SHEIKH Dr Saleh bin Humaid has been appointed Grand Mufti of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, according to Inside the Haramain.
He will also serve as Head of the Senior Council of Scholars by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques.
The Royal Court is expected to make an announcement shortly, Inside the Harmain said on its Facebook page Wednesday (September 24).
His predecessor, Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Abdullah al-Sheikh, who served the kingdom’s top religious figure over a quarter century, died Tuesday.
He was in his 82.
Sheikh Abdulaziz’s role as grand mufti put him as one of the top Islamic clerics in the world of Sunni Muslims.
Saudi Arabia, home to the holy cities of Mecca and Medina, hosts the annual Hajj pilgrimage required of all able-bodied Muslims once in their lives, making the pronouncements of the grand mufti that much more closely followed.
Humaid is currently one of the nine Imams of Grand Mosque of Mecca.
