H.E. Shaikh Dr. Saleh Abdullah bin Himeid

Saleh Bin Homaid completed his high school education in Makkah Al-Mukarramah in and graduated in 1972 from the College of Sharia in Umm Al-Qura University in Makkah, where he continued his post-graduate studies and obtained a Master’s degree in Islamic Fiqh (Jurisprudence) and its Principles, and a Doctorate degree in Fiqh Sharia and its Principles in 1976 and 1981, respectively.

Then, he joined the academic staff of Umm Al-Qura University for a number of years during which he became a Chairman of the Islamic Economy Department, a Director of the Higher Islamic Studies Center, a Vice Dean of the Sharia College for Post-Graduate Studies, and the Dean of the College.

His Eminence Shaikh Bin Homaid was appointed as a Vice President of the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques and a member of the Consultative (Shourah) Council. In 2000, he was appointed as a President General of the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques and President of the Consultative Council the following year. He was also appointed as a President of the Supreme council of Justice from 2009 to 2012, and thereafter as an Advisor at the Royal Court. He is also the Grand Imam of the Holy Mosque in Makkah, a Member of the Commission of Senior Religious Scholars, the President of the Jeddah-based International Islamic Fiqh Academy of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, a Member of the Supreme Council of Mosques of the Islamic World League, the Sharia Committee of the International Islamic Relief Commission, and the Higher Authority for the Development of Makkah, in addition to serving as a teacher at the High Institute for Justice and a teacher and Mufti at the Holy Mosque in Makkah.

Some of his Eminence Shaikh Bin Homaid’s publication in service to Islam are: Mafhoom Al-Hikmah Fi Al-Da’wah, Risalah Fi Al-Athan, Al-Ta’awoun Bain Al-Dua’at, Al-Ria’yah Al-Ejtima’yah Fi Al-Islam, and Al-Haq Fi Al-Fiqh Al-Islami.

This biography was written in the year the prize was awarded.