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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.

He also belived the sun revoles aroung the earth, using Quranic literalism, and some have accused him of saying the earth is flat.

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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