Al-Albani

Al-Albani
Personal
Born
Muhammad Nasir al-Din

1914
Died2 October 1999(1999-10-02) (aged 85)
ReligionIslam
NationalityAlbanian
ParentNuh Najati
EraModern
JurisprudenceAhl al-Hadith
CreedAthari
MovementSalafi
Main interest(s)
Occupation
Muslim leader
Influenced by
Influenced
AwardsKing Faisal International Prize (in 1999)
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Muhammad Nasir al-Din (1914 – 2 October 1999) known by his nisba al-Albani (the Albanian), was an Albanian Islamic scholar known for being a leading hadith scholar in the 20th-century. A major figure of the Salafi methodology of Islam, he established his reputation in Syria, where his family had moved and where he was educated as a child.

Al-Albani did not advocate violence, preferring obedience to established governments. A watchmaker by trade, Al-Albani was active as a writer, publishing chiefly on hadith and its sciences. He also lectured widely in the Middle East, Spain and the United Kingdom on the Salafi movement.