Shaikh Salih Fawzan | Authentic Statements

This selection includes commentary by Shaykh Salih Fawzan, and covers the affairs regarding life after death; fitnah at the time of death; condition of the deceased in the grave; punishment in the grave; the soul’s connection to the body within the grave; visiting the graves of the disbelievers; the parents of the Prophet (); children tested in the grave; children of non-Muslims in the Hereafter and more.

The Prophet ﷺ and His Ten Companions رضي الله عنهم by al-Ḥāfiẓ ‘Abdul-Ghāni al-Maqdisi (600 AH) Explained by Shaykh Muḥammad bin ‘Abdul-Wahhāb al-‘Aqīl, Read more below....

Translator: Rasheed Barbee / Publisher:Authentic Statements Publications

Blurb: The Prophet ﷺ and His Ten Companions  رضي الله عنهم by al-Ḥāfiẓ ‘Abdul-Ghāni al-Maqdisi (600 AH) Explained by Shaykh Muḥammad bin ‘Abdul-Wahhāb al-‘Aqīl,

It is unfortunate that there are young Muslims who have been raised by Muslim parents but have not read the biography of the Prophet ﷺ even one day, while they have heard the names of hundreds of disbelievers and other Muslim personalities. In truth, this is a deficiency from the parents, because the mind and heart of the child is like a vessel — if you fill it with good, it will be filled with good, and if you fill it with evil, then evil will occupy it. And if you neglect these vessels, someone else will fill them.

It is upon the Muslim fathers to fear Allāh the Exalted and to fill the hearts and minds of their children with the sīrah of the Prophet ﷺ and the sīrah of his Companions, so they can take them as their role models.

The youth will definitely take someone as a role model. If you make the Prophet ﷺ their role model, they will succeed in this life and the next. If not, others will give them role models, such as athletes, actors, and singers. Thus, fear Allah, O noble fathers, concerning your children.

The author says, "The topic of this book, "The Attributes of the Righteous Wife", isn't just for the young woman looking forward to marriage and wants to know about the attributes of a good wife in order to adorn herself with those attributes and prepare herself to implement and perfect them. Nor is it merely addressed to the married woman who has already chosen these righteous attributes and wishes to persevere and continue to practice them. Nor is it only for the married woman who fails to fulfil these attributes and falls short in them in order for her to fix herself and rectify her marital life. Rather it is an address and a reminder much more general than all of this.

The author says, "The topic of this book, "The Attributes of the Righteous Wife", isn't just for the young woman looking forward to marriage and wants to know about the attributes of a good wife in order to adorn herself with those attributes and prepare herself to implement and perfect them. Nor is it merely addressed to the married woman who has already chosen these righteous attributes and wishes to persevere and continue to practice them. Nor is it only for the married woman who fails to fulfil these attributes and falls short in them in order for her to fix herself and rectify her marital life. Rather it is an address and a reminder much more general than all of this.

It is a reminder for the father who wants his daughters as well as any other women under his guardianship to have a good upbringing, an honourable life and an entrance into marital life according to what Allah and His Messenger have intended. This treatise will hopefully aid him in reminding these young women of the legislative guidelines and necessary characteristics that the young Muslim woman must be cultivated upon and look after. This treatise is also a reminder for the mother who is the shepherd of her home, the one responsible for her daughters as their instructor, for surely most women grow up practising that which they saw and heard their mothers doing. It is also a reminder for the callers to Allah to look after this affair, to place importance on this matter and to strive very hard in spreading these virtuous attributes, commendable characteristics and blessed traits...."

The Principle of Love and Desire is one of Ibn Taymiyyah’s many important works on ‘aqīdah. In it, he explains how love is the basis of every movement that occurs in the universe and every action of Bani Ādam. He explains that love necessitates hate for the things that oppose what one loves, and that this love and hate is the foundation of Islām, tawḥīd, and īmān. He also discusses the many sects that strayed from Allāh’s straight path due to their misunderstanding of this fundamental principle. Read more below....

Translator: Ishan Gonsalves / Publisher: Authentic Statements Publication

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The Principle of Love and Desire is one of Ibn Taymiyyah’s many important works on ‘aqīdah. In it, he explains how love is the basis of every movement that occurs in the universe and every action of Bani Ādam. He explains that love necessitates hate for the things that oppose what one loves, and that this love and hate is the foundation of Islām, tawḥīd, and īmān. He also discusses the many sects that strayed from Allāh’s straight path due to their misunderstanding of this fundamental principle.

 The following are excerpts from the text:

 “The basis of īmān (faith) is loving for Allāh’s sake and hating for Allāh’s sake, so the one who loves for Allāh, hates for Allāh, gives for Allāh, and withholds for Allāh, has completed his īmān.”

 “… and Allāh, the Most High, said:

﴿وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَن يَتَّخِذُ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ أَندَادًا يُحِبُّونَهُمْ كَحُبِّ اللَّهِ ۖ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَشَدُّ حُبًّا لِّلَّهِ﴾

‘And of mankind are some who take (for worship) others besides Allāh as rivals (to Allāh). They love them as they love Allāh. But those who believe love Allāh more (than anything else).’ [Sūrah al-Baqarah 2:165]”

 “…and the Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ said:

ثلاث من كن فيه وجد بهن حلاوة الإيمان: أن يكون الله ورسوله أحب إليه مما سواهما، وأن يحب المرء لا يحبه إلا لله، وأنيكره أن يعود في الكفر بعد أن أنقذه الله منه، كما يكره أن يقذف في النار.

‘There are three qualities, whoever has them will taste the sweetness of īmān: to love Allāh and His Messenger ﷺ more than anyone else; to love a person only for the sake of Allāh; and to hate to return to disbelief after Allāh has saved him from it, as much as he would hate to be thrown into the Fire.’”

“…So every movement and every action in the world is based on love and desire, and every love or desire that is not based on the love for Allāh and the desire to see His Face is futile and corrupt.

“A Message exclusively to the Muslim Woman” is a letter filled with heartfelt advice from Shaykh Jamal Al-Hārithī to each and every Muslim woman young or seasoned, married or single, widowed or divorced. Amid the advice Shaykh Jamal narrates two classic stories from our Salaf detailing how the believing woman should interact with her husband: “The story of Zaynab bint Jarir” and “A mother’s advice to her daughter before marriage”.“A Message exclusively to the Muslim Woman” is a letter filled with heartfelt advice from Shaykh Jamal Al-Hārithī to each and every Muslim woman young or seasoned, married or single, widowed or divorced. Amid the advice Shaykh Jamal narrates two classic stories from our Salaf detailing how the believing woman should interact with her husband: “The story of Zaynab bint Jarir” and “A mother’s advice to her daughter before marriage”.

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Translator: Ihsan Gonsalves / Publisher: Authentic Statements Publication

"A classical work that clarifies the praiseworthy qualities that the believer should strive to possess & the reprehensible characteristics from which the believer should flee"

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Ibn Ḥibbān (d. 354 AH) stated concerning this classical work:

 “I clarify in this book that which will beautify for the wise person the practice of praiseworthy characteristics and make the practice of reprehensible characteristics seem ugly while intending to refrain and abstain from persistently increasing in these bad qualities, to lighten the load for the bearer and enlighten the ear of the listener. And because of the various narrations and verses of poetry that will be mentioned in this book, the one who strives to study each chapter in depth will wish that they would never end. And whoever refuses to reach completeness and success is, in reality, accepting inadequacy. Allāh is the Granter of success and the Guider to integrity. And I ask Him for rectification of the soul and a pardon from punishment of sins. Indeed, He is the Most Generous, Noble, Compassionate, and Merciful.”

 The author bases this work upon what is found in the Qur'ān and authentic Sunnah, and upon the statements of the Salaf of this nation.

Shaikh Hafidh al-Hakami | Shaykh Abdur Razzaq al-Badr | Authentic Statements

Hasan al-Basri said, “A person will say: ‘By Allah, I have recited the entire Qur’an and have not neglected a single letter’; while in reality he has neglected the entire Qur’an. The Qur’an cannot be seen in his manners or his actions”.  Read more below…

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“Whoever recites Soorah Al Kahf on the day of Jumu’ah, will have a light that will shine from him from one Friday to the next”

Declared authentic by Shaykh Al Albani

 The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said: Whoever recites Soorah Al Kahf as it was revealed, he will have a light on the Day of Judgment, from his place to Mecca. And whoever recites ten verses from the end of it then when the Dajjal appears, he will not harm him. And whoever performs wudoo and says: 'Subhanaka Allahumma wa bihamdika, ash-hadu an la ilaha illa Anta, astaghfiruka wa atubu ilaika (O Allah, You are free from every imperfection; praise be to You. I testify that there is no deity worthy of worship except You; I seek Your forgiveness and turn to You in repentance), it will be written for him in a parchment, and it will be placed in a seal, and it will not be broken until the Day of Judgment.

Declared authentic by Shaykh Al Albani

Authentic Statements | Shaykh Abdur-Rahman as-Sa’di
Imam as-Sa’di said:

The fact that the time in which he come is unknown indicates that no believer can guarantee safety for himself from encountering that time. Read more below…

Imam as-Sa’di said:

The fact that the time in which he come is unknown indicates that no believer can guarantee safety for himself from encountering that time. This is an affair which is possible, and its evil and fitnah are to be feared. The need of the slave for having protection from his fitnah by all means is seeking refuge with Allah from him. Also, this is through supplication and fearing his fitnah. Thus, it is inevitable that one does so in all levels of this ummah.

This is a firmly placed ‘aqidah, to the point that if it occurred and its occurrence is actualised, then this ummah- specifically those who have a connection to the correct and sound belief system- will be able to defend itself from this evil and be protected from this fitnah.

In contrast, if the fear of him were to be removed from the hearts, then the fitnah would be increased when that times comes, And the believers would have no tangible iman to eradicate his fitnah and evil.

 

This book is translation of the Chapter of “The Book of Tahaarah” taken from the book of hadeeth; Umdahtul Ahkaam of Imam Taqiyy-ud-deen ‘Abdul Ghani bin ‘Abdil-Waahid bin ‘Ali Al-Maqadissee with an Explanation by the Scholar of our time, Shaikh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-Uthaymeen.This book is translation of the Chapter of “The Book of Tahaarah” taken from the book of hadeeth; Umdahtul Ahkaam of Imam Taqiyy-ud-deen ‘Abdul Ghani bin ‘Abdil-Waahid bin ‘Ali Al-Maqadissee with an Explanation by the Scholar of our time, Shaikh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-Uthaymeen. Those who write in fiqh and the ahaadeth of the legal rulings began their books with At-Tahaarah because it is the key to the prayer which is the most significant of the pillars of Islam after Ash-Shahaadatain, bearing witness that there is no deity that has the right to be worshipped except Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. So there is no prayer without purification.

The Three Treatises (the Three Fundamental Principles) Explained By: Sheikh UL Islam Muhammad Bin Abdul Wahhab “It is befitting that we exert ourselves in learning this book to the masses, as well as the women and children inside the homes. Each is to be address according to his/her level. Our scholars (may Allah have mercy upon them) would painstaking learn and teach these Three Fundamental Principles!The Three Treatises (the Three Fundamental Principles) Explained By: Sheikh UL Islam Muhammad Bin Abdul Wahhab “It is befitting that we exert ourselves in learning this book to the masses, as well as the women and children inside the homes. Each is to be address according to his/her level. Our scholars (may Allah have mercy upon them) would painstaking learn and teach these Three Fundamental Principles!

Shaikh Salih Al-Fawzan

Al-Islām has given to the status of the woman and her position within Al-Islām and that she has a great status within Al-Islām; a prestigious status; a status of respect, and she is not an object of enjoyment. Rather, she has a place within the Masjid and she has a status within the society. She has a status within the home and she has a right as it relates to the inheritance; she has a right as it relates to buying and selling and ownership. She may own that which Allāh permits for her to own. Thus is the woman within Al-Islām and this is her status.

Shaikh Salih Al-Fawzan

Al-Islām has given to the status of the woman and her position within Al-Islām and that she has a great status within Al-Islām; a prestigious status; a status of respect, and she is not an object of enjoyment. Rather, she has a place within the Masjid and she has a status within the society. She has a status within the home and she has a right as it relates to the inheritance; she has a right as it relates to buying and selling and ownership. She may own that which Allāh permits for her to own. Thus is the woman within Al-Islām and this is her status.

Imam Abdul-Aziz Abdullah ibn Baz | Authentic Statements

Advice to the Muslim Ummah concerning that which it is necessary for them to learn from most important affairs of the religion, in the Aqeedah, worship and manners

Imam Abdul-Aziz Abdullah ibn Baz | Authentic Statements

Verily the book ’_’_’_The Important Lessons For Every Muslim’ is a valuable book concerning a topic of extreme importance by an eminent Imam, and Shaykh, advisor, concerned cultivator, who is none other than the Imam, the scholar, Abdul Aziz ibn Abdullah ibn Baz; may Allah have mercy upon him. He wrote it giving advice to the Muslim Ummah according to what it was necessary for them to learn from the affairs of the religion, in the Aqeedah, worship and manners. He arranged it in an extremely beneficial order explaining the necessary matters of the religion, and the important obligations which are incumbent upon every male and female Muslim to know

Shaykh Salih Al-Fawzan | Authentic Statements

Shaykh Salih Al-Fawzan answers the most frequently asked question related to conjuration spirits, love potions, palm reading, magic tricks, spells, jinn possession, epilepsy, envy, protecting the newborn, and much more.

Abul-Qāsim as-Sabtī—the scholar and world explorer—regarded a then 36-year-old Ibn Taymiyyah to be the most knowledgeable person he had encountered in the East and the West. Thus, he wrote to him requesting advice concerning four matters:
Advice that would benefit him in his religion and his worldly life
A comprehensive book that would suffice him in the field of knowledge
The best supererogatory acts of worship
The most profitable earnings
The result is a classic must-read book, concise in size yet immense in content. Explained by one of the leading scholars of jurisprudence, Shaykh Sulaymān ar-Ruḥaylī, this manuscript covers the subjects of seeking knowledge, the Hereafter, employment and trade, jurisprudence, repentance, ‘aqīdah, ḥadīth, du’ā', worship, etiquette, and much more.

Abul-Qāsim as-Sabtī—the scholar and world explorer—regarded a then 36-year-old Ibn Taymiyyah to be the most knowledgeable person he had encountered in the East and the West. Thus, he wrote to him requesting advice concerning four matters:
Advice that would benefit him in his religion and his worldly life
A comprehensive book that would suffice him in the field of knowledge
The best supererogatory acts of worship
The most profitable earnings
The result is a classic must-read book, concise in size yet immense in content. Explained by one of the leading scholars of jurisprudence, Shaykh Sulaymān ar-Ruḥaylī, this manuscript covers the subjects of seeking knowledge, the Hereafter, employment and trade, jurisprudence, repentance, ‘aqīdah, ḥadīth, du’ā', worship, etiquette, and much more.

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“If you knew what I know, you would laugh a little and cry a lot, and you would not have pleasure with women in bed, and you would have left to an elevated area supplicating ardently to Allah.”
If we knew what was with Allah from the different types of punishment and the distress and hardships, we would not have pleasure with women in bed: rather our feet would not remain at home, and we would go out in the roads supplicating to the lord of the worlds to save us from his punishment. This is the speech of our prophet SAW.

O noble muslim, in these two tremendous hadeeth are an indication of a tremendous painful punishment that is being saved with Allah for the sinners, as well as a difficult distressful torment that is being saved with the lord of the worlds for the disobedient. Take heed.

What is astonishing is he who laughs and his heart is at ease, and he is falling into sin and he does not know where his end will be. What are amazing are us, O brothers. How are we heedless about that which is waiting for us?

Glorified is Allah, did not we read the Quran? Of course; by Allah, did not we read the sunnah? Certainly; therefore what is wrong with us? Indeed, there is a barrier between understanding the Quran and the Quran entering the hearts, and between our hearts, there are barriers of sins that have blocked the Quran from entering the hearts.

The following is an explanation of some verses from the Mighty Book of Allāh. I wrote it because, while reciting the Noble Qur'ān, I pass by some verses and some of the treasures therein come to mind; thus, I wanted to illustrate those treasures. This goal was achieved—and all praises belong to Allāh—with the writing of this book; and while editing the book, I thought to write concerning some other verses as well.
This book contains speech on verses from chapters in the Qur’ān—all of the suwar which appear before al-Mufaṣṣal. Most of the verses cover one topic in that particular sūrah, and sometimes more than one topic is discussed in that sūrāh. As for al-Mufaṣṣal—which begins with Sūrah Qāf—the topics cover a range of 15 various subjects. I derived benefit in what I wrote from the books of tafsīr by Ibn Jarīr, al-Qurṭubī, Ibn Kathīr, ash-Shawkānī, and ash-Shinqīṭī (may Allāh have mercy upon them).

The following is an explanation of some verses from the Mighty Book of Allāh. I wrote it because, while reciting the Noble Qur'ān, I pass by some verses and some of the treasures therein come to mind; thus, I wanted to illustrate those treasures. This goal was achieved—and all praises belong to Allāh—with the writing of this book; and while editing the book, I thought to write concerning some other verses as well.
This book contains speech on verses from chapters in the Qur’ān—all of the suwar which appear before al-Mufaṣṣal. Most of the verses cover one topic in that particular sūrah, and sometimes more than one topic is discussed in that sūrāh. As for al-Mufaṣṣal—which begins with Sūrah Qāf—the topics cover a range of 15 various subjects. I derived benefit in what I wrote from the books of tafsīr by Ibn Jarīr, al-Qurṭubī, Ibn Kathīr, ash-Shawkānī, and ash-Shinqīṭī (may Allāh have mercy upon them).

“All of you are shepherds and each of you are responsible for his flock. The leader is a shepherd and is responsible for his flock; a man is a shepherd regarding his family and is responsible for his flock; a woman is a shepherd in her husband's house, and she is responsible for her flock; the servant is a shepherd regarding the wealth of his master and responsible for his flock" He said: I think he said: "and man is the shepherd of his father's wealth and is responsible for his flock. All of you are shepherds and each of you are responsible for his flock.” “My father gave me a gift, so Amra bint Rawahah said: 'I will not be happy until you make the Messenger of Allâh (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) a witness to this.' Then the Messenger of Allâh (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) came, so he said: 'I gave my son from Amra bint Rawahah a gift, but she ordered me to tell you, oh Messenger of Allah.” He said: "Did you give the rest of your children the same as this?' He said: 'No.' He said: 'Fear Allâh and be fair to all your children.' So he went and took back the gift.”“All of you are shepherds and each of you are responsible for his flock. The leader is a shepherd and is responsible for his flock; a man is a shepherd regarding his family and is responsible for his flock; a woman is a shepherd in her husband's house, and she is responsible for her flock; the servant is a shepherd regarding the wealth of his master and responsible for his flock" He said: I think he said: "and man is the shepherd of his father's wealth and is responsible for his flock. All of you are shepherds and each of you are responsible for his flock.” “My father gave me a gift, so Amra bint Rawahah said: 'I will not be happy until you make the Messenger of Allâh (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) a witness to this.' Then the Messenger of Allâh (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) came, so he said: 'I gave my son from Amra bint Rawahah a gift, but she ordered me to tell you, oh Messenger of Allah.” He said: "Did you give the rest of your children the same as this?' He said: 'No.' He said: 'Fear Allâh and be fair to all your children.' So he went and took back the gift.”

By way of these various means, the Qur'ān calls the people to believe in the Sunnah and act upon it, and that it, along with the Qur'ān, is [one of] the true foundations of this religion. Since belief in the Messenger ﷺ is a foundation from the foundations of īmān, then belief in his Sunnah is a necessary component of īmān in him, because he is Ṣāḥib as-Sunnah (the Possessor of the Sunnah), and because īmān, as Imām Ibn al-Qayyim has defined it, is:  “…a certain reality (emanating) from cognizance of what the Messenger ﷺ came with of knowledge, and affirmation of it, believing in it, affirming it with ones tongue, submitting to it out of love and humility, acting upon it outwardly and inwardly, considering it authoritative, and calling to it in proportion to one’s ability.”

By way of these various means, the Qur'ān calls the people to believe in the Sunnah and act upon it, and that it, along with the Qur'ān, is [one of] the true foundations of this religion. Since belief in the Messenger ﷺ is a foundation from the foundations of īmān, then belief in his Sunnah is a necessary component of īmān in him, because he is Ṣāḥib as-Sunnah (the Possessor of the Sunnah), and because īmān, as Imām Ibn al-Qayyim has defined it, is:  “…a certain reality (emanating) from cognizance of what the Messenger ﷺ came with of knowledge, and affirmation of it, believing in it, affirming it with ones tongue, submitting to it out of love and humility, acting upon it outwardly and inwardly, considering it authoritative, and calling to it in proportion to one’s ability.”

"In this unique work, the incarcerated Muslim comes face to face with the everyday lives of the pious predecessors and those great scholars who trod their path and succeeded them in goodness up to this era. This book is much more than just a compilation of rulings and verdicts, instead it is a special treatise which enlightens the incarcerated Muslim on how to go about his daily life in while in prison, instructs him how to mend his past, steers in the direction of positive future and better tomorrow. 

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"In this unique work, the incarcerated Muslim comes face to face with the everyday lives of the pious predecessors and those great scholars who trod their path and succeeded them in goodness up to this era. This book is much more than just a compilation of rulings and verdicts, instead it is a special treatise which enlightens the incarcerated Muslim on how to go about his daily life in while in prison, instructs him how to mend his past, steers in the direction of positive future and better tomorrow. The adornment of the book is its unique and unprecedented style which allows the reader to lift up the curtain and actually look into the lives of the Salaf and see how they actually lived on a day to day basis, along with enabling the reader to rest in the pleasant shade of their wise statements and golden pieces of advice in some of the most important spheres of live and worship of Allaah, the Sublime and Exalted. Accented by the intriguing tales of the trials and tribulati ons of Imaam Ahmad, then the soothing morals and benefits from imprisonment of Ibn Taymiyyah, all topped off by the closet real life example to our time, the brief but beneficial story of the imprisonment of Shaykh Naasirud-Deen al-Albaanee, may Allaah have mercy on them all." 

Shaykh Sulayman Ruhaylee | Authentic Statements

And the death of our Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) – O beloved – is great information containing great admonitions, and noble lessons for the one who hears, understands, looks, and ponders.

Shaykh Sulayman Ruhaylee | Authentic Statements

And the death of our Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) – O beloved – is great information containing great admonitions, and noble lessons for the one who hears, understands, looks, and ponders.

It is obligatory upon the Muslim who is upon an aeroplane when the prayer comes in to pray it to the best of his ability. So if he is able to pray standing, bow, , and prostrate, then he does so , and if he is not able then he prays sitting and he indicates his bowing and his prostrations. If he can find a place within the plane wherein he is able to stand and prostrate on the ground instead of indicating (these movements) then that is obligatory upon him, due to the statement of Allah, The Glorified and Exalted “So fear Allah as much as you are able,” [Surah At-Taghaboon : 16]
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Shaykh Abdul-Aziz Ibn Baaz | Authentic Statements

About Shaikh Abdul Azeez Ibn Abdullah Ibn Baz

Abdul Aziz ibn Abdullah ibn Baaz (Arabic: عبد العزيز بن عبد الله بن باز‎) (1910 - 1999), was a Saudi Arabian Islamic scholar.

Abu 'Abdullaah Shaykh 'Abdul-'Azeez ibn 'Abdullaah ibn 'Abdur-Rahmaan Aal-Baaz was born in the city of Riyadh in Dhul-Hijjah 1330 A.H./1909 C.E.

He acquired knowledge from many of thescholars of the Kingdom. Some of his teachers were Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abdul-Lateef Aal-Shaykh, Shaykh Saalih ibn 'Abdul-'Azeez Aal-Shaykh and the eminent Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ibraaheem Aal-Shaykh who, in his time, was the Muftee of Saudi Arabia. Shaykh Ibn Baaz accompanied the eminent Shaykh and learned from him for about ten years. Thus he gained his religious education from the family of Imaam Muhammad ibn 'Abdul-Wahhaab.

He was the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia from 1993 until his death in 1999.