Shaykh Ibn Baz | Biography, Teachers, Birthplace & Legacy of the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia

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📖 About Shaykh ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Bāz (1330H – 1420H / 1910 – 1999 CE) Shaykh ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn ʿAbdillāh ibn Bāz رحمه الله was one of the greatest scholars of the 20th century, known for his deep knowledge, piety, and service to Islam and the Muslims. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌍 Birth & Early Life Born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in 1330H / 1910 CE. He lost his eyesight in his youth, yet dedicated his life to seeking and teaching knowledge. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 👨‍🏫 Teachers He studied under some of the most prominent scholars of Najd, including: - Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ibrāhīm Āl al-Shaykh (Mufti of Saudi Arabia before him). - Shaykh Saʿd ibn Ḥamd ibn ʿAtīq. - Shaykh ʿAbd al-Laṭīf ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Ḥasan Āl al-Shaykh. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📚 Contributions - Served as Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia from 1413H (1992 CE) until his death in 1420H (1999 CE). - Head of the Permanent Committee for Islamic Research and Fatāwā (al-Lajnah al-Dāʾimah). - Chancellor of the Islamic University of Madinah. - Authored many books and issued thousands of fatāwā on matters of ʿaqīdah, fiqh, and daʿwah. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ❤️ Legacy - Shaykh Ibn Bāz dedicated his life to teaching, writing, and giving daʿwah. His students include many of the leading scholars of today, such as Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān, Shaykh ʿAbd al-Muḥsin al-ʿAbbād, and others. His impact continues to benefit Muslims worldwide. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🕋 He passed away in 1420H / 1999 CE in Riyadh, and was prayed over by millions. ✨ May Allah have mercy on Shaykh Ibn Bāz, elevate his rank, and reward him for his service to Islam.