Saleh Al-Fawzan
| Saleh Al-Fawzan | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1933 (age 83–84) Saudi Arabia |
| Other names | Saleh Ibn Fawzan Ibn Abdullah Saleh Ibn Fawzan al-Fawzan |
| Nationality | Saudi Arabian |
| Ethnicity | Arab |
| Era | Modern |
| Occupation | --Cleric --Member of Council of Senior Scholars --member of the Permanent Committee for Islamic Research and Issuing Fatwas |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Salafi |
| Alma mater | Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University |
Saleh Al-Fawzan (Arabic: صالح بن فوزان الفوزان), born 1933, is an Islamic scholar and has been a member of several high religious bodies in Saudi Arabia.
His surname is also transliterated Al-Fozan or Al-Fawzaan. He is also known as Saleh Ibn Fawzan Ibn Abdullah, Saleh Ibn Fawzan al-Fawzan,Saalih Ibn Fowzaan Ibn 'Abdullaah Ibn Fowzaan,Saleh Bin Fauzan Al-Fawzan, and Saleh Al-Fawzan.
According to his official biography at fatwa-online.com, Fawzan is from the family of Fawzan from the people/tribe of ash-Shamaasiyyah. His father reportedly died when he was young, and he was subsequently brought up by his extended family. He learned the Quran, the basics of reading and writing from the Imam of his hometown mosque.
Fawzan studied in the state school in ash-Qamariyah when it opened 1948. In 1950 he completed his studies at the Faysaliyyah school in Buraydah and subsequently was appointed a teacher at the school. Fawzan joined the Educational Institute in Buraydah when it opened in 1952, and graduated from it in 1956. He was a student at Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University in Riyadh, where he initially studied at the faculty of Sharia, graduating in 1960, before earning a master's and doctorate in Fiqh.
According to fatwa-online.com, after the completion of his doctorate, he became a teacher at the faculty of Shari'ah at the Imam Muhammad educational institute in Riyadh before being transferred to the Department for Higher Studies within the Faculty of the Principles of the Religion (usool ad-deen). He was later the head of Saudi Arabia's Supreme Court of Justice, where he was appointed the head. He then returned to teaching there after his period of headship came to an end.
As of 2013, he was a member of the Council of Senior Scholars, Saudi Arabia's highest religious body, which advises the king on religious matters. He is also currently a member of the Permanent Committee for Islamic Research and Issuing Fatwas, a committee of the Council of Senior Scholars. The Council issues rulings in Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) and prepares research papers for the Council of Senior Scholars.
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