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Born | Muhammad Nasir al-Din 1914 |
Died | 2 October 1999 | (aged 85)
Religion | Islam |
Nationality | Albanian |
Parent | Nuh Najati |
Era | Modern |
Jurisprudence | Ahl al-Hadith |
Creed | Athari |
Movement | Salafi |
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Awards | King Faisal International Prize (in 1999) |
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.