WRITER

Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani

1914 - 1999

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani has received more than 933,017 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani is the 731st most popular writer (up from 839th in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Albania (up from 16th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Albanian Writer.

Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani is most famous for his work in the field of hadith. He authored more than 130 books on hadith, tafsir, and Arabic grammar.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani ranks 731 out of 7,302Before him are Zosimus, Robert E. Howard, Alejo Carpentier, Christopher Tolkien, Edmond Rostand, and Arthur Adamov. After him are Amin Maalouf, Beatrix Potter, Cao Xueqin, Walter Raleigh, Sidonius Apollinaris, and Otto of Freising.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani ranks 28Before him are Joe Louis, Aribert Heim, Richard Laurence Millington Synge, Karl Carstens, Joe DiMaggio, and Raymond Davis Jr.. After him are Jonas Salk, Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark, Philippe Ariès, Desmond Llewelyn, Etty Hillesum, and Gino Bartali. Among people deceased in 1999, Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani ranks 23Before him are Robert Bresson, Raisa Gorbacheva, Arthur Leonard Schawlow, Jerzy Grotowski, Joe DiMaggio, and Julius Nyerere. After him are Akio Morita, Glenn T. Seaborg, Trygve Haavelmo, Henry Way Kendall, Iris Murdoch, and Desmond Llewelyn.

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In Albania

Among people born in Albania, Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani ranks 15 out of 150Before him are Prince Marko (1335), Ramiz Alia (1924), Kara Ahmed Pasha (1450), Zog I of Albania (1895), Naim Frashëri (1846), and Lütfi Pasha (1488). After him are Ayas Mehmed Pasha (1483), Koca Sinan Pasha (1520), Edi Rama (1964), Köprülü Mehmed Pasha (1580), Ismail Qemali (1844), and Mehmet Shehu (1913).

Among WRITERS In Albania

Among writers born in Albania, Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani ranks 3Before him are Ismail Kadare (1936), and Naim Frashëri (1846). After him are Sami Frashëri (1850), Dritëro Agolli (1931), Aleksandër Stavre Drenova (1872), Millosh Gjergj Nikolla (1911), Kostandin Kristoforidhi (1827), Pashko Vasa (1825), Fatos Kongoli (1944), Ndre Mjeda (1866), and Fatos Arapi (1930).