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Biography
Ali Bin Abdur Rahman Al Huthaify (born 22 May 1947) (Arabic; علي بن عبد الرحمن الحذيفي) is a Saudi imam and khateeb of the Al-Masjid an-Nabawi, and a former Imam of Quba Mosque. His style of reciting the Qur’an in a slow and deep tune is widely recognised.
Life and career
In 1972 he graduated with a Bachelor of Laws degree from the Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University. In 1975 he received a master’s degree in Islamic law from Al-Azhar University, and then he took his doctorate from the same university.
He was an imam and Khateeb of Quba Mosque during 1978.In 1979 he became an imam of Al-Masjid al-Nabawi.In 1981, during the month of Ramadan, he was appointed as imam for the Tarawih prayers in Masjid al-Haram and then he went back to Great Mosque of Medina where he continues to lead prayers.