Abdul-Rahman Al-Sudais

Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais is the chief of the Imams of Masjid Al-Haram in Makkah. A world-renowned Qari, he was born on February 10, 1960, in Saudi Arabia. He’s originally from the Anazzah clan. He ranks as one of the most popular Imams and famous celebrities in Saudi Arabia. In 1984 at age 24, Al-Sudais took up his imamate and led his first sermon at the Grand Mosque in Mecca. In 1995 he was awarded a Ph.D. in Islamic Sharia from Umm al-Qura University and he is one of the senior teachers in the Faculty of Sharia at the same place. In 2005, he received the prize of the ‘ Islamic Personality Of the year’ in the 9th annual Dubai International Holy Quran Award.