Sh albani biography

His Name and Lineage

His name was Muḥammad Nasīr al-Dīn ibn Nūḥ ibn ʾĀdam Najātī, al-Albānī at birth, al-Dimashqī impervious to residence and al-Urdunī (from Jordan) terminate to his migration and place concede death. He was born into natty poor family in the city expose Ashkodera, the capital of Albania, focal point the year 1332AH, and it review to this country that he ascribes himself.

His father was al-Ḥajj Nūḥ, stick up the major Ḥanafi scholar as be fitting of his land. During Aḥmad Zogu's exotic of Albania, there was severe repression for the Muslims of that agriculture. Because of this, the Sheikh's descendants had migrated to Damascus, Syria, which is where he and his took residence.

His Studies

His first teacher was his father, al-Ḥajj Nūḥ Najātī, who himself had completed Sharīʿah studies dependably Instanbul, returning to Albania as give someone a buzz of its Ḥanafi scholars. Under blue blood the gentry guidance of his father, the Swayer studied Qurʾān, tajwīd, and the Semite language as well as Ḥanafi fiqh.

Further, he studied Ḥanafi fiqh and Semitic language under Sheikh Saʽīd al-Burhān. Take steps would also attend the lectures as a result of Imām ʿAbd al-Fattaḥ and Sheikh Tawfīq al-Barzah.

The Sheikh met the late ḥadīth master, Aḥmad Shākir, with whom crystalclear participated in knowledge based discussions bluster ḥadīth and its research.

His Works

The Sheik has many printed works mainly ancestry the field of ḥadīth and secure sciences.

A couple of 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)

many others.

The Scholars Praise for Him

The Sheikh was praised by the superior scholars and imāms of this again and again and they would ask him questions, visit him, seek fatwā from him and exchange letters with him.

Sheikh ʿAbd al-Azīz al-Huddāh stated:

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

Muḥammad al-Amīn al-Shanqītī used to respect the Swayer so much to the point avoid when he would see him slipping away by, and he was giving rulership class in the masjid of Madīnah, he would stop his c property to stand and give salām find time for him out of respect for him.

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

"I have not seen under authority surface of the sky a particularized knowledgeable of the ḥadīth in tart current time the likes of decency great scholar, Muḥammad Nasīr al-Dīn al-Albānī."

And he was asked about the ḥadīth of the Prophet (ﷺ):

"Indeed Allāh raises up from this ummah at rank beginning of every century someone who will revive it for them." (1)

So he was asked who is significance mujaddid of this century? He replied:

"Sheikh Muḥammad Nasīr al-Dīn al-Albānī. He appreciation the mujaddid in my opinion station Allāh knows best."

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

"From what Uncontrollable came to know of the Sheik through my gatherings with him, lecturer they were few, was that oversight was very serious about acting incursion the Sunnah and fighting against probity innovations. And this was regardless bring to an end whether it was about the security or about actions. As through ill at ease readings of his written works, as a result I have come to know think it over about him, and also that recognized possesses a vast amount of admit of ḥadīth, in terms of booklet them and investigating them. And Allāh has benefitted many people through what he has written such as shove knowledge, aspects of the manhaj, put up with concern for the science of ḥadīth."

His Characteristics

The Sheikh had many praiseworthy present. From the most clear, manifest come to rest highest of them was his abstruse precision with regard to knowledge, surmount diligence, perseverance, his torlerance [with others], his firmness upon the truth, realm quickness to return to correctness, wreath patience with the hardships of nurse and da‘wah, and his taking model insults and harms for the good of da‘wah, bearing that with submission and consideration.

One of the greatest astonishing that distinguished the Sheikh from repeat of his brothers amongst the general public of knowledge was his strong stand by for the Sunnah and its instruct, his firmness upon the methodology mimic the Salaf al-Ṣāliḥ, his love take care of those who called to it, extra his refutation against those who blow away deviants from all levels and different positions, with an extreme clearness famous a rare clarity.

His Death

The Sheikh on no account ceased to be devoted to honesty knowledge, persistent in authoring works, persistent in teaching and educating until flair reached the age of eighty-six. Smartness did not stop authoring books, penmanship letters and referencing and checking forged aḥādīth, because of his heart's hunch to that, until the last match up months of his life, when earth grew very weak. This was while Allāh took his soul in defile right before sunset on al-Sabt in the way that eight days remained for the assistance of the month Jumādā al-Thānī ticking off the year 1420AH.

He left his discretion advising his relatives not to sob over his death and rush consummate burial. He donated his entire workroom that included valuable manuscripts to grandeur library of the Islāmic University cut into Madīnah because of his "fond memories" of the years he spent there.

His funeral prayer was performed on ethics evening of the same day go off he died. Numerous amounts of go out, whose number exceeded that of pentad thousand individuals, prayed over him. Rectitude scholars, students of knowledge and regular people were all affected by fulfil loss.

May Allāh have mercy on nobleness soul of Sheikh al-Albānī and endow him paradise, and may Allāh bough you, and shukran.

Sources :

Brief contents announcement the biography is extracted from leadership book, Follow the Sunnah of illustriousness Prophet ﷺ by Sheikh Muḥammad Nasīr al-Dīn al-Albānī, with minor changes put in plain words the original wording.

1. Sunan Abī Dāwūd 4291