Ibn Baz

Ibn Baz
Ibn Baz
ابن باز
Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia
	In office; 1993 – 13 May 1999
Monarch	King Fahd
Preceded by	Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Al ash-Sheikh
Succeeded by	Abdulaziz Al Sheikh
Personal life
Born	21 November 1912; Riyadh, Emirate of Riyadh (present day Saudi Arabia)
Died	13 May 1999 (aged 86); Taif, Saudi Arabia
Resting place	Al Adl cemetery, Mecca
Nationality	Saudi
Children	Ahmad; Abd Allah; Abd al-Rahman; Khalid;
Parent	Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Rahman (father);
Era	Modern
Region	Middle East
Religious life
Religion	Islam
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Hanbali
Teachers	Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Al ash-Sheikh; Abdul Haqq Al-Hashemi
Creed	Athari
Movement	Wahhabism, Salafism
Muslim leader
	Influenced by Ibn Taymiyyah; Muhammad ibn Abdul-Wahhab; Badi' ud-Din Shah al-Rashidi; Muhammad al-Amin al-Shanqiti; Ibn Qayyim; ;
	Influenced Salih al‑Fawzan; Othman al-Khamees; Abu Abd al-Rahman Ibn Aqil al-Zahiri; Shaykh Nasir al-Qurashi al-Zahrani; Shaykh Abdul Qayyum; Shaykh Hisham al-Tahiri; ;
Awards	National Order of Merit of Mauritania; King Faisal International Prize for Service to Islam;
Website	https://binbaz.org.sa/

Abdulaziz ibn Abdullah Al Baz (Arabic: عبد العزيز بن عبد الله آل باز, romanized: ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn ʿAbd Allāh Āl Bāz; 21 November 1912 – 13 May 1999), known as Ibn Baz or Bin Baz, was a Saudi Islamic scholar who served as the second Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia from 1993 until his death in 1999.

Ibn Baz issued a fatwa authorising a wealth tax to support the mujahideen during the anti-Soviet jihad. His endorsement of In Defence of Muslim Lands, principally written by Abdullah Azzam, was a powerful influence in the successful call for jihad against the Soviet Union. It is said to be the first official call for jihad by a nation state against another nation state in modern times.