1. Saleh Al-Fawzan is widely considered to be the most senior scholar of Islam alive today.
14 Facts About Saleh Al-Fawzan
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Saleh Al-Fawzan's father passed away while he was still young, so he was raised within his family.
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Saleh Al-Fawzan learned the Qur'an, and studied the basics of reading and writing at the hands of the local masjid's imam, Sheikh Hamud ibn Sulayman At-Tilal, who later assumed the position of Qadi in the town of Dariyah in the Al-Qassim Province of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Sheikh Saleh Al-Fawzan enrolled in the public school when it opened in Al-Shamasiyyah in 1369 AH.
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Saleh Al-Fawzan completed his education at Al-Faysaliyyah School in Buraydah in 1371 AH, and was appointed as a primary school teacher.
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Saleh Al-Fawzan was later the head of Saudi Arabia's Supreme Court of Justice.
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Saleh Al-Fawzan then returned to teaching after his period of headship came to an end.
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Saleh Al-Fawzan is currently a member of the Fiqh council in Makkah Al-Mukarramah, affiliated with the Muslim World Leauge as well as a member of the Permanent Committee for Islamic Research and Issuing Fatwas, a committee of the Council of Senior Scholars.
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Saleh Al-Fawzan is a member of the Supervisory Committee for Preachers during Hajj.
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Saleh Al-Fawzan is 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.
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Saleh Al-Fawzan supervises many scientific theses at the master's and doctoral levels, and many students of knowledge who attend his sessions and ongoing lessons have studied under him in these programmes.
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Saleh Al-Fawzan would listen to his radio programs on knowledge and fatwas.
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From him, Sheikh Saleh Al-Fawzan benefited in many areas of Islamic knowledge - such as precision and caution in issuing fatwas, striving for accuracy and correctness, as well as patience and endurance in bearing the difficulties of scholarly work.
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Saleh Al-Fawzan learned to ground answers upon evidence from the Qur'an and Sunnah, while upholding a deep sense of responsibility and fear of Allah - avoiding negligence, over-leniency, or falling short in what is conveyed to the people in matters of fatwa.