Saudi Arabia’s Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Al-Sheikh passed away on Tuesday at the age of 81, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) confirmed. Sheikh Abdulaziz Al-Sheikh was the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia and also served as the head of the Council of Senior Scholars, the highest religious body in the country. Born in 1943, Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Al-Sheikh became one of the most respected clerics in the Islamic world. According to SPA, the funeral prayer for the late Grand Mufti will be held at the Imam Turki bin Abdullah Mosque in Riyadh after the Asr prayer. Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Al-Sheikh’s decades of service as Saudi Arabia’s Grand Mufti and his leadership of the Council of Senior Scholars made him a central figure in the Kingdom’s religious and social landscape.