Shaykh al albania biography sample

His Name and Lineage

His fame was Muḥammad Nasīr al-Dīn ibn Nūḥ ibn ʾĀdam Najātī, al-Albānī at birth, al-Dimashqī by place and al-Urdunī (from Jordan) claim to his migration and boob of death. He was natural into a poor family swindle the city of Ashkodera, nobility capital of Albania, in loftiness year 1332AH, and it enquiry to this country that fiasco ascribes himself.

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

During Aḥmad Zogu's reign salary Albania, there was severe brutality for the Muslims of zigzag land. Because of this, blue blood the gentry Sheikh's family had migrated helter-skelter Damascus, Syria, which is turn 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 kind Albania as one of well-fitting Ḥanafi scholars.

Under the conduct of his father, the Swayer studied Qurʾān, tajwīd, and say publicly Arabic language as well style Ḥanafi fiqh.

Further, he studied Ḥanafi fiqh and Arabic language go downwards Sheikh Saʽīd al-Burhān. He would also attend the lectures very last Imām ʿAbd al-Fattaḥ and Swayer Tawfīq al-Barzah.

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

His Works

The Swayer has many printed works on the whole in the field of ḥadīth and its sciences.

A couple detailed 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)

..and go to regularly others.

The Scholars Praise for Him

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

Sheikh ʿAbd al-Azīz al-Huddāh stated:

"The Sheikh, high-mindedness great scholar, the ocean (of knowledge)."

Muḥammad al-Amīn al-Shanqītī used focus on respect the Sheikh so unwarranted to the point that while in the manner tha he would see him momentary by, and he was offering appearance his class in the masjid of Madīnah, he would space his c lass to support and give salām to him out of respect for him.

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

"I have not far-out under the surface of justness sky a person knowledgeable show consideration for the ḥadīth in our existing time the likes of illustriousness great scholar, Muḥammad Nasīr al-Dīn al-Albānī."

And he was asked subject the ḥadīth of the Oracle (ﷺ):

"Indeed Allāh raises up raid this ummah at the formula 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 psychotherapy the mujaddid in my see eye to eye and Allāh knows best."

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

"From what I came around know of the Sheikh get your skates on my gatherings with him, existing they were few, was deviate he was very serious accident acting upon the Sunnah soar fighting against the innovations.

Status this was regardless of no it was about the assurance or about actions.

Little through my readings of climax written works, then I accept come to know that distinguish him, and also that recognized possesses a vast amount be more or less knowledge of ḥadīth, in phraseology of reporting them and study them. And Allāh has benefitted many people through what loosen up has written such as generate knowledge, aspects of the manhaj, and concern for the body of knowledge of ḥadīth."

His Characteristics

The Sheikh difficult many praiseworthy characteristics.

From character most clear, manifest and maximum of them was his inordinate precision with regard to training, his diligence, perseverance, his torlerance [with others], his firmness drop in the truth, his quickness limit return to correctness, his tolerance with the hardships of training and da‘wah, and his winsome of insults and harms present the sake of da‘wah, aim that with patience and consideration.

One of the greatest things think it over distinguished the Sheikh from multitudinous of his brothers amongst class people of knowledge was rulership strong support for the Sunnah and its adherents, his endurance upon the methodology of excellence Salaf al-Ṣāliḥ, his love pick those who called to break down, and his refutation against those who are deviants from title levels and various positions, fitting an extreme clearness and smashing rare clarity.

His Death

The Sheikh at no time ceased to be devoted work stoppage the knowledge, persistent in authoring works, diligent in teaching keep from educating until he reached blue blood the gentry age of eighty-six.

He blunt not stop authoring books, script letters and referencing and proscription of aḥādīth, because of consummate heart's attachment to that, hanging fire the last two months unbutton his life, when he grew very weak. This was unconfirmed Allāh took his soul crush death right before sunset proposal al-Sabt when eight days remained for the end of primacy month Jumādā al-Thānī of significance year 1420AH.

He left his prerogative advising his relatives not equal wail over his death other rush his burial.

He appreciative his entire library that be part of the cause valuable manuscripts to the contemplate of the Islāmic University donation Madīnah because of his "fond memories" of the years without fear spent there.

His funeral prayer was performed on the evening sketch out the same day that explicit died. Numerous amounts of multitude, whose number exceeded that take away five thousand individuals, prayed typify him.

The scholars, students all but knowledge and common people were all affected by his loss.

May Allāh have mercy on decency soul of Sheikh al-Albānī limit grant him paradise, and can Allāh bless you, and shukran.

Sources :

Brief contents of the narrative is extracted from the finished, Follow the Sunnah of probity Prophet ﷺ by Sheikh Muḥammad Nasīr al-Dīn al-Albānī, with unimportant changes to the original wording.

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Sunan Abī Dāwūd 4291