Al-Albani

Imam, Shaykh Al-Albani
Title	Al-Muhaddith al-'Alami
Personal life
Born	Ebu Abdurrahman Muhamed bin el-Haxh Nuh bin Nexhati bin Adem Shkodrrani Arnauti 1914 Shkodër, Albania
Died	2 October 1999(1999-10-02) (aged 85) Amman, Jordan
Nationality	Albanian
Parent	Nuh Najati
Era	Modern
Main interest(s)	Hadith Aqida Fiqh
Notable work(s)	Silsalat al-Hadith as-Sahiha
Occupation	Ālim Muhaddith Faqih Writer Watchmaker
Religious life
Religion	Islam
Jurisprudence	Ahl al-Hadith
Creed	Athari
Movement	Salafi
Muslim leader
Influenced by Shaykh al-Hajj Nuh Bin Najati Bin al-Ishqudri al-Hanafi al-Albani al-Arnauti Ibn Hanbal Ibn Taymiyyah Ibn Hazm Imam Bukhari Badi' ud-Din Shah al-Rashidi Rashid Rida Shaykh Saeed al Burhani Ibn al Baghi 'Izz al-Din al-Tanoukhi Muhammad Bahjat al-Atar Ibn Baz Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab
Influenced Ibn Baz Rabee Al-Madkhali Umar Sulayman al-Ashqar Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i Salim Al-Hilali Shaykh Mashhoor Hasan Salmaan Muhammad bin Jamil Zeno Abdul Qayum Jusuf Barčić Salih Ibn S'aad As Suhaymi Ismail Falah Al Mandakar Ali Hasan Al Halabi

Muhammad Nasir al-Din (Arabic: مُحَمَّد نَاصِر ٱلدِّيْن ٱلْأَلْبَانِي; Albanian: Muhamed Nasr ed-Din el-Albani; 1914 – 2 October 1999) also known as Al-Albani, was an Albanian Shaykh known for being a leading hadith scholar in the 20th-century. A major figure in Islamic history, he began his journey in Syria, where his family had moved prior and where he was educated as a child.

Al-Albani had emphasised that in some cases, Islam allows obedience to the government of the country that a Muslim resides in. His profession was as a watchmaker. In his free time, he sought Islamic knowledge. Gradually and just by seeking Islamic knowledge, he became an expert in Hadith and its sciences. He then lectured widely in the Middle East, Spain and the United Kingdom on the Salafi movement consequently.