Ahmad al-Nufais

Ahmad ibn Abd al-Aziz al-Nufais is a Kuwaiti Quran reciter and imam of the Grand Mosque of Kuwait, born in Kuwait on 23 Rajab 1411 AH (8 February 1991). ¹

He is a Kuwaiti reciter who serves as imam of the Grand Mosque of Kuwait and recites primarily in the Hafs 'an 'Asim narration. ²

He memorised the Quran and studied at the Islamic University of Madinah, graduating from the Faculty of Sharia in usul al-fiqh and comparative fiqh, according to his channel's About text. ¹

He holds ijaza in the Hafs and Shu'ba 'an 'Asim narrations via al-Shatibiyya, and among his teachers, according to his Quran Central biography, are Shaykh Ibrahim al-Qayyim al-Akhdar and Shaykh Dr Abdullah Jarullah. ^{1 2}

His reputation rests on digital spread: Heepsy's list of top YouTube influencers in Kuwait for October 2026 recorded 3.4 million subscribers for his channel (@Ahmad_Alnufais), a dated platform figure, not a fixed fact. ¹

Digital Quranic archives carry numerous recordings of his complete recitations and of individual surahs, in a style his Quran Central biography describes as clear and spiritually deep. ²

• The About text of his official YouTube channel (@Ahmad_Alnufais).
• His biography on the Quran Central podcast.