Abdul Qader Arnaout

Abdul-Qader Arnaout, (Arabic: عبد القادر الأرناؤوط‎) (also Abdul Qadir al-Arna'ut, Arnaut, Abdul-Kader Arnauti, and other variants) born Kadri Sokoli (1928–26 November 2004) was an Albanian Islamic scholar of the 20th century; he specialised in the fields of hadith and fiqh.

Biography

Arnaoot received his initial religious training with Hanafi scholars, before breaking with them to continue his quest for knowledge through self-teaching.[1]

The Ba'ath government banned Arnaout from giving lectures and teaching.[2] Arnaout died on 26 November 2004 in Damascus under quasi-house arrest and without leaving a successor. His funeral prayer was held after the Jumu'ah prayer at the Zayn ul-'Abidin mosque in Al-Maydan, Damascus, and was attended by tens of thousands of people. He was 78 years old.[2]

References
  1. Thomas Pierret, Religion and State in Syria: The Sunni Ulama from Coup to Revolution, p 106. ISBN 1107026415
  2. Thomas Pierret, Religion and State in Syria: The Sunni Ulama from Coup to Revolution, p 108. ISBN 1107026415
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