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Overview
- State media said funeral prayers would be held at Riyadh’s Imam Turki bin Abdullah Mosque after Asr, with absentee prayers in Mecca, Medina, and all mosques nationwide.
- King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman offered condolences to his family, Saudi citizens, and Muslim communities.
- The royal court confirmed his death without disclosing a cause.
- Appointed in 1999, he led the Council of Senior Scholars and the Ifta authority and served as the kingdom’s principal religious voice for more than two decades.
- His public influence had waned in recent years as the leadership advanced social and religious changes, even as he issued both conservative rulings and some reformist opinions.