Saleh Al-Fawzan
Sheikh Ṣāliḥ Al-Fawzān | |
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شيخ صالح الفوزان | |
Saleh Al-Fawzan in 2019 | |
| Title | Imāmu Ahlis-Sunnati wal-Jamāʿah |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 1354 AH Hijri 1935 CE Gregorian |
| Nationality | Saudi Arabian |
| Era | Modern |
| Region | Arabian Peninsula |
| Main interest(s) | ʿAqīdah, Fiqh |
| Alma mater | Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University |
| Other names | Saleh Ibn Fawzan Ibn Abdullah Saleh Ibn Fawzan Al-Fawzan |
| Occupation | Muslim Scholar Jurist |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Jurisprudence | Hanbali |
| Creed | Athari, Salafi |
| Website | https://alfawzan.af.org.sa/ |
Ṣāliḥ bin Fawzān bin ʻAbd Allāh Al-Fawzān (Arabic: صالح بن فوزان بن عبد الله الفوزان; born 1 Rajab 1354 AH / 28 September 1935 CE) is an Islamic scholar, Faqīh (jurist), university professor, a member of the council of senior scholars, a member of the Fiqh council in Makkah Al-Mukarramah, affiliated with the Muslim World League, a member of the Supervisory Committee for Preachers during Hajj and a member of the Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Ifta in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In addition to this, he is also an imam, khatib and teacher at the Prince Mutaib bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Mosque in the capital city of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh. He participates in answering questions on the radio program Nūr ʿAlā ad-Darb and regularly contributes to scholarly journals in the form of research, studies, letters, and fatwas. He is widely considered to be the most senior and knowledgable scholar of Islam alive today.