Nuh Najati
Nuh Najati (Arabic: نُوْحٌ نجٱتي, romanized: Nūh Najātī; died 1952–1953), was a Sunni Muslim scholar and watchmaker. Being amongst the well-known Hanafi preachers, he was the father and a teacher of the Albanian Salafi Imam al-Albani (c. 1914–1999).
Nuh Najati نُوْحٌ نجٱتي | |
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 Shaykh Nuh Najati's photograph c. 20th-century | |
| Personal | |
| Born | 19th-century |
| Died | 1952–1953 |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Main interest(s) | Aqidah, Tajwid |
| Occupation | Watchmaker |
Biography
Nuh studied Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) in Istanbul and was amongst the leading Sunni scholars of Albania.[1] During the reign of the secularist leader Zog I (c. 1895–1961), in 1923, Nuh and his family shifted to Damascus, Syria.[2] He worked primarily as a watchmaker and also trained his son al-Albani for the same profession.[3]
He taught his son about the Quran, the basics of Islam and also about Hanafi school of thought (maḏhab).[4] Despite his father's systematic guidance to him imitating Hanafi school of thought and his strong warning against studying the science of Hadith, al-Albani became interested in Hadith's science and also opposed the schools of thought.
References
- Wagemakers 2016, p. 100.
- Rabil 2011, p. 34.
- Chaim 2006, p. 152.
- Thurston 2016, p. 59.
Bibliography
- Chaim, Vardit (2006). Disability in Islamic Law. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9781402050527.
- Rabil, Robert G. (2014). Salafism in Lebanon: From Apoliticism to Transnational Jihadism. Georgetown University Press. ISBN 9781626161177.
- Thurston, Alexander (2016). Salafism in Nigeria. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107157439.
- Wagemakers, Joas (2016). Salafism in Jordan: Political Islam in a Quietist Community. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107163669.