Salih bin Abdullah al-Humaid
Saudi Arabian politician and Imam of Grand Mosque of Mecca From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ṣāliḥ ibn ʻAbd Allāh al-Ḥumayd (Arabic: صالح بن عبد الله ااحميد; born 1949),[1] is a Saudi Arabian Imam and politician. He is currently one of the nine Imams of Grand Mosque of Mecca. He is also member of Assembly of Saudi Arabia since 1993 and had served Speaker of Majlis al Shura from February 2002 to February 2009.
Salih Bin Abdullah Humaid | |
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صالح بن عبد الله ابن حميد | |
Imam Khatib at Masjid Al-Haram | |
Assumed office 1982 | |
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Born | 1949[1] Buraidah[1] |
Children | 10 |
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Religion | Islam |
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] Among many other distinguish awards.
He is the son of Ibn Humayd.
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