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Saudi appoints Sheikh Saleh as new grand mufti
Gulf Today
|October 24, 2025
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has appointed eminent Saudi Islamic scholar Sheikh Saleh Bin Fawzan Abdullah Al Fawzan as Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia in the rank of a minister.
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This is in line with a recommendation from Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed Bin Salman, the official SPA news agency reported late on Wednesday.
According to the royal decree, issued by the King, Sheikh Saleh Al Fawzan has also been appointed chairman of the Council of Senior Scholars and head of the Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Ifta.
Sheikh Al-Fawzan succeeds late Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz Al Sheikh who passed away on Sept.23.
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