Mohamed Naser Al-Din Al-Albani

Mohamed Naser Al-Din Al-Albani was a Syrian Islamic scholar and hadith scholar. He was born in 1914 in Aleppo, Syria. Al-Albani studied Islamic studies at the University of Damascus and later earned a PhD in Islamic theology from the University of Damascus. He was a prominent figure in the Salafi movement and wrote numerous books on Islamic theology and hadith. Al-Albani died in 1999.