Do you guys know how long sudais n shuraim have been imams of the haram? Cuz I was searchin sudais on YouTube and I found a video of him leading surah tahreem in 1990. Lol he was only like 25 years old back then.I thougt you need to be a little older so you can get more ilm and then become imam. Do you guys know when exactly they became imams?
As posted quite some time back:
His Eminence Sheikh Dr. Abdurrahman Bin Abdul Aziz Al Sudais, Imam and Public Speaker of the Sacred Mosque in Holy Mecca
Abu Abdulaziz Abdurrahman Bin Abdulaziz Bin Abdullah Bin Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Bin Mohamad Bin Abdullah, called “AlSudais”, his origin is related to the famous tribe “Anza”.
From Al Bakirya Governorate, Al Qusaim Area.
Place of Birth: Riyadh in 1382 A.H.
Thanks to Allah then to his parents, Al Sudais memorized the Holy Quran when he was 12 years old. His father caused him to join the Holy Quran Memorization Group in Riyadh, supervised by His Eminence Sheikh Abdurrahman Bin Abdullah Al Faryan,
and then, directed by Reciter Sheikh Mohammad Abdulmajed until Allah favored him with number of teachers of the Group, the last one of them was Sheikh Mohammad Ali Hassan.
His early life and study:
He grew in Riyadh and joined Al Muthana Bin Harith Elementary School, then Riyadh Scientific Institution; where his most famous Sheikhs were
Sheikh Abdullah Al munif,
Sheikh Abdullah Bin Abdurrahman AlT waijiri, and others. He graduated from the Institution in 1399 A.H. with a grade of excellence.
Then, he joined Riyadh Shariah College, and graduated in 1403A.H, his most famous Sheikhs in the College were:
(1) The late Sheikh Saleh Al Ali Naser ( may God have mercy in his soul)
(2) Sheikh Abdulaziz Bin Abdullah Al Sheikh
(Public Mufti of the KSA)
(3) Dr. Sheikh Saleh Bin Abdurrahman Al atram
(4) Sheikh Abdullah Bin Abdurrahman Ibn Jibrin
(5) Sheikh Abdulaziz Al dawood
(6) Sheikh Fahdn Al hemin
(7) Sheikh Dr. Saleh Bin Ghanem Al Sadlan
(8) Sheikh Dr.Abdurrahman Bin Abdullah Al darwish
(9) Sheikh Dr. Abdullah Bin Ali Alrakban
(10) Sheikh Dr.Abdulaziz Bin Abdurrahman Al rabia
(11) Sheikh Dr. Ahmad Bin Ali Al mubaraki
(12) Sheikh Dr.Abdurrahman Al sadhan
His involvement in the university activities:
Al Sudais was appointed as a lecturer at Shariah College after he was graduated from the jurisprudence Principles Section there of,
and he passed the preliminary (methodology) stage in excellent grade.
His most famous Sheikh at the said Section was Scholar Sheik Abdullah Bin Abdurrahman Al Ghadian. He worked as an imam and public speaker in number of Riyadh mosques, the last of which was the Mosque of the late Scholar Sheikh Abdurrazaq Al afifi (may God have mercy on his soul).
Beside his ordinary education at the College, he was learned by number of sheikhs of mosques and gained benefits from them, including, but without limitation,:
(1) His Eminence the late Scholar Sheikh Abdulaziz Ibn Baz (mayGod have mercy on his soul)
(2) The late Sheikh Abdurrazaq Afifi (may God have mercy on his soul)
(3) Sheikh Dr. Saleh A fawzan
(4) Sheikh Abdurrahman Bin Naser Al barrak
(5) Sheikh Abdulaziz Bin Abdullah Al rajihi,
In addition to other sheikhs may Allah give them His best rewards.
In addition to being a lecturer at the College, Al Sudais worked as a teacher in Al dawa Imam Scientific Institution.
In 1404 A.H., the Noble Order was issued appointing him as an imam and public speaker at the Sacred Mosque. He commenced his work in the month of Shaaban of the same year, on Sunday 22.8.1404 A.H.at Al asr (afternoon) prayer. He made his first speech in Ramadan on 15.9of the same year.
In 1408 A.H., he obtained the Master Degree from the Shariah College, Imam Mohammad Bin Masood Islamic University,jurisprudence Principles Section, and had the excellence grade for his the is “jurisprudent Issues relating to the Shariah evidence where by Ibn Qudamah Al Ghazali made his contradiction”. The said thesis was supervised by Scholar Sheikh Abdurrazaq Afifi, but due to his health conditions, the supervision of this was continued by Sheikh Dr.Abdurrahman Aldarwish. After that, Al Sudais worked as a lecturer at the Judicature Section,Shariah College, Umm Alqura University in the Sacred Mecca.
In 1416 A.H., He obtained the doctorate degree with an excellence grade from the Shariah College at Umm Al qura University,with a recommendation to print his thesis titled“ The Clear in the Jurisprudence Principles by Abi Alwafa Bin Oqail Alhanbali:
study and inspection”:
The said was supervised by Sheikh Dr. Ahmad Fahmi Abu Sunnah,and discussed by Sheikh Dr. Abdullah Bin Abdulmuhsen Alturki, the Secretary of the Islamic World Union,
and Dr. Ali Bin Abbas Al Hakami, Chairman of Shariah High Studies at Umm Alqura University at the time being. Then, he was appointed as an assistant professor in Shariah College, Umm Alqura University.