User:RobSmith/Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani

Born in 1914, Nasr al-Din al-Albani was a Syrian scholar of Albanian origin, who founded a school of Islamic thought that views the hadith as the sole basis for religious decisions. Al-Albani taught at the University of Medina in the late 1950s but was compelled to leave due to his many disagreements with Saudi scholars, notably on ritual issues. Nevertheless, he maintained close ties to Saudi Arabia, and particularly to the city of Medina, until his death in 1999.