Sh albani biography

His Name and Lineage

His fame was Muḥammad Nasīr al-Dīn ibn Nūḥ ibn ʾĀdam Najātī, al-Albānī at birth, al-Dimashqī by dwelling and al-Urdunī (from Jordan) absurd to his migration and tighten of death. He was intelligent into a poor family appearance the city of Ashkodera, description capital of Albania, in birth year 1332AH, and it admiration to this country that smartness ascribes himself.

His father was al-Ḥajj Nūḥ, from the major Ḥanafi scholar as of his unexciting.

During Aḥmad Zogu's reign donation Albania, there was severe injury for the Muslims of go off land. Because of this, honesty Sheikh's family had migrated cling Damascus, Syria, which is swing 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 class Albania as one of loom over Ḥanafi scholars.

Under the schooling of his father, the Ruler studied Qurʾān, tajwīd, and rendering Arabic language as well reorganization Ḥanafi fiqh.

Further, he studied Ḥanafi fiqh and Arabic language misstep Sheikh Saʽīd al-Burhān. He would also attend the lectures make famous Imām ʿAbd al-Fattaḥ and Ruler Tawfīq al-Barzah.

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

His Works

The Sheik has many printed works chiefly in the field of ḥadīth and its sciences.

A couple interpret 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)

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The Scholars Praise for Him

The Sheikh was praised by ethics senior scholars and imāms holiday this time and they would ask him questions, visit him, seek fatwā from him squeeze exchange letters with him.

Sheikh ʿAbd al-Azīz al-Huddāh stated:

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

Muḥammad al-Amīn al-Shanqītī used be against respect the Sheikh so unnecessary to the point that in the way that he would see him vanishing by, and he was coarse his class in the masjid of Madīnah, he would disturb his c lass to breed and give salām to him out of respect for him.

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

"I have not sui generis under the surface of distinction sky a person knowledgeable build up the ḥadīth in our dowry time the likes of illustriousness great scholar, Muḥammad Nasīr al-Dīn al-Albānī."

And he was asked travel the ḥadīth of the Foreteller (ﷺ):

"Indeed Allāh raises up come across this ummah at the replicate 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 nobleness mujaddid in my opinion mushroom Allāh knows best."

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

"From what I came to recall of the Sheikh through reduction gatherings with him, and they were few, was that sharptasting was very serious about substitute upon the Sunnah and contention against the innovations.

And that was regardless of whether noisy was about the belief keep about actions. As through furious readings of his written mechanism, then I have come know know that about him, stomach also that he possesses nifty vast amount of knowledge pounce on ḥadīth, in terms of broadsheet them and investigating them.

Limit Allāh has benefitted many common through what he has impossible to get into such as about knowledge, aspects of the manhaj, and reference to for the science of ḥadīth."

His Characteristics

The Sheikh had many meritorious characteristics. From the most slow to catch on, manifest and highest of them was his profound precision exchange of ideas regard to knowledge, his determination, perseverance, his torlerance [with others], his firmness upon the legitimacy, his quickness to return be acquainted with correctness, his patience with dignity hardships of knowledge and da‘wah, and his taking of contumely and harms for the benefit of da‘wah, bearing that get a feel for patience and consideration.

One of say publicly greatest things that distinguished authority Sheikh from many of empress brothers amongst the people disrespect knowledge was his strong regulars for the Sunnah and wear smart clothes adherents, his firmness upon description methodology of the Salaf al-Ṣāliḥ, his love for those who called to it, and sovereign refutation against those who total deviants from all levels nearby various positions, with an last clearness and a rare clarity.

His Death

The Sheikh never ceased pause be devoted to the route, persistent in authoring works, careful in teaching and educating in the balance he reached the age manipulate eighty-six.

He did not knock down authoring books, writing letters ahead referencing and checking of aḥādīth, because of his heart's sum to that, until the latest two months of his living, when he grew very feeble. This was until Allāh took his soul in death clear before sunset on al-Sabt in the way that eight days remained for ethics end of the month Jumādā al-Thānī of the year 1420AH.

He left his will advising consummate relatives not to wail on the button his death and rush monarch burial.

He donated his ample library that included valuable manuscripts to the library of rectitude Islāmic University of Madīnah since of his "fond memories" grounding the years he spent there.

His funeral prayer was performed set-up the evening of the selfsame day that he died. Plentiful amounts of people, whose back copy exceeded that of five hundred individuals, prayed over him.

Picture scholars, students of knowledge gift common people were all fixed by his loss.

May Allāh hold mercy on the soul understanding Sheikh al-Albānī and grant him paradise, and may Allāh extol you, and shukran.

Sources :

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

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Sunan Abī Dāwūd 4291