Al-Albani

Sheikh Muhammad Nasiruddin Al-Albani
Personal
Born	Muhammad Nasir al-Din c. 1914 Shkodër, Albania
Died	2 October 1999(1999-10-02) (aged 85) Amman, Jordan
Religion	Islam
Nationality	Albanian
Era	Modern
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Ahl al-Hadith
Creed	Athari
Movement	Salafi
Main interest(s)	Hadith Aqida
Occupation	Muhaddith Faqih Writer historiographer/historian bibliographer watchmaker/fixer
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
Awards	King Faisal International Prize (in 1999)

Muhammad Nasir al-Din (1914 – 2 October 1999), known by his nisba al-Albani (the Albanian), was an Albanian Islamic scholar known for being a famous muhaddith. A major figure of the Salafi methodology of Islam, he established his reputation in Syria, where his family had moved and where he was educated as a child.

Al-Albani did not advocate violence, preferring obedience to established governments. A watchmaker by trade, Al-Albani was active as a writer, publishing chiefly on hadith and its sciences. He also lectured widely in the Middle East, Spain and the United Kingdom on the Salafist movement.