Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani
| Muhammad Nāsir al-Dīn al-Albanī | |
|---|---|
| Title | Shaykh |
| Born | 1914 Shkodër, Albania |
| Died | October 4, 1999 (aged 85) Amman, Jordan |
| Nationality | Albanian, Syrian |
| Ethnicity | Albanian |
| Occupation | Faqih, historiographer, bibliographer, watch repairman |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Salafi |
| Main interest(s) | Hadith studies |
|
Influenced by
|
|
| Awards | King Faisal International Prize, 1999 |
| Website | Memorial website |
Muhammad Nasir-ud-Dīn al-Albani (1914 – October 2, 1999) was an Albanian Islamic scholar who specialised in the fields of hadith and fiqh. He established his reputation in Syria, where his family had moved when he was a child and where he was educated.
Largely self-taught in the study of Islamic texts, Albani is considered to be a major figure of the purist Salafi movement which developed in the 20th century. Al-Albani did not advocate violence, preferring quietism and obedience to established governments.
A watchmaker by trade, al-Albani was active as a writer, publishing more than 100 books, chiefly on hadith and its sciences. He also lectured widely in the Mideast, Spain and the United Kingdom on the Salafist movement.
In the 1960s, Albani was invited to teach at the Islamic University of Madinah in Saudi Arabia. His views were opposed by numerous traditional clerics and his contract allowed to lapse. He later returned from Syria for a brief time in the 1970s as the head of higher education in Islamic law in Mecca. He again aroused too much opposition, and returned to Syria. After serving time under house arrest by the Syrian government in 1979, Albani moved to Jordan, where he resided for the rest of his life.
Albani was born into a poor Muslim family in the city of Shkodër in northern Albania in 1914. During the reign of the secularist Albanian leader Ahmet Zogu, al-Albani's family migrated to Damascus, Syria. In Damascus, Albani completed his early education - initially taught by his father - in the Quran, Tajwid, Arabic linguistic sciences, Hanafi Fiqh and further branches of the Islamic faith, also helped by native Syrian scholars. In the meantime, he earned a modest living as a carpenter before joining his father as a watchmaker.
...
Wikipedia