Sheikh Salah Al-Budair صلاح البدير

Sheikh Salah Al-Budair (b. 1970, Al-Ahsa) is a Saudi imam and khatib of the Prophet's Mosque in Madinah, serving since 1998, and a judge at the Madinah Court of Appeal. He holds a doctorate in fiqh and recites in the Hafs an Asim narration.

Salah Al-Budair was educated in Hofuf and earned a bachelor's degree in Sharia from Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University and also studied at the Higher Judicial Institute. He began leading prayers in 1406 AH (1985/86), while still at secondary school, taking turns with his teacher, a sheikh from Al-Ahsa. He was later appointed imam in Dammam and then in Riyadh, before a royal decree in 1419 AH named him imam and khatib of the Prophet's Mosque.

He also led Tarawih prayers at Masjid al-Haram in Makkah in 1426 and 1427 AH (2005 and 2006). In October 2024 the Islamic University of Kyrgyzstan in Bishkek awarded him an honorary doctorate.

Three things tend to place Salah's voice: the measured Haramain style familiar from Makkah and Madinah broadcasts; a soft, unhurried pace that suits long listening; and careful, textbook articulation, which is why students are often pointed to him. That is our own listening note to help you place the voice, not a sourced biographical claim.