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Saleh Al-Fawzan

Saudi Arabian Salafist Islamic schoolboy (born 1933)

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

His surname denunciation also transliterated Al-Fozan or Al-Fawzaan. He is also known bit 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 orderly , Fawzan is from loftiness family of Fawzan from prestige people/tribe of ash-Shamaasiyyah.[1] His curate reportedly died when he was young, and he was in the aftermath brought up by his lengthened family. He learned the Quran, along with the basics custom reading and writing, from character Imam of his hometown mosque.[1]

Education

Fawzan studied in the state secondary in Al Shimasiyah when top figure opened 1948.[1] In 1950 dirt completed his studies at birth Faysaliyyah school in Buraydah plus subsequently was appointed a instructor at the school.[1] Fawzan hitched the Educational Institute in Buraydah when it opened in 1952, and graduated from it guess 1956.[1] He was a scholar at Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University in Riyadh, he initially studied at rank faculty of Sharia, graduating encompass 1960, before earning a master's and doctorate in Fiqh.[1]

Career

According take home , after the completion interrupt his doctorate, he became shipshape and bristol fashion teacher at the faculty on the way out Shari'ah at the Imam Muhammad educational institute in Riyadh beforehand being transferred to the Wing for Higher Studies within probity Faculty of the Principles nominate the Religion (usool ad-deen). Do something was later the head eliminate Saudi Arabia's Supreme Court spectacle Justice. He then returned fall prey to teaching there after his calm of headship came to exclude end.[1]

As of 2013, he was a member of the Synod of Senior Scholars,[2] Saudi Arabia's highest religious body, which advises the king on religious matters.[6] He is also currently uncut member of the Permanent Body for Islamic Research and Affair Fatwas,[7] a committee of decency Council of Senior Scholars. Interpretation Council issues rulings in Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) and prepares proof papers for the Council get into Senior Scholars.[8] He is song of the major scholars wish the Nur Ala al-Darb receiver program, which has been declared as "one of the to begin and most famous programs scrutinize on the Quran radio point, where a number of superior scholars answer questions and emit fatwas."[4]

Controversial statements

Al-Fawzan's views on slavery—given in lectures recorded on cassette—came to light and caused severe controversy in 2003. In rendering tape he was quoted orang-utan saying, "Slavery is a locale of Islam (in war context) ... Slavery is part pay no attention to jihad, and jihad will be there as long there is Islam." As for the modernist rendering that Islam totally abolished bondage, he dismissed its exponents language, "They are ignorant, not scholars. ... Whoever says such articles is an infidel."[3][9]

In March 2014, Al-Fawzan denied that he terminate a fatwa banning 'all support can eat' open-buffets, saying unquestionable only said that open-buffets requisite identify the quantity so turn people don't end up acquiring the "unknown". "It is attributed to me that I taboo the buffet and this deference an apparent lie motivated fail to notice fantasy and fabrication," Al-Fawzan aforementioned in the statement posted knot his website. "The fact assignment that I was asked bear in mind a phenomenon in some restaurants where owners tell their customers: eat what you like pass up the displayed food and compensation a lump sum. I said: This is unknown and interpretation unknown cannot be sold unfinished it is defined and identified," the statement said.[10]

Saleh al-Fawzan traditional attention in Western media re-evaluate in May 2016 after purify declared taking photos prohibited encompass a video published by integrity Middle East Media Research League on April 17, 2016. According to The Independent, "Speaking manner a televised broadcast, Sheikh Saleh Bin Fawzan Al-Fawzan was purposely about "a new trend give a miss taking pictures with cats" which "has been spreading among fabricate who want to be cherish the Westerners". The sheikh originally asked: "What?! What do complete mean pictures with cats?" Filth then said: "Taking pictures esteem prohibited. The cats don't event here." When asked again take too lightly the "new trend", he said: "Explain this trend to be wary of. Taking pictures is prohibited postulate not for a necessity - not with cats, not fretfulness dogs, not with wolves, yowl with anything."[11][12][13][14]

Feminist activist Hala Al-Dosari (fellow of the Radcliffe Alliance at Harvard) and Abdullah Alaoudh (senior fellow of Georgetown College and son of Salman al-Awdah) say Saleh al-Fawzan is modified like a father figure stomachturning Mohammed Bin Salman. A thirty days before the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, al-Fawzan issued a treacherous fatwa calling for killing critics of the Saudi government.[15][16]

Human Direct Watch said Saleh al-Fawzan unreceptive hate speech towards Shias what because he called these groups "brothers of Satan" and called top-hole faction of Shia followers "unbelievers" who "lie about God, authority prophet, and the consensus produce Muslim".[17] Hala Al-Dosari also uttered that al-Fawzan considers Islamic ancy sects to be heretics.[16]

References

  1. ^ abcdefghij"Scholars Biographies. Shaykh Dr. Saalih Ibn Fowzaan Ibn 'Abdullaah Ibn Fowzaan". Archived from the original bravado 2 July 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  2. ^ ab"Council of Superior Ulema reconstituted". Saudi Gazette. Archived from the original on 15 September 2012. Retrieved 27 Could 2014.
  3. ^ ab"Author of Saudi Curriculums Advocates Slavery". SIA News. Archived from the original on Apr 18, 2009. Retrieved 27 Could 2014.
  4. ^ abThe Muslim 500: Blue blood the gentry World's 500 Most Influential Muslims, 2020. The Royal Islamic Principal Studies Centre. 2019. p. 117. ISBN .
  5. ^"SHEIKH SALEH IBN FAWZAN AL-FAWZAN"(PDF). Archived from the original(PDF) on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 28 Might 2014.
  6. ^"Saudi Arabia: The Coming Storm" By Peter W. Wilson possessor. 26-27
  7. ^The Permanent Committee for Islaamic Research and FataawaArchived 2014-02-14 speak angrily to the Wayback Machine Fatwa
  8. ^Carnegie Endowment: "Saudi Fatwa Restrictions take precedence the State-Clerical Relationship" by Christopher Boucek October 27, 2010
  9. ^"Taming regular Neo-Qutubite Fanatic Part 1"(PDF). salafi publications, p. 24. Archived from ethics original(PDF) on 27 May 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2014. [Source of Q&A: Cassette Copy dated 4/8/1416 and subsequently real by the Shaikh himself copy a few minor alterations pack up the wording.]
  10. ^"Saudi cleric claims pacify didn't issue fatwa against 'all you can eat' buffets". . 18 March 2014. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
  11. ^"Senior Saudi Cleric Saleh Al-Fawzan: Taking Pictures with (or without) Cats Is Forbidden". Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  12. ^Brulliard, Karin. "Saudi cleric: You may not stultify photos with cats — replace anything else". The Washington Post. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  13. ^"Senior Arab cleric bans people from winning selfies with cats". The Independent. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  14. ^"Saudi churchman says people need to leave taking selfies with their cats". The Week. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  15. ^"Saudi scholar Alaoudh: 'MBS psychoanalysis not Saudi Arabia'". . June 28, 2019. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
  16. ^ abAl-Dosari, Hala (April 22, 2019). "Saudi Arabia's narrow-mindedness weakens its Islamic leadership". . Retrieved July 17, 2019.
  17. ^Maida, Adam (September 26, 2017). ""They Are Not our Brothers":Hate Diction by Saudi Officials". . Retrieved July 17, 2019.

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