The current grand Mufti of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and president of The Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Fatawa.
It is interesting to note the noble Shaykh was asked for his biography on the radio program Nur ‘ala ad-Darb, he declined stating that he is not worthy of having his biography written, and that others have precedence. Ash Shaykh al ‘Allaamah al Muhaddith ‘Abdul Muhsin al ‘Abbad also had the same stance about a biography as can be read at the bottom of his biography here .
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His full name:
'Abdul 'Azeez ibn 'Abdullah ibn Muhammad ibn 'Abdul Lateef Aal ash-Shaykh.
His Upbringing :
He was born in Riyadh in 1362 H. He was weak sighted since brith and he lost his sight in 1381 H.
His Studies::
He started by studying the Quran in Masjid Ahmad ibn Sanan, he memorized the Quran at the age of 12. He then continued to seek knowledge in study circles and in 1375 H he joined the Institute of the Imaam of Da'wah. He graduated from the Faculty of Sharee'ah in 1383/1384 H.
His Work::
After graduating, he started teaching at the Institute of Imaam ad-Da'wah until 1392H, he then taught at the faculty of Sharee'ah in Riyadh until 1412 H when he was appointed to be a member of The Permanent Committee .
In 1416H he was appointed as the Deputy to the Grand Mufti of the Saudi Arabia.
He was also appointed as a member of The Committee of Major Scholars in 1407H.
He is now The Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia and the President of The Committee of Major Scholars