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| Over the years, he held a large number of positions as president or member of various Islamic councils and committees, and chaired a number of conferences both within the Kingdom and overseas, in addition to writing a great number of books in different fields and issuing a large body of fatwa . In 1402 H he was awarded the King Faisal International Prize for Service to Islam. | Over the years, he held a large number of positions as president or member of various Islamic councils and committees, and chaired a number of conferences both within the Kingdom and overseas, in addition to writing a great number of books in different fields and issuing a large body of fatwa . In 1402 H he was awarded the King Faisal International Prize for Service to Islam. | ||
| Some of his teachers were ], ] and the ] ]. He worked for fourteen years in the judiciary and was then deputed to the education faculty. He remained engaged in teaching for nine years at ], ]. Then he was appointed ] of the ], ]; but shortly afterwards, he was made the ] with all the ] powers. Later he was appointed President of the General Presidency of Islaamic Research, Ifta, Call and Propagation, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. | |||
| He held the position of ] of ], the Presidency of many Islamic Committees and Councils, the prominent among these being: Senior Scholars Committee of the Kingdom, Permanent Committee for ], the Founding Committee of ], ], ]; and the member of the Supreme Council of the Islaamic University at al-Madeenah, and the Supreme Committee for Islamic Propagation, until he passed away on May 13 1999. | |||
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Abdul 'Azeez ibn Abdullaah ibn Baaz (also Shaikh Abdulaziz bin Baz or Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Baz) was the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia from 1993 until his death in 1999. Born in Riyadh, Najd, he was a Muslim scholar and a staunch opponent of Shias and Mut'ah. He introduced the Misyar marriage.
At the age of sixteen, ibn Baaz contracted a serious eye infection. His sight deteriorated and by the age of twenty he was completely blind. His blindness not withstanding, ibn Baaz continued to study Islam under the direction of some of the most renowned Islamic thinkers of his day.
Positions held
- Judge of Kharj, 1357 H to 1371 H.
- Teacher, Faculty of Shariah , Riyadh Institute of Science, 1373 H to 1381 H.
- Vice President, and later President, of the Islamic University in Medina, 1381 H to 1391 H.
- Chairman of the Government Department of Scientific Research and Ifta (guidance) with the rank of Minister. 1395 H to 1414 H.
- Grand Mufti of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Head of the Council of Ulema (Senior Scholars). 1414 H to 1999 G.
Activities
Over the years, he held a large number of positions as president or member of various Islamic councils and committees, and chaired a number of conferences both within the Kingdom and overseas, in addition to writing a great number of books in different fields and issuing a large body of fatwa . In 1402 H he was awarded the King Faisal International Prize for Service to Islam.
External Links
- Biography of Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Baz, from an official website
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