Former Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia, who overcame blindness from a young age to become one of the country’s most senior scholars.
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Rabee’ Ibn Haadee al-Madkhalee
A renowned scholar of hadeeth and its sciences, raised by his widowed mother after losing his father as an infant.
Muhammed ibn ‘Abdullaah as-Subayyal
Longtime Imaam and khateeb of al-Masjid al-Haraam in Makkah, and a distinguished teacher of fiqh and hadeeth.
Muhammad ibn ‘Abdullaah as-Sumaalee
A noble teacher and Muhaddith who taught Saheeh al-Bukhaaree and other hadeeth sciences at al-Masjid al-Haraam in Makkah.
Haafidth Ibn Ahmad al-Hakamee
A blind scholar from the southern Tuhaamah region of Saudi Arabia, celebrated for his poetic works on ‘aqeedah despite never seeing.
‘Abdullaah al-Ghudayyaan
A long-serving member of the Permanent Committee for Islaamic Research and Verdicts, known for his depth in fiqh and its principles.
‘Umar ibn Muhammad Fallaatah
A faqeeh, muhaddith and mufassir of West African descent, born near Makkah during his parents’ hijrah, who became a noted scholar of Madeenah.
‘Abdullaah Ibn Munay’
A senior member of the Council of Senior Scholars, distinguished for his contributions to Islaamic jurisprudence and the judiciary.
Muhammad Amaan Ibn ‘Ali al-Jaamee
An Ethiopian-born scholar who made hijrah to Saudi Arabia to seek knowledge, later becoming a prominent teacher of ‘aqeedah at the Islaamic University of Madeenah.
‘Abdul-Muhsin al-‘Abbaad
A senior Muhaddith and teacher at the Prophet’s Masjid in Madeenah, known for his decades spent transmitting and teaching hadeeth sciences.