Bandar Baleela

Bandar Bin Abdul Azeez Baleela born in Mecca in 1975 (1395 in the Hijri Calendar) is a Saudi Islamic scholar, Qur'an reciter, member of the Council of Senior Scholars, and the imam and preacher of Masjid al-Haram.

Life

Education Baleela earned a bachelor's degree in Sharia from Umm al-Qura University in 1996. He completed a master's degree in Islamic jurisprudence from the same university in 2001. He obtained a Ph.D. in jurisprudence from the Islamic University of Madinah in 2008.

Career Baleela worked as an associate teacher of Fiqh at the Academic Institute of the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca. He has authored several books and research papers related to this field. He has also worked as an assistant teacher in Al Taif University.

He was appointed to lead the Tarawih prayers during Ramadan nights at the Masjid al-Haram in 2013. Subsequently, in 2019, upon royal decree, he began delivering Friday sermons at the same location.