Sheikh Sudais Juz Amma MP3

Sudais - JUZ AMMA MP3

Sudais - JUZ AMMA MP3

His Excellency

Sheikh

Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais

عبد الرحمن السديس

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General President for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques

Incumbent

Assumed office

8 May 2012 – present

Monarch King Abdullah

King Salman

Imam of Masjid Al Haram

Incumbent

Assumed office

1984 – present

Monarch King Fahad

King Abdullah

King Salman

Personal details

Born 1960 (age 56–57)[1]

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Nationality Saudi

Alma mater Umm al-Qura

Religion Islam[2]

Website https://www.gph.gov.sa

Abdul Rahman Ibn Abdul Aziz as-Sudais (عبد الرحمن السديس‎ ʻAbd ar-Rahman ibn ʻAbd al-Aziz as-Sudais; born 1960 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)[1] is the imam of the Grand mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia; the President of the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques;[3] a renowned qāriʾ (reciter of the Qur'an);[4] and was the Dubai International Holy Qur'an Award's "Islamic Personality Of the Year" in 2005.

Al-Sudais has preached Islam's opposition to "explosions and terrorism",[5][6] and has called for peaceful inter-faith dialogue,[7] but also been sharply criticized for vilifying non-Muslims and especially Jews in his sermons.[8][9] He has denounced the treatment of Palestinians by Israeli settlers and the state of Israel,[10] and called for more aid to be sent to Palestinians.[11] He has also been noted for identifying women's un-Islamic behavior as in part responsible for the winter 2006 drought in Saudi Arabia.[12][13] In 2016, corresponding with 1437 AH, he also led multitude of pilgrims gathered in Arafat, in prayers after delivering the Haj sermon.[14] [15]

Contents

1 Life and career

2 Views, statements, prayers

2.1 Conflict resolution among Muslims

2.2 Sin and drought

2.3 Prayers for inter-faith peace

2.4 Prayers for the destruction of the Jews

2.5 Call for all-out war against Shiites

3 Controversy

3.1 Alleged anti-semitism

3.2 Comments against Shiites

4 See also

5 References

6 External links

Life and career

Al-Sudais comes from the Anza clan, and he had memorized the Quran by the age of 12.[1] Growing up in Riyadh, Al-Sudais studied at the Al Muthana Bin Harith Elementary School, and afterwards the Riyadh Scientific Institution from which he graduated in 1979 with a grade of excellent.[1] He obtained a degree in Sharia from Riyadh University in 1983, his Master's in Islamic fundamentals from the Sharia College of Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University in 1987 and received his Ph.D. in Islamic Sharia from Umm al-Qura University in 1995 while working there as an assistant professor after serving at Riyadh University.[1]

Sudais took up his imamate in 1984, at just 22-years of age, and conducted his first sermon at the Grand Mosque in Mecca in July 1984, other than this Sheikh Saud Al-Shuraim - has been his partner in Taraweeh Prayers from 1991 till 2006, and again in 2014.[16]

In 2005, Al-Sudais was named by the Dubai International Holy Quran Award (DIHQA) Organising Committee as its 9th annual "Islamic Personality Of the Year" in recognition of his devotion to the Quran and Islam.[1] When accepting his award in Dubai, he said: "The message of Islam and Muslims is modesty, fairness, security, stability, sympathy, harmony and kindness."[17]

From 2010 to 2012 he visited India, Pakistan, Malaysia and Britain. Among his activities has been hosting a seminar at the Higher Institute for Advanced Islamic Studies in Malaysia in 2011, where he spoke about Islamic civilization against the backdrop of modern challenges.