Saud ibn Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Shuraim (

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: سعود بن ابراهيم بن محمد الشريم; born 19 January 1964), is one of the prayer leaders and Friday preachers at the Grand Mosque

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. A Quranic reciter, he also holds a Ph.D degree in

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(Islamic studies) at the

Umm al-Qura University Umm Al-Qura University (UQU; ar, جامعة أم القرى ) is a public university in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The university was established as the College of Sharia (Islamic Law) in 1949 before being joined by new colleges and renamed as Umm Al- ...

in Mecca. Shuraim was recently appointed as

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and "Specialist Professor in Fiqh" at the University. Shuraim leads the

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prayers during

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in Mecca since 1991. He also led the funeral prayer for Crown Prince

Nayef bin Abdulaziz Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al Saud ( ar, نايف بن عبد العزيز آل سعود, ''Nāyif ibn ‘Abd al ‘Azīz Āl Su‘ūd''; 1934 – 16 June 2012) was the crown prince of Saudi Arabia and deputy prime minister from October 2011 and the Min ...

on 17 June 2012 after

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(sunset) prayer in

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King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud ( ar, عبدالله بن عبدالعزيز آل سعود ''ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al ʿAzīz Āl Saʿūd'', Najdi Arabic pronunciation: ; 1 August 1924 – 23 January 2015) was King and Prime Minister of Saudi ...

and the royal families were present at this funeral.

Career

In 1991, he was made a prayer leader and Friday preacher at the Grand Mosque by the order of

King Fahd Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud ( ar, فهد بن عبد العزيز آل سعود ''Fahd ibn ʿAbd al ʿAzīz Āl Suʿūd'', ; 1920, 1921 or 1923 – 1 August 2005) was a Saudi Arabian politician who was King and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia fro ...

. A year after that, he was appointed judge in the High court of

. Further to this, he was approved and made to teach in the Holy Masjid al-Haram. He has been serving as a professor at the

in Makkah since 1995, and has been named the dean of the faculty of "Shari'ah and Islamic Studies". In June 2010, he was promoted from the rank of professor to the specialist professor in

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by the president of the university Bakri bin Mat'ooq. He is presently working in Saudi Arabia. On 6 April 2018, Saudi authorities closed Shuraim’s twitter page because he had posted comments about political and social issues in the Kingdom and criticised what he believed are violations of Islamic teachings

Personal life

Shuraim's family is from the Haraqees of the

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tribe of Saudi Arabia. In an interview with the '' Al Watan'' newspaper, when asked about his wife's role in his success, Shuraim stated:

References

External links

Quran recitation by Saoud Al-Shuraim on Google Play (free listening and free download)

haramainrecordings.com
- Recent recordings (audio / video) of Sa'ud Al-Shuraim from

shuraym.com
- Unofficial Website of Imam Al-Shuraim
Download Sheikh Sa'ud Al-Shuraim's recitation of Al-Quran in mp3 format
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shuraim, Saud Al- 1966 births Living people Saudi Arabian Quran reciters Saudi Arabian Islamic religious leaders Sunni imams Saudi Arabian Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam Saudi Arabian Salafis Saudi Arabian imams Muslim scholars of Islamic jurisprudence Sharia judges 20th-century imams 21st-century imams Umm al-Qura University alumni Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University alumni People from Riyadh