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.

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Salih Bin Abdullah Humaid
صالح بن عبد الله ابن حميد
Imam Khatib at Masjid Al-Haram
Assumed office
1982
Personal life
Born1949[1]
Buraidah[1]
Children10
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Occupation
Religious life
ReligionIslam
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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.[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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