ISLAMABAD: Sheikh Abdul Rehman Al Sudais has completed 40-year of his appointment as Imam of Masjid Al Haram, Makkah, Saudi Embassy said on Thursday. Taking to his social media account, Saudi Embassy Press Attaché Dr. Naif Alotaibi shared a video of Sheikh Al Sudais’s first Salah (prayer) as an Imam of Masjid Al Haram.
Sharing details, Dr. Naif Alotaibi informed that he (Sheikh Al Sudais) was appointed as an Imam of Masjid Al Haram by a Royal Decree issued by the late custodian of the two Holy Mosques King Fahad bin Abdulaziz in 1984 at the age of 22 years.
Dr. Naif Alotaibi further said that Sheikh Al Sudais led his first Salah (prayer) on Sha’ban 22, 1404 AH corresponding to May 1984. He added that Sheikh Al Sudais’s first Salah (prayer) in the Masjid Al Haram was the Asr prayer.
شیخ عبدالرحمان سدیس (حرم مکی کے شیخ) نے مسجد حرم میں امامت کے چالیس سال مکمل کر لیے۔
۱۹۸۴ میں ، حرم شریف میں شیخ کی پہلی نماز۔👇👇👇 pic.twitter.com/12aS8gJ20C
— Dr. Naif Alotaibi (@Dr_Naif777) March 15, 2023
Abdul Rehman Al Sudais
He was born in 1962 in Riyadh and had been popular in the Muslim world for his melodious Quranic recitations. After graduating from Riyadh Scientific Institute with excellence in 1979, Abdul Rehman Sudais gained a bachelor’s degree from the Riyadh-based College of Shariah.
A year after graduating, Abdul Rehman Sudais was appointed an imam at the Grand Mosque. He was also appointed as a lecturer in the department for the Fundamentals of Islamic Jurisprudence.
He also obtained a Masters degree in Islamic jurisprudence from Imam Muhammad Bin Saud Islamic University in 1988 and a PhD from Umm Al-Qura University. He was also elevated to the rank of assistant professor at the university’s college of Shariah, followed by associate professor and member of teaching staff at Umm Al-Qura university in 2004. Five years later, the university promoted him to the post of professor of Islamic jurisprudence.
