Abdul Qader Arnaoot

Abdul-Qader Arnaout, (Arabic: عبد القادر الأرناؤوط‎‎) (also Abdul Qadir al-Arna'ut, Arnaut, Abdul-Kader Arnauti, and other variants) born Kadri Sokoli (1928–26 November 2004) was an Islamic scholar of Albanian origin, of the 20th century; he specialised in the fields of hadith and fiqh.

Arnaoot received his initial religious training with Hanafi scholars, before breaking with them to continue his quest for knowledge through self-teaching. Among his students was Hassan al-Kattani, who learned Hadith studies from Arnaout.

The Ba'ath government banned Arnaout from giving lectures and teaching. Arnaout died on 26 November 2004 in Damascus under quasi-house arrest and without leaving a successor.

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