The announcement of the Grand Mufti’s demise was made by the Saudi Royal Courtroom, mourning the lack of the esteemed non secular chief who additionally served as the top of the Council of Senior Students, the Normal Presidency of Scholarly Analysis and Ifta, and the Supreme Council of the Muslim World League.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday condoled the loss of life of Saudi Arabia’s grand mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Al-Sheikh. “Deepest condolences on the unhappy demise of the Grand Mufti of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, His Eminence Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Abdullah bin Mohammed Al AlSheikh. Our ideas and prayers are with the Kingdom and its folks on this second of grief,” PM Modi wrote on X. Sheikh Abdulaziz served as the highest non secular authority of the Islamic state for over 20 years. His loss of life was introduced on Tuesday as he handed away on the age of 82.
The announcement of the Grand Mufti’s passing was made by the Saudi Royal Courtroom, mourning the lack of the esteemed non secular chief who additionally served as the top of the Council of Senior Students, the Normal Presidency of Scholarly Analysis and Ifta, and the Supreme Council of the Muslim World League. “The Royal Courtroom introduced at present the passing of Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Al-Sheikh,” a press release from the Royal Courtroom stated.
It additional acknowledged that the funeral prayers can be held on the Imam Turki bin Abdullah Mosque in Riyadh after the Asr prayer on Tuesday. Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud ordered funeral prayers in absentia on the Grand Mosque in Makkah, the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah, and all mosques throughout the Kingdom.
Funeral prayer at Imam Turki bin Abdullah Mosque
“Funeral prayer can be held for him on the Imam Turki bin Abdullah Mosque in Riyadh after the Asr prayer at present. Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has ordered that funeral prayers in absentia even be carried out on the Grand Mosque in Makkah, the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah, and in all mosques throughout the Kingdom,” the assertion learn.
The Royal Courtroom highlighted Sheikh Al Al-Sheikh’s important contributions to Islam and Muslims, stating, “Together with his passing, the Kingdom and the Islamic world have misplaced a distinguished scholar.” Saudi King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman prolonged their condolences to his household, the Saudi folks, and the worldwide Muslim group.
Who was Sheikh Abdulaziz Al-Sheikh?
Sheikh Abdulaziz Al-Sheikh was born on November 30, 1940, in Mecca. He emerged as certainly one of Saudi Arabia’s most influential Islamic students and a key voice within the Kingdom’s non secular institution. A descendant of the famend Al ash-Sheikh household, which has lengthy been related to Islamic scholarship, he devoted his life to non secular studying from a younger age, memorising the Quran and finding out jurisprudence below outstanding students.
His tutorial path ultimately led him to function a professor at Imam Muhammad ibn Saud College, the place he mentored aspiring students. In 1999, he was appointed because the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia, succeeding Sheikh Abdulaziz Bin Baz, and went on to play a defining function in shaping the nation’s non secular discourse by his deep dedication to Islamic jurisprudence and steerage.
(With ANI inputs)
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