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Imam and Scholar of the Two Holy Mosques
About Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais
In 2002, during the height of global tensions following the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, he delivered a historic Friday sermon at Masjid al-Haram that was broadcast live across 42 countries—neither condemning violence in abstract terms nor endorsing political agendas, but anchoring the discourse in tafsir of Surah Al-Ma'idah verse 8: 'Be just; that is nearer to piety.' His recitation of Surah Ar-Rahman during the Hajj season of 2011—recorded without amplification in the Grand Mosque’s inner sanctum—became a benchmark for tarannum methodology among contemporary qurra’, influencing how melodic modulation serves theological precision rather than aesthetic flourish. He has overseen the digitization and linguistic annotation of over 17 pre-20th-century tafsir manuscripts held in the King Fahd Complex library, prioritizing textual fidelity over interpretive novelty. His fatwa positions consistently distinguish between shari‘ah-derived rulings and cultural practice, notably rejecting the conflation of niqab with fard in 2015 while affirming its legitimacy as sunnah mu’akkadah.
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