Shaykh Saud ibn Ibrahim ibn Muhammad ash-Shuraim was born on October 15th, 1966, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He is one of the prayer leaders and Friday preachers at the Masjid al-Haram in Makkah. He is a world-renowned Qur'anic reciter and holds a PhD in Sharia (Islamic studies) from the Umm al-Qura University in Makkah.

Shaykh Shuraim has been leading the Taraweeh prayers in Ramadan in Makkah since