Shaykh Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Albānī

Biography

Shaykh Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Albānī (رحمه الله, 1914–1999) was a celebrated Albanian-Syrian hadith scholar widely regarded as the foremost authenticator of ḥadīth in the modern era. His landmark works Silsilah al-Aḥādīth al-Ṣaḥīḥah and Silsilah al-Aḥādīth al-Ḍaʿīfah remain essential references in Islamic scholarship. He was a strong advocate of returning directly to the Quran and Sunnah with their authentic chains.