand-mufti-denounces-islamic-state-group-as-un-islamic/
  16. Al Jazeera
    http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/09/saudi-grand-mufti-hajj-stampede-human-control-150926080554917.html
  17. CNN
    http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/21/middleeast/grand-mufti-opposes-chess/index.html
  18. The Guardian
    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/21/chess-forbidden-in-islam-rules-saudi-arabia-grand-mufti
  19. "'Iranians are not Muslims', says Saudi Arabia's Grand Mufti"
    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/saudi-arabia-grand-mufti-iran-sunni-muslims-hajj-a7229416.html
  20. www.firstpost.com
    http://www.firstpost.com/world/saudi-cleric-calling-iranians-non-muslims-and-deriding-zoroastrians-is-religion-based-persecution-2995110.html
  21. MEMRI
    https://www.memri.org/reports/isis-launches-campaign-calling-kill-prominent-islamic-clerics-such-yousuf-al-qaradawi-saudi
  22. Al Arabiya English
    https://english.alarabiya.net/News/saudi-arabia/2025/09/23/grand-mufti-of-saudi-arabia-has-passed-away-royal-court-
  23. Khaleej Times
    https://www.khaleejtimes.com/world/gulf/saudi-arabia-announces-the-passing-of-its-grand-mufti
  24. Saudigazette
    http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/article/655214/SAUDI-ARABIA/Saudi-Grand-Mufti-Sheikh-Abdulaziz-Al-Sheikh-passes-away
  25. Al Khaleej
    https://www.alkhaleej.ae/2025-09-26/%D9%88%D9%81%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%A5%D9%81%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%82%D9%84-%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%A9-%D9%85%D9%81%D8%AA%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A9-6100621/%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA
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