Ibrahim ibn Muhammad Al ash-Sheikh (Arabic: إبراهيم بن محمد آل الشيخ; 1920-2006) was a leading Salafi scholar in Saudi Arabia and minister of justice between 1975 and 1990.
[1] Ibrahim ibn Muhammad Al ash-Sheikh was born into the noted family of Saudi religious scholars, the Al ash-Sheikh, descendants of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, the influential Muslim scholar.
[2][3] He was the eldest son of Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Al ash-Sheikh, Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia until 1969.
He maintained a close relationship with King Faisal, with whom he met on a weekly basis.
[2][3] His brother Abdullah ibn Muhammad Al ash-Sheikh, a younger son of the late Grand Mufti,[5] also served as minister of justice, from 1993 to 2009.