The Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia. Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al Sheikh passed away at 82. He was a prominent scholar and head of the Council of Senior Scholars and the Muslim World League’s Supreme Council. Leading key religious and fatwa institutions,
His funeral will be held in Riyadh, with absentee prayers across the Kingdom’s major mosques by order of King Salman.
The Royal Court called his death a significant loss to both Saudi Arabia and the Islamic world.
Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al Sheikh was respected globally as a leading Salafi religious authority who dedicated his life to guiding the Muslim Ummah.
