Salih ibn Humayd

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Salih ibn Humayd
صالح بن حميد
Salih bin Abdullah al-Humaid.jpg
Personal life
Born1949 [1]
Buraidah, [1] Saudi Arabia
Children10
Known for
Occupation
Religious life
Religion Islam
Denomination Sunni
Creed Athari
Muslim leader

Salih ibn Humayd [a] (born 1949) is a Saudi Islamic scholar who is currently one of the nine Imams of Grand Mosque of Mecca. He has also been a member of the Assembly of Saudi Arabia since 1993 and served as Speaker of the Majlis al Shura from February 2002 to February 2009. [1]

He previously served briefly as the President of Religious Affairs of The Two Holy Mosques from 2001 to 2002.

Biography

Salih Humaid is member of Saudi Majlis al Shura (Consultative Assembly of Saudi Arabia) since 1993 and the Speaker of Majlis al Shura from February 2002 to February 2009. [2] [3] He is currently imam of Masjid al-Haram (Grand Mosque of Mecca). [4] He is also a member of the Arabic Language Academy in Mecca, [5] and the President of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy in Jeddah.

He won the 2016 Service to Islam award from the King Faisal International Prize. [6]

He is the son of Abd Allah Ibn Humayd.

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Arabic: صالح بن عبد الله بن حميد, romanized: Ṣāliḥ ibn ʻAbd Allāh ibn Ḥumayd
  1. 1 2 3 Dr. Saleh bin Abdullah bin Humaid
  2. ↑ The Shura Council of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - A Brief History
  3. ↑ Mundo, Instituto del Tercer (2008). Guia del Mundo 2009 (in Spanish). IEPALA Editorial. p. 85. ISBN   978-84-675-3225-8 . Retrieved 16 August 2010.
  4. ↑ "Makkah imam warns against gross misuse of holy sites".
  5. ↑ معالي الشيخ الدكتور/ صالح بن عبدالله بن حميد. Official website of the Academy, 9 February 2015. Accessed 8 November 2016.
  6. ↑ "Saleh bin Humaid wins King Faisal Prize for Service to Islam | Arab News".


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