Chairman Al-Sheikh was born in 1948 in Diriyah. After receiving a preliminary certificate from Muhammadiah School in Riyadh, he transferred to the Islamic Studies Institute. During this period, he was taught by his father, the late Sheikh Mohammed Bin Ibrahim, General Mufti of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. As he was the only one of the Mufti's sons to live with him in the family house, he usually accompanied his father both at home and when making trips outside of the house. He used to read to him a lot of materials that had been taught at the Islamic Studies Institute.
Speaker Al-Sheikh went to Shariah College in Riyadh (later named Imam Mohammed Bin Saud Islamic University), graduating with a bachelor’s degree in Shariah in 1975. He then worked in the same university as a teaching assistant, later he was sponsored to study in Shariah and Law College in Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt. He received a Master’s degree in 1980.
He then returned to the Kingdom to continue his study, receiving his doctorate in 1987. After that, he worked as a lecturer and Professor Assistant in Imam Mohammed Bin Saud Islamic University, College of Shariah, Jurisprudence Department until he was assigned as Minister of Justice in 1992.
He is a member of the Council of Senior Scholars, the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, the Albr Organisation in Riyadh, the Board of Directors of Disabled Children's Association.
He has also held other posts including chairman of the Board of Directors of Al-Dawah Islamic Magazine, vice-chief of the Executive Office of the Council of Arab Ministers of Justice. In 2009, he was appointed chairman of the Consultative Assembly by King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz. He is married with five children.
