Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani

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Islamic scholar
Muhammad Naasiruddeen al-Albani
Title Shaykh
Born 1914
Shkodër, Albania
Died October 4, 1999 (aged 85)
Amman, Jordan
Ethnicity Albanian
Region Middle Eastern Scholar, originally from Europe
Creed Salafi
Main interest(s) Hadith, Hadith sciences

Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani (Arabic: محمد ناصر الدين الألباني‎) (1914 – October 2, 1999) was an Albanian Islamic scholar of the 20th Century; he specialised in the fields of hadith and fiqh. He was also a prolific writer and speaker.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

Al-Albani was born into a poor family in the city of Shkodër in northwestern Albania. His father, Nasserudin, completed Sharia studies in Istanbul, Turkey then returned to Albania. During the reign of the secularist Albanian leader, Ahmet Zogu, al-Albani's family migrated to Damascus, Syria, due to their displeasure with the Western-influenced views of the Albanian government. In Damascus, Al-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 with the help of native Syrian scholars.[1] In the meantime, he earned a modest living as a carpenter before joining his father as a watchmaker/repairer, a trade he was to master.[1]

[edit] Beginning of hadith studies

By the age of twenty Al-Albani began specializing in the field of hadith and its related sciences, becoming influenced by articles in Al-Manaar magazine. He began work in this field by transcribing Abd al-Rahim ibn al-Husain al-'Iraqi's monumental Al-Mughnee 'an-hamlil-Asfar fil-Asfar fee takhrej maa fil-lhyaa min al-Akhbar.[1]

[edit] Scholastic career

After some time he started giving two weekly classes attended by university students, teaching various books of Aqidah, Fiqh, Usul and Hadith. He also began organizing monthly journeys for da'wah to various cities in Syria and Jordan.

After a number of his works appeared in print, Al-Albani started to teach Hadith at the Islamic University of Madinah, for three years where he was also a member of the University board. Later he would return to his studies and work in the Az-Zahiriyah library, leaving his shop in the hands of one of his brothers.[1]

He visited various countries for preaching and lectures – amongst them Qatar, Egypt, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Spain and the United Kingdom. He was forced to emigrate a number of times moving from Syria to Jordan, then Syria again, then Beirut, then the UAE, then again to Amman, Jordan.[1]

[edit] Views

The scholar Zayd Ibn Fayad said about him:[2]

Indeed, Sheikh Muhammad Nasiruddin Al-Albani is from the most prominent and distinguished personalities of this era. He had great concern for the Hadith – its paths of transmission, its reporters and its levels of authenticity or weakness. This is an honorable task from the best things in which hours can be spent and efforts can be made. And he was like any other of the scholars – those who are correct in some matters and err in other matters. However, his devotion to this great science is from that which requires that his prestige be acknowledged and his endeavors in it be appreciated.

Another scholar and teacher, Muhibb-ud-Deen Al-Khatib, said:[2][3]

And from the callers to the Sunnah who devoted their lives to reviving it was our brother Muhammad Nasiruddin Nooh Najati Al-Albani.

[edit] Works

His works, mainly in the field of Hadith and its sciences, number over 100 and include:[1]

  1. At-Targhib wa't-Tarhib (Volumes 1–4)
  2. At-Tasfiyah wa't-Tarbiya
  3. At-Tawassulu: Anwa'uhu wa Ahkamuhu (Tawassul: Its Types & Its Rulings) (link to english translation)
  4. Irwa al-Ghalil (Volumes 1–9)
  5. Talkhis Ahkam al-Jana'iz
  6. Sahih wa Da'if Sunan Abu Dawood (Volumes 1–4)
  7. Sahih wa Da'if Sunan at-Tirmidhi (Volumes 1–4)
  8. Sahih wa Da'if Sunan ibn Majah (Volumes 1–4)
  9. Al-Aqidah at-Tahawiyyah Sharh wa Ta'liq
  10. Sifatu Salati An-Nabiyy (link to English translation)
  11. Silsalat al-Hadith ad-Da'ifa (Volumes 1–14)
  12. Silsalat al-Hadith as-Sahiha (Volumes 1–11)
  13. Salat ut-Tarawih (later an abridgement of this book was published by al-Albani – Qiyamu Ramadhan)
  14. Salat an-Nabawi (the prayer of the prophet in the light of authentic hadiths) (link to english translation)

[edit] See also

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[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e f A Brief Biography of Ash-Shaikh Al-Muhaddith Abu 'Abdir-Rahmaan Muhammad Naasir-ud-Deen Al-Albaani by Dr. 'Aasim 'Abdullaah al-Qaryooti
  2. ^ a b al-Asalaah, Issue #23, Pg. 76–77
  3. ^ Biography of Shaikh Muhammad Naasiruddin al-Albaani by Shaykh 'Ali Hasan al-Halabi

[edit] External links

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