Saalih al fawzan biography books

Saudi Arabian Salafist Islamic scholar (born 1933)

Saleh Al-Fawzan (Arabic: صالح بن فوزان الفوزان; born 28 September 1933)^[1] is an Islamic scholar and has been a member of several high religious bodies in Saudi Arabia.^[1][2][3] He is considered to be the most senior scholar of Islam in Saudi Arabia.^[4]

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,^[5]Saalih Ibn Fowzaan Ibn 'Abdullaah Ibn Fowzaan.^[1]

Biography

According to his official biography at fatwa-online.com, Fawzan is from the family of Fawzan from the people/tribe of ash-Shamaasiyyah.^[1] His father reportedly died when he was young, and he was subsequently brought up by his extended family.

He learned the Quran, along with the basics of reading and writing, from the Imam of his hometown mosque.^[1]

Education

Fa [Biography] Shaikh Saleh bin Fawzan bin Abdullah al-Fawzan JISYG