Muhammad Nāsir al-Dīn al-Albanī محمد ناصر الدين الألباني | |
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Title | Shaykh |
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Born | 1914 |
Died | October 2, 1999 (aged 85) Amman, Jordan |
Religion | Islam |
Nationality | Albanian, Syrian |
Ethnicity | Albanian |
Denomination | Sunni |
Jurisprudence | Zahiri[1] |
Creed | Athari |
Movement | Salafi |
Main interest(s) | Hadith Aqidah |
Occupation | Muhaddith, Faqih, historiographer, bibliographer, watchmaker |
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Awards | King Faisal International Prize, 1999 |
Website | Memorial website |
Part of a series on: Salafi movement |
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Sab'u Masajid, Saudi Arabia |
Title | Volumes | Description |
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At-Targhib wa't-Tarhib | Volumes 1–4 | |
At-Tasfiyah wa't-Tarbiya | ||
At-Tawassulu: Anwa'uhu wa Ahkamuhu | Tawassul: Its Types & Its Rulings) (link to english translation) | |
Irwa al-Ghalil | Volumes 1–9 | |
Talkhis Ahkam al-Jana'iz | ||
Sahih wa Da'if Sunan Abu Dawood | Volumes 1–4 | |
Sahih wa Da'if Sunan at-Tirmidhi | Volumes 1–4 | |
Sahih wa Da'if Sunan Ibn Majah | Volumes 1–4 | |
Al-Aqidah at-Tahawiyyah Sharh wa Ta'liq | ||
Sifatu Salati An-Nabiyy | (link to English translation) | |
Silsalat al-Hadith ad-Da'ifa | Volumes 1–14 | |
Silsalat al-Hadith as-Sahiha | Volumes 1–11 | |
Salat ut-Tarawih | Later an abridgment of this book was published by al-Albani – Qiyamu Ramadhan |
In addition, Salafism is a term that has a broader base in Islamic tradition and is more encompassing than Ahl-Hadith, which has more sectarian implications. Among the most influential exponents of NTS are some contemporary Middle Eastern Muslim scholars such as Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani (d. 1999), ‘Abd al-‘Aziz bin Baz (d. 1999), Muhammad Salih al-‘Uthaymin (d. 2001), and Yahya al-Hajuri, to name but a few, who held senior positions on religious councils responsible for issuing fatwas (legal opinions) and/or were lecturers in Islamic sciences at traditional Islamic institutions such as the Universities of Medina and Riyadh.
In this way he became a self-taught expert on Islam, learning from the books rather than the ulema. One of his biographers even states that al-Albani was distinguished in religious circles by how few ijazats (certificates) he possessed.