Abdullaah al-Ghudayyan

Abdullah ibn Abdur-Rahman al-Ghudayyan (1926 – 1 June 2010) was a Saudi Arabian Islamic scholar, a leading proponent of the Salafi form of Islam and a member of the Saudi Council of Senior Scholars. His ancestry was of the tribe of Banu Anbar.

Career In 1971 he was appointed as a member of the Council of Senior Scholars (Saudi Arabia). which has been described as "one of the oldest and most famous programs broadcast on the Quran radio channel, where a number of major scholars answer questions and give fatwas."

Students Abdullah al-Ghudayyan had a number of notable students, including:

Saleh Aal al-Sheikh, Minister of Islamic Affairs for Saudi Arabia Abdur-Rahman al-Sudais, Imam of the Grand Mosque in Mecca and President of the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques Saud al-Shuraim, imam and khatib of the Grand Mosque in Mecca Abd al-Kareem al-Khudayr, a member of the Saudi Council of Senior Scholars Saad al-Shithri, a member of the Saudi Council of Senior Scholars

Death Abdullah ibn Abdur-Rahman al-Ghudayyan died on Tuesday 1 June 2010.