20 Notable alumni of
Al-Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University

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Al-Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University is 817th in the world, 169th in Asia, and 2nd in Saudi Arabia by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 20 notable alumni from Al-Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.

  1. Salman Alodah

    Salman Alodah
    Born in
    Saudi Arabia Flag Saudi Arabia
    Years
    1956-.. (age 68)
    Occupations
    imam
    Biography

    Salman bin Fahd bin Abdullah al-Ouda or Salman al-Ouda (Arabic: سلمان العودة), Salman al-Oadah, Salman al-Audah, or Salman al-Awdah (Arabic: سلمان بن فهد العودة) - kunya: Abu Mu'ad (أبو معاذ)- (born December 14, 1956) is a Saudi Muslim scholar. Al-Ouda is a member of the International Union for Muslim Scholars and on its board of trustees. He is a director of the Arabic edition of the website Islam Today and appears on a number of TV shows and authors newspaper articles.

  2. Saleh Al-Fawzan

    Saleh Al-Fawzan
    Born in
    Saudi Arabia Flag Saudi Arabia
    Years
    1933-.. (age 91)
    Occupations
    theologianuniversity teacherIslamic jurist
    Biography

    Saleh Al-Fawzan is an Islamic scholar and has been a member of several high religious bodies in Saudi Arabia. He is considered to be the most senior scholar of Islam in Saudi Arabia.

  3. Muhammad al-Arifi

    Muhammad al-Arifi
    Born in
    Saudi Arabia Flag Saudi Arabia
    Years
    1970-.. (age 54)
    Occupations
    writerimam
    Biography

    Muhammad bin Abdul-Rahman al-Arifi is a Saudi Arabian author and Da'i. He is a graduate of King Saud University, and member of the Muslim World League and the Association of Muslim Scholars.

  4. Saud Al-Shuraim

    Saud Al-Shuraim
    Born in
    Saudi Arabia Flag Saudi Arabia
    Years
    1964-.. (age 60)
    Occupations
    judgeimam
    Biography

    Saud ibn Ibrahim ibn Muhammad Al-Shuraim is a Quranic reciter who was one of the prayer leaders and Friday preachers at the Grand Mosque Masjid al-Haram in Makkah. He also holds a Ph.D degree in Sharia (Islamic studies) at the Umm al-Qura University in Mecca. Shuraim was recently appointed as dean and "Specialist Professor in Fiqh" at the University.

  5. Sheikh Abdulaziz al-Sheikh

    Sheikh Abdulaziz al-Sheikh
    Born in
    Saudi Arabia Flag Saudi Arabia
    Years
    1943-.. (age 81)
    Occupations
    politicianmufti
    Biography

    Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Al-Sheikh is a Saudi Arabian scholar who is the current Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia. As such he is head of the Council of Senior Religious Scholars and its sub-committee, the Permanent Committee for Islamic Research and Issuing Fatwas.

  6. Aaidh ibn Abdullah al-Qarni

    Aaidh ibn Abdullah al-Qarni
    Born in
    Saudi Arabia Flag Saudi Arabia
    Years
    1960-.. (age 64)
    Occupations
    poetwriterclericadvisor
    Biography

    Shaykh Dr. Aaidh ibn Abdullah al-Qarni, is a Saudi Islamic Muslim scholar, author, and activist.

  7. Othman al-Khamees

    Othman al-Khamees
    Born in
    Kuwait Flag Kuwait
    Years
    1962-.. (age 62)
    Occupations
    muhaddithIslamic jurist'ālimda'i
    Biography

    Othman bin Muhammad bin Hamad bin Abdullah bin Saleh bin Muhammad al-Khamees al-Nasiri al-Tamimi, also known as Othman al-Khamees, is a jurist, academic and also a Sunni Muslim religious scholar, preacher from Kuwait.

  8. Abdur Rahman Al Huthaify

    Abdur Rahman Al Huthaify
    Born in
    Saudi Arabia Flag Saudi Arabia
    Years
    1948-.. (age 76)
    Occupations
    imam
    Biography

    Ali Bin Abdur Rahman Al Huthaify is a Saudi Imam and khateeb of the Al-Masjid an-Nabawi, and a former Imam of Quba Mosque. His style of reciting the Qur’an in a slow and deep tune is widely recognised.

  9. Muhammad bin Abdul Karim Issa

    Muhammad bin Abdul Karim Issa
    Born in
    Saudi Arabia Flag Saudi Arabia
    Years
    1965-.. (age 59)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Muhammad bin Abdul Karim Issa is a Saudi Arabian religious leader, Secretary General of the Muslim World League, President of the International Islamic Halal Organization, and former Saudi Minister of Justice.

  10. Ahmad bin Ali Al-Ajmi

    Ahmad bin Ali Al-Ajmi
    Born in
    Saudi Arabia Flag Saudi Arabia
    Years
    1970-.. (age 54)
    Occupations
    imam
    Biography

    Sheikh Ahmad Al-Ajmi is a Saudi Quran reciter and imam.

  11. Turki Al-Dakhil

    Turki Al-Dakhil
    Born in
    Saudi Arabia Flag Saudi Arabia
    Years
    1973-.. (age 51)
    Occupations
    diplomatwriterpresenterinternational forum participantjournalist
    Biography

    Turki bin Abdullah Aldakhil is a Saudi diplomat and journalist, and the current Saudi ambassador to the United Arab Emirates. He is the former general manager of Al Arabiya Television News Network in Dubai, the owner of Al Mesbar Studies and Research Centre and Madarek Publishing House in Dubai, and was previously a political correspondent for Radio MBC FM in Dubai and Radio Monte Carlo in Saudi Arabia. In February 2019, Al-Dakheel took the oath to become ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

  12. Saleh bin Abdul-Aziz Al ash-Sheikh

    Saleh bin Abdul-Aziz Al ash-Sheikh
    Born in
    Saudi Arabia Flag Saudi Arabia
    Years
    1959-.. (age 65)
    Occupations
    civil servant
    Biography

    Saleh bin Abdul-Aziz Al ash-Sheikh is a Saudi cleric who served as the minister of Islamic affairs, endowments, call and guidance of Saudi Arabia between 1996 and 2014, and again since 2015. He is a member of the Al ash-Sheikh, the influential Saudi religious family.

  13. Mohammed Al-Jadaan

    Mohammed Al-Jadaan
    Born in
    Saudi Arabia Flag Saudi Arabia
    Years
    1963-.. (age 61)
    Enrolled in Al-Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University
    Graduated with bachelor's degree in Islamic economic jurisprudence
    Occupations
    international forum participantcivil servant
    Biography

    Mohammed Al-Jadaan is a commercial lawyer and co-founder of Al-Jadaan and Partners Law Firm who has served as Saudi Arabia's Minister of Finance since November 2016 and concurrently as acting Minister of Economy and Planning since March 2020. He replaced Ibrahim Al-Assaf in the post.

  14. Sa'ad al-Ateeq

    Sa'ad al-Ateeq
    Born in
    Saudi Arabia Flag Saudi Arabia
    Years
    1969-.. (age 55)
    Biography

    Sa'ad bin Ateeq bin Misfer Al Ateeq, is an Islamic preacher, religious scholar, thinker and university professor from Saudi Arabia. He is considered controversial by some for the topic of the religious sermons he has delivered and his connections to governments of Arab states of the Persian Gulf, including the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, particularly the Imam Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab Mosque. The Foundation for Defense of Democracies, The Daily Beast, and Foreign Policy magazine have run articles about Al-Ateeq, expressing concerns about his alleged fanaticism and fundamentalist hard-line views. Foreign Policy has even compiled extensive documentation of his government-sponsored activities.

  15. Salah Al Budair

    Salah Al Budair
    Born in
    Saudi Arabia Flag Saudi Arabia
    Years
    1971-.. (age 53)
    Occupations
    imam
    Biography

    Salah Bin Muhammad Al Budair is a current Imam of the Grand Masjid in Madinah and a Judge of the High Court of Madinah. He was a former Imam of Masjid al-Haram, in Makkah.

  16. Mohammad Idris Abdul Shomad

    Mohammad Idris Abdul Shomad
    Born in
    Indonesia Flag Indonesia
    Years
    1961-.. (age 63)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Mohammad Idris Abdul Shomad is an Indonesian politician who has served as mayor of Depok since 2016. Active in various Islamic organizations in Indonesia, he was first elected in the 2015 local elections and was officially made mayor in 2016. Prior to becoming mayor, he served as deputy between 2011 and 2016.

  17. Umar Sulaiman Al-Ashqar

    Umar Sulaiman Al-Ashqar
    Born in
    Palestine Flag Palestine
    Years
    1940-2012 (aged 72)
    Occupations
    writer
    Biography

    Umar Sulaiman Al-Ashqar was a Muslim Brotherhood scholar who served as a professor in the Faculty of Islamic Law at the University of Jordan and was also the Dean of the Faculty of Islamic Law at al-Zarqa’ University, also in Jordan. He authored a number of books on Islam, including the Islamic Creed Series.

  18. Ibrahim Albleahy

    Ibrahim Albleahy
    Born in
    Saudi Arabia Flag Saudi Arabia
    Years
    1944-.. (age 80)
    Occupations
    politicianwriter
    Biography

    Ibrahim Al-Buleihi is a Saudi liberal writer and philosopher, who is currently a member of the Saudi Shura Council.

  19. Omar Al-Muqbil

    Omar Al-Muqbil
    Born in
    Saudi Arabia Flag Saudi Arabia
    Years
    1972-.. (age 52)
    Occupations
    researcherpreacher'ālim
    Biography

    Omar Al-Muqbil is a Saudi Arabian Islamic scholar, writer, researcher, preacher and professor of Islamic law at Qassim University. An alumnus of Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University and Qassim University. He studied under the Muhammad ibn al Uthaymeen, Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz and Yahya Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Yahya.

  20. Ameril Umbra Kato

    Ameril Umbra Kato
    Born in
    Philippines Flag Philippines
    Years
    1946-2015 (aged 69)
    Occupations
    military personnel
    Biography

    Ameril Umbra Kato was the founder of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF), a group which seceded from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). He joined the MILF in or around 1985, after he graduated from the esteemed Wahhabism School Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Umbra Kato was the Philippines' most wanted man, though due to his membership in MILF he was not hunted by the military. A warrant of arrest was filed against him alongside other BIFF members by the Philippine National Police. The Armed Forces of the Philippines, with the MILF, launched Operation Darkhorse in a bid to arrest him in January 2014.