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Salih bin Abdullah al-Humaid

Saudi Islamic scholar (born 1949) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Salih bin Abdullah al-Humaid
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Ṣāliḥ ibn ʻAbd Allāh al-Ḥumayd (Arabic: صالح بن عبد الله ااحميد; 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]

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

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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.[4][5] He is currently imam of Masjid al-Haram (Grand Mosque of Mecca).[6] He is also a member of the Arabic Language Academy in Mecca,[7] 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.[8]

He is the son of Abd Allah Ibn Humayd.

He led Eid Al-Fitr prayers every year, succeeding Muhammad Al Subbail. On 2025, he excused himself and Eid Al-Fitr was led by Al-Sudais.

He delivered the Arafah Sermon on 2025.

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Notes and references

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