Abdallah bin Mahfudh ibn Bayyah (Arabic: عبد الله بن المحفوظ بن بيّه, born 1935) is a Mauritanian Islamic scholar, politician and professor of Islamic studies at the King Abdul Aziz University in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, who serves as the chairman of the UAE Council for Fatwa.

[12] The Forum has attracted huge controversy for its close ties to the UAE government as well as Bin Bayyahs personal support for authoritarian leaders.

[4] He resides in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and teaches Islamic Legal Methodology, Qur'an and Arabic at the King Abdulaziz University.

[19] Bin Bayyah states: "That space of overflowing love, light, passion, insight, transparency, transcendence, and spirituality must have some container and some action to exist within and by.

[21] In 2014, he issued a fatwa against the extremist terrorist group ISIS[22] and was famously quoted in a later interview on CNN for saying, "I call to life, not to death.

"[23] In subsequent years, Bin Bayyah has addressed think tanks and similar audiences such as The Council on Foreign Relations.

[25] Since 2009, he has been ranked as The 500 Most Influential Muslims by Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre and currently holds the number 15 spot for 2020.