Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Albānī

Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani, commonly known as al-Albani, was an Albanian Islamic hadith scholar (muhaddith), regarded as one of the prominent figures of modern Salafism. He was known for his rigorous re-evaluation of hadith literature and for rejecting adherence to traditional schools of jurisprudence. Al-Albani became a controversial yet-influential reformer within Sunni Islam.