| Religion: | Islam |
| Abdullah ibn Abdur-Rahman al-Ghudayyan | |
| Birth Place: | Al Zulfi, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| Death Place: | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| Region: | Middle East |
| Denomination: | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence: | hanbali |
| Creed: | Athari |
| Movement: | Salafi |
| Main Interests: | Sharia, Fiqh, Hadith |
Abdullah ibn Abdur-Rahman al-Ghudayyan (1926 – 1 June 2010) was a Saudi Arabian Islamic scholar, a leading proponent of the Salafi form of Islam and a member of the Saudi Council of Senior Scholars. His ancestry was of the tribe of Banu Anbar.[1]
In 1971 he was appointed as a member of the Council of Senior Scholars (Saudi Arabia).
In addition to his work with the Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Ifta in 1975 he began giving lessons to students at Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University within the Faculty of Sharia and Faculty of Fiqh.
When Abdullah ibn Humayd died in 1981, he overtook the role of giving Fatwa on the radio program Nur Ala Al-Darb,[2] which has been described as "one of the oldest and most famous programs broadcast on the Quran radio channel, where a number of major scholars answer questions and give fatwas."[3]
Abdullah al-Ghudayyan had a number of notable students, including:[4]
Abdullah ibn Abdur-Rahman al-Ghudayyan died on Tuesday 1 June 2010.[5]