About Us
Transforming Lives and Building Communities Through Compassionate Efforts
Who We Are
Welcome to Al Rajhi Endowment, where our mission is to transform lives and build stronger communities through dedicated humanitarian efforts.
Founded by Sheikh Saleh Al Rajhi, Al Rajhi Endowment is committed to empowering communities and alleviating poverty. We achieve this through sustainable development projects and comprehensive humanitarian aid.
With a focus on education, healthcare, and emergency relief, our work extends across 30+ countries, impacting the lives of millions. Our dedication to compassion, integrity, and excellence drives everything we do.
How we started
According to the Islamic perspective on Waqf , in 1417 AH Sheikh Saleh ibn Abdulaziz Alrajhi allocated some of his property for endowment. The proceeds of the donated property should be used in the identified twelve channels stated in the Endowment instrument. Then a board of managing the endowments of Saleh Abdulaziz Alrajhi was established in order to achieve the following objectives:
Objectives
To manage and maintain the real estates and farms endowed by Sheikh Saleh Abdulaziz Alrajhi
To invest the part assigned for investment to grow the endowment.
To maintain the existing endowments
To maintain the existing endowments
Vision and Mission
Goals
Development of endowments for sustainability and growth.
Repair, renewal, or replacement of damaged parts of Awqaf.
Spending endowment revenues in designated channels.
Community service and development through charitable contributions.
Participation in economic development through real estate and date industry.
Providing advanced real estate services.
Developing the date industry using the latest technology.
Management, protection, and maintenance of endowments.
Vision
Leadership of endowment trusts locally and internationally.
Mission
Implementation of the person who made the waqf, Sheikh Saleh Abdulaziz Alrajhi, in charities and serving the beneficiaries through varied and developed programs carried out by an organizational structure abiding by Islamic tenets and trying to exert the maximum effort in planning and implementation.
Praise be to Allah, and may peace and blessings be upon the noblest of prophets and messengers. Welcome to the portal of the Alrajhi Endowment of Saleh Abdulaziz Alrajhi, which we seek to make it a platform for easy communication with you and an access to know your interests and needs because we in the Alrajhi Endowment feel the importance of cooperation with everyone for the development of our diverse projects and programs, to embody the vision and mission of the Alrajhi Endowment and to implement the will of Sheikh Saleh ibn Abdulaziz Alrajhi, May Allah have mercy on him, in the establishment of this blessed charitable edifice.
The Alrajhi Endowment is proud of their work and projects that touched the hearts of a large number of people inside and outside the Kingdom and esteem its divers charitable and developmental work pursued for the service and dissemination of Islam, and in support of Islamic institutions as well as for the development of the community and its citizens through a distinguished partnership with official institutions and charities that offer great efforts to serve the beneficiaries across the various regions of the Kingdom. Along with the geographic outreach of the Endowment Management, its projects and programs developed qualitatively to include various fields of charitable and developmental work.
Such endeavors, thanks be to Allah, are supplemented by the establishment and construction of developmental projects, educational, medical and social, in different parts of the Kingdom following an organizational structure for work that integrates high levels of planning, control and implementation. The visitor of the portal can access the various aspects of the projects and programs outlined here, through which we seek to shorten the time and distance when communicating with people, exchange information and facilitate the necessary procedure for the service of beneficiaries.
We would like to take this opportunity to welcome any proposals or opinions that contribute to the development and support of charitable work in our blessed country. We thank you all for your interest and your keenness for partnership with us.
We pray to Allah Almighty to accept from the person who made this waqf, our father Sheikh Saleh ibn Abdulaziz Alrajhi, May Allah have mercy on him, and to accept the good acts from you and us.
I wish you success and guidance.
Peace be upon you
A Message from Mr. Abdulsalam ibn Saleh Alrajhi
His Excellence Sheikh Dr. Abdullah ibn Mohammed ibn Abdulaziz Alshathry
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His Excellence Sheikh Dr. Abdullah ibn Mohammed ibn Abdulaziz Alshathry
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His Excellence Sheikh Dr. Abdullah ibn Mohammed ibn Abdulaziz Alshathry
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His Excellence Sheikh Dr. Abdullah ibn Mohammed ibn Abdulaziz Alshathry
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His Excellence Sheikh Dr. Abdullah ibn Mohammed ibn Abdulaziz Alshathry
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About the Founder
Sheikh Saleh Abdulaziz Al Rajhi, the founder of Al Rajhi Endowment, was a visionary leader dedicated to business excellence and charitable endeavors. His life's work continues to inspire and guide our mission.
Early Life
Born in 1926 in Riyadh, Sheikh Saleh memorized the Qur'an by age 13 and pursued studies under prominent scholars.
Charitable Work
Established significant endowments funding education, health, and social services projects.
Business Beginnings
Started with small jobs, eventually founding a money exchange business that grew into a major bank.