A Brief biography of Sheikh Abdul Aziz Aal-Sheikh
Sheikh’s Full name is Abdul-Azīz ibn Abdullah ibn Muḥammad ibn Abdul Laṭif Al Ash-Sheikh ( عبد العزيز بن عبد الله بن محمد بن عبد اللطيف آل الشيخ) [born 30 November 1943] is the current Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia. As Grand Mufti, he is the head of the Permanent Committee for Islamic Research and Issuing Fatwas. The Shaykh is a charismatic scholar and an expert in the Islamic Jurisprudence . whose service to Fiqh – particularly In Hanbali Fiqh – is well known in the circles of knowledge throughout Arab World.
Silsilay Isnad (transmission ) from Imam Abu Abdullah Ahmad bin Hanbal al-Shaybani (قدس الله سرة) to Sheikh (دام ظلة عليه) goes as Follows:
The Shaykh studied the books of the Islamic Jurisprudence directly with Shaykhu-l Hanabilah ‘ Sheikh Abdullah Aal Shaykh (رحمه الله) who took from Sheikh Muhammad bin Ibrahim Aal al-Shaykh(رحمه الله); who took from Sheikh Sa’d bin. ‘Atiq(رحمه الله); who took from his father, Hamad bin. ‘Atiq(رحمه الله), who took from Sheikh. ‘Abdur Rahman bin. Hasan Aal al-Shaykh(رحمه الله،) ; who took from his grandfather, Sheikh Al Islam Al Imam Muhammad bin Abdul Wahhab(قدس الله سره); who took from Sheikh ‘Abdullah bin. Ibrahim bin Sayf(رحمه الله) who took from Abul Mawahib, Muhammad bin. ‘Abdul Baqi al-Ba’li(رحمه الله); who took from his father, Al-Shams Muhammad bin Badr al-Din al-Balbani(قدس الله سره); these two took from Imam Ahmad al-Wafa-I al-Muflihi(قدس الله سره) who took from Shaykhu-l Islam, Al Imam Musa b. Ahmad al-Hajjawi قدس الله سره (author of al-Iqna’ and Zad al-Mustaqni’); who took from Sheikh al-Shihab Ahmad bin. Ahmad bin. Ahmad al-Shuwayki(رحمه الله); who took from Sheikh Shihab al-Din Ahmad bin Abdullah al-‘Uskari(رحمه الله); who took from Al-Qadi ‘Ala al-Din ‘Ali bin Sulaiman al-Mardawi(رحمه الله); who took from Al-Zayn ‘Abdur Rahman bin. Sulayman bin. Abul Karam al-Salihi (Abu Sha’r) رحمه الله ; who took from Sheikh al-‘Ala ‘Ali bin. Muhammad bin. al-Lahham(رحمه الله); who took from his Shaykh, al-Hafidh Zayn al-Din ‘Abdur Rahman bin. Ahmad bin. Rajab(قدس الله); who took from Shams al-Din b. Abu Bakr b. Ayyub al-Zar’i (Ibn al-Qayyim) قدس الله سره; who took from Shaykhu-l Islam, ‘Ahmad bin. ‘Abdul Halim bin. Taymiyah(قدس الله سره); who took from Sheikh Shams al-Din ‘Abdur Rahman bin. Abu ‘Umar Muhammad bin. Ahmad bin. Muhammad bin Qudamah al-Maqdisi(رحمه الله) who took from his paternal uncle, Sheikh al-Muwaffaq, ‘Abdullah bin. Ahmad bin Muhammad bin. Qudamah(رحمه الله); who took from Nasihu-l Islam, Nasr b. Fatayan (Ibn al-Manni)(رحمه الله); who took from Abu Bakr Ahmad bin. Muhammad bin Ahmad al-Dinawri(رحمه الله) who took from Abu-l Khattab, Mahfudh bin. Ahamd al-Kalwadhani(رحمه الله); who took from al-Qadi, Abu Ya’la Muhammad b. al-Husain (al-Farra) رحمه الله; who took from Abu Abdullah al-Hasan b. Hamid al-Baghdadi al-Warraq(رحمه الله); who took from Abu Bakr ‘Abdul ‘Aziz bin. Ja’far bin. Ahmad (Ghulam al-Khallal)رحمه الله; who took from his Shaykh, Abu Bakr Ahmad bin. Muhammad bin. Harun al-Khallal (رحمه الله); who took from Abu Bakr Ahmad bin. Muhammad bin al-Hajjaj al-Marrudhi (رحمه الله)and other students of Al Imam of Ahlus Sunnah, Abu Abdullah Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Hanbal al-Shaybani(قدس الله سره)
May Allah have mercy upon them all and gather us with them in Jannah.
