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Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Al al-Shaykh
Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Al al-Shaykh (1311–1389 AH / 1890–1969) was the first Grand Mufti of the modern Saudi state and the teacher of a generation that included Ibn Baz.
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About the Shaykh
Born1890
Died1969
PlaceRiyadh
MadhhabHanbali
Scholar ofFiqh, ʿAqeedah
CreedAthari
OfficeGrand Mufti of Saudi Arabia
Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Al al-Shaykh (1311–1389 AH / 1890–1969) was the first Grand Mufti of the modern Saudi state and the teacher of a generation that included Ibn Baz.
He taught Hanbali fiqh and Athari Tawhid in Riyadh. His fatāwā and his oversight of the courts set the official teaching of the kingdom on worship and creed.
Legacy
The mufti who trained the contemporary Najdi Athari mashayikh of the late twentieth century.
Areas of knowledge
FiqhWorship and daily rulings taught from the school listed for this scholar, with the evidence made plain.
ʿAqeedahCreed on Allah’s names and attributes, and the way of Ahl al-Sunnah.
His series & major works
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