Abdulaziz Al Sheikh

Abdulaziz Al al-Sheikh was no ordinary cleric; as the third Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia from 1999 until his death in 2025, he sat at the very top of the religious hierarchy, issuing fatwas that carried enormous weight. What moves me is that beneath that immense authority was a man rooted in scholarship and devotion, Mecca-born, trained at Imam Muhammad ibn Saud University, and a qāriʾ who recited the Qur'an with care. Whatever one's own beliefs, I respect a life so fully given over to learning and faith, and his decades of influence are hard to overstate.

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Name (English)

Abdulaziz Al Sheikh

Name (Japanese)

アブドルアジズ・アール＝アッシャイフ

Reading

あぶどるあじず・あーる＝あっしゃいふ

Born

February 10, 1943 – September 23, 2025

Origin

Mecca, Mecca Province, Saudi Arabia

Occupation

mufti / qāriʾ

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Goat

University

Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University

Awards & achievements

• Dostyk Order of grade II

• Official sitehttps://mufti.af.org.sa/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdulaziz%20Al%20Sheikh
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%96%E3%83%89%E3%83%AB%E3%82%A2%E3%82%B8%E3%82%BA%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%EF%BC%9D%E3%82%A2%E3%83%83%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%82%A4%E3%83%95
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q307185

Tags

• Mecca Province
• mufti
• qāriʾ

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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