Noah ALI Salman Al-Qudah

Nuh Ali Salman al-Qudah (1939 – 19 December 2010) was a Jordanian Muslim scholar and the Grand Mufti of Jordan from 2007 to 2010.

Career Qudah was born in Ain Jana in Ajloun in 1939. He went to Syria in 1954 to study at Islamic schools and he obtained a degree from the College of Sacred Law at Damascus University in 1965. Upon his return to Jordan he joined the Jordanian Armed Forces and became the mufti of the institution in 1972. He continued his studies in Egypt, and in 1980 he obtained a master's degree from Al-Azhar University in Cairo. At the Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, he obtained a doctorate in 1986.

Apart from his religious capacities he also served as the Jordanian ambassador to Iran between 1996 and 2001. He resigned on 23 February 2010 and was replaced by Abdul Karim Khasawneh.

Death On 19 December 2010 Qudah died and he was buried the same day. Shortly after his death the Shariah and Law faculty of the World Islamic Sciences and Education University in Amman was renamed after him.

After Qudahs' death, Mohammad Qudah, his son and a former Minister, together with followers of Noah Qudah started the Sheikh Noah Rifadah Society. The organization seeks to alleviate poverty in Jordan.