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| '''Abdul 'Azeez ibn Abdullaah ibn Baaz''' was born in ]. He was a ] scholar and a staunch enemy of ]'s and ]. He introduced the ] | '''Abdul 'Azeez ibn Abdullaah ibn Baaz''' was born in ]. He was a ] scholar and a staunch enemy of ]'s and ]. He introduced the ] | ||
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| ==His Childhood and Youth== | |||
| The sheikh’s father died when he was only three years of age, therefore, a big responsibility was on his mother to raise the sheikh. When asked about his childhood, the sheikh said, “my father died when I was three years old; and I only had my mother who took care of me and educated me encouraging me to learn more about ] ; she also died when I was twenty six.” His mother played an important role in bringing him up and later in directing him toward memorizing the ], at the age of fourteen, and studying different Islamic books. When he was thirteen or so, he had to work with his older brother, Muhammad, selling ], men’s gowns, on the market. Despite the fact that he helped a great deal in supporting his family, he had never forgotten to study ], ], ] (Jurisprudence), and ]. In 1346 H, when the sheikh was sixteen, he started losing his eyesight after being afflicted with a serious infection in his eyes. By the time he was twenty, he had totally lost his sight and become blind. Nonetheless, he dedicated his full time to studying Islamic books benefiting and learning from different sheikhs. | |||
| ==His Education== | |||
| The sheikh managed to gain a great deal of Islamic knowledge through his constant reading of Islamic literature as well as his accompaniment to different scholars and sheiks whom he learned and benefited from a lot. Some of these sheikhs are: | |||
| 1. ]. Bin baz had stayed with this sheikh for almost ten years. He was later chosen by his sheikh to be the judge of ]. | |||
| 2. ]. | |||
| 3. ], the judge of ] city at that time. | |||
| 4. ]; Bin Baz benefited from this sheikh in the field of Arabic grammar. | |||
| 5. ], one of ]’s best scholars in ] (mastery of reading the Holy ]). | |||
| ==Job Titles== | |||
| The sheikh had assumed a number of posts and responsibilities such as | |||
| 1. the judge of ]; upon the recommendation of ], sheikh Bin Baz was appointed as the judge of Al-Kharj from 1357 H to 1371 H. | |||
| 2. In 1371 H and after spending fourteen years in Al-Kharj as a judge, he was transferred to ] where he became a teacher in the ], he taught in the Faculty of ] from 1373 H to 1381 H. | |||
| 3. In 1381 H he was then appointed ], and later ], of the ]. | |||
| 4. In 1395 H a royal decree named him ] of the ] with the rank of Minister. | |||
| 5. And in 1414 H he was appointed ] of the ] and Head of the Council of ] (Senior Scholars). 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 ] and overseas, in addition to writing a great number of books in different fields and issuing a large body of ] . In 1402 H he was awarded the ] for Service to Islam. | |||
| ==His Achievements== | |||
| The sheikh had set an example to the Muslim youth wherever they may be; his main concern besides studying ] was ] both inside and outside the country. Sheikh Bin Baz also had undertaken a number of charitable organizations and activities such as: | |||
| 1. His endless support for ] organizations and Islamic centers all over the world. | |||
| 2. The establishment and supervision of schools for teaching the Holy ]. | |||
| 3. The foundation of an organization that facilitates marriage for Muslim youth. | |||
| 4. The popular radio program, ] , which hosting one of the sheikhs, discusses a lot of problems answering different questions by listeners as well as providing ] if needed. This program is considered one the most radio programs ever broadcast. | |||
| ==His Books and Writings== | |||
| Sheikh Bin Baz managed to write a good number of books on different issues. The number of books written by sheikh Bin Baz exceeds sixty and it is hard to name them all in here; however, the subject matter that he mainly wrote on was ], ], ], ], ] and also a great deal of books on ], ], ], ] and ].His Lectures and Lessons | |||
| Sheikh Bin Baz life was full of lectures and sermons which he delivered in public or privately at his ]. Like his books, his lectures and sermons were so many but they revolved majorly around the situation of the Muslim world and around issues that concerned the ] . In addition, the sheikhs time was devoted to the lessons he gave after ] prayer, giving fatwa during the day, meeting delegates from Muslim countries and sitting with the people after ] prayer to solve their problems and offer help as much as he could. He also used to invite people after ] prayer to have lunch with him. | |||
| ==His Death== | |||
| On Thursday morning ], ] and at the age of ninety, sheikh Bin Baz died. The next day, following ] prayer, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques ] bin Abdulaziz, ], ], sheikhs, scholars and hundreds of thousands of people performed funeral prayers at the Holy Mosque in ] for late sheikh Abdul 'Azeez ibn Abdullaah ibn Baaz. | |||
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Abdul 'Azeez ibn Abdullaah ibn Baaz was born in Najd. He was a Muslim scholar and a staunch enemy of Shia's and Mut'ah. He introduced the Misyar marriage
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