Fahd Al-Qadi

Sheikh Fahd Al-Qadi (الشيخ فهد القاضي) (c. 1957 - 12 November 2019) was a Saudi Arabian Islamic scholar, judge and academic who died in the prison due to acute pneumonia.

He was associated with the Sahwa movement and Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (Saudi Arabia)[1] Alumnus of Imam Muhammad ibn Saud University.

In 2013, he had objected to a decision by the Saudi Minister of Education to allow female students to attend horse races.

He was in custody since September 2016 after sending a letter of secret advice to the royal court.

[5][1] He was laid to rest on 13 November 2019 and a large number of people attended his funeral prayers at Al-Rajhi Mosque in Riyadh.