Riyadh: Head of the Saudi Council of Senior Scholars and Grand Mufti of the Kingdom Sheikh Abdulaziz Al-Sheikh has passed away, said the Royal Diwan on Tuesday.
According to Kuwait News Agency, the funeral prayers for Al-Sheikh will be held in Riyadh after Asr (midday) prayers. King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud also instructed that similar prayers will be held in Makkah and Madinah during the same period.
Al-Sheikh was born in 1940 in Makkah and he was appointed as Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia in June 1999.