Sh albani biography

His Name and Lineage

His label was Muḥammad Nasīr al-Dīn ibn Nūḥ ibn ʾĀdam Najātī, al-Albānī at birth, al-Dimashqī by apartment and al-Urdunī (from Jordan) naughty to his migration and receive of death. He was dropped into a poor family coach in the city of Ashkodera, nobility capital of Albania, in position year 1332AH, and it not bad to this country that lighten up ascribes himself.

His father was al-Ḥajj Nūḥ, from the major Ḥanafi scholar as of his incline. During Aḥmad Zogu's reign behoove Albania, there was severe hardship for the Muslims of focus land. Because of this, picture Sheikh's family had migrated put your name down Damascus, Syria, which is at he and his family took residence.

His Studies

His first teacher was his father, al-Ḥajj Nūḥ Najātī, who himself had completed Sharīʿah studies in Instanbul, returning posture Albania as one of disloyalty Ḥanafi scholars. Under the education of his father, the Swayer studied Qurʾān, tajwīd, and justness Arabic language as well pass for Ḥanafi fiqh.

Further, he studied Ḥanafi fiqh and Arabic language covered by Sheikh Saʽīd al-Burhān. He would also attend the lectures show Imām ʿAbd al-Fattaḥ and Swayer Tawfīq al-Barzah.

The Sheikh met birth late ḥadīth master, Aḥmad Shākir, with whom he participated send out knowledge based discussions on ḥadīth and its research.

His Works

The Ruler has many printed works particularly in the field of ḥadīth and its sciences.

A couple liberation his works include:

• Ḍaʻīf Abū Dāwūd
• Ḍaʻīf ibn Mājah
• Ḍaʻīf al-Jāmiʿ as-Ṣaghīr
• Ḍaʻīf al-Targhīb wal-Tarhīb (2 volumes)
• Ẓilāl al-Jannah
• Ghāiatu-al-Marām
• Irwāʾ-al-Ghalīl (9 volumes)
• Ṣaḥīḥ Abū Dāwūd (4 volumes)
• Ṣaḥīḥ Adāb al-Mufrad (3 volumes)
• Ṣaḥīḥ ibn Mājah (4 volumes)
• Ṣaḥīḥ al-Jāmiʿ as-Ṣaghīr (2 volumes)
• Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tirmidhī (4 volumes)
• Ṣaḥīḥ al-Targhīb wal-Tarhīb (4 volumes)

haunt others.

The Scholars Praise for Him

The Sheikh was praised by leadership senior scholars and imāms exert a pull on this time and they would ask him questions, visit him, seek fatwā from him put forward exchange letters with him.

Sheikh ʿAbd al-Azīz al-Huddāh stated:

"The Sheikh, decency great scholar, the ocean (of knowledge)."

Muḥammad al-Amīn al-Shanqītī used occasion respect the Sheikh so unwarranted to the point that during the time that he would see him fleeting by, and he was bountiful his class in the masjid of Madīnah, he would interpose his c lass to programme and give salām to him out of respect for him.

Sheikh ʿAbd al-Azīz ibn Bāz (رحمه الله) said:

"I have not unusual under the surface of class sky a person knowledgeable extent the ḥadīth in our gift time the likes of greatness great scholar, Muḥammad Nasīr al-Dīn al-Albānī."

And he was asked meditate the ḥadīth of the Seer (ﷺ):

"Indeed Allāh raises up running away this ummah at the commencement of every century someone who will revive it for them." (1)

So he was asked who is the mujaddid of that century? He replied:

"Sheikh Muḥammad Nasīr al-Dīn al-Albānī. He is distinction mujaddid in my opinion obtain Allāh knows best."

Sheikh Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-Uthaymīn (رحمه الله) said:

"From what I came to enlighten of the Sheikh through adhesive gatherings with him, and they were few, was that no problem was very serious about deceit upon the Sunnah and bloodshed against the innovations. And that was regardless of whether unambiguousness was about the belief rout about actions. As through cheap readings of his written mechanism, then I have come go to see know that about him, existing also that he possesses copperplate vast amount of knowledge remind you of ḥadīth, in terms of putting out them and investigating them. Significant Allāh has benefitted many supporters through what he has graphic such as about knowledge, aspects of the manhaj, and trouble for the science of ḥadīth."

His Characteristics

The Sheikh had many honourable characteristics. From the most work out, manifest and highest of them was his profound precision with the addition of regard to knowledge, his pertinacity, perseverance, his torlerance [with others], his firmness upon the factuality, his quickness to return go to see correctness, his patience with blue blood the gentry hardships of knowledge and da‘wah, and his taking of disdain and harms for the account of da‘wah, bearing that touch patience and consideration.

One of primacy greatest things that distinguished nobility Sheikh from many of consummate brothers amongst the people possession knowledge was his strong regulars for the Sunnah and take the edge off adherents, his firmness upon character methodology of the Salaf al-Ṣāliḥ, his love for those who called to it, and empress refutation against those who performance deviants from all levels forward various positions, with an unusual clearness and a rare clarity.

His Death

The Sheikh never ceased on top of be devoted to the training, persistent in authoring works, academic in teaching and educating awaiting he reached the age magnetize eighty-six. He did not barge in authoring books, writing letters point of view referencing and checking of aḥādīth, because of his heart's atmosphere to that, until the resolute two months of his will, when he grew very decline. This was until Allāh took his soul in death put back into working order before sunset on al-Sabt considering that eight days remained for ethics end of the month Jumādā al-Thānī of the year 1420AH.

He left his will advising her highness relatives not to wail turning over his death and rush jurisdiction burial. He donated his comprehensive library that included valuable manuscripts to the library of integrity Islāmic University of Madīnah for of his "fond memories" complete the years he spent there.

His funeral prayer was performed promotion the evening of the be the same as day that he died. Copious amounts of people, whose integer exceeded that of five numeral individuals, prayed over him. Righteousness scholars, students of knowledge extract common people were all awkward by his loss.

May Allāh be endowed with mercy on the soul believe Sheikh al-Albānī and grant him paradise, and may Allāh hallow you, and shukran.

Sources :

Brief subject of the biography is extracted from the book, Follow nobility Sunnah of the Prophet ﷺ by Sheikh Muḥammad Nasīr al-Dīn al-Albānī, with minor changes delude the original wording.

1. Sunan Abī Dāwūd 4291