Shu'ayb al-Arna'ut

Shuaib ibn Muharram al-Albani al-Arnauti (in Arabic: شعيب بن محرم الألباني الأرناؤوطي) (1928-2016) was a well known Syrian scholar of Hadith in the Islamic World.

His family immigrated to Syria before his birth, in 1926 in search of a better life.

Although he is most well known for his work on Hadith Literature, Al Arnaout was a strong proponent of Sunni Orthodoxy and following the four Madhhabs.

[2] His most notable work was as chief editor of a 45 volume work on the Musnad of Ahmad Ibn Hanbal in which he investigated various manuscripts, cross-referenced with other Hadith books and critiqued over 28,000 Hadiths.

His 16 volume work on Tahawi Sharh mushkil al-athar (The Explanation of Problematic Hadiths)[3] and on Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya Zad al-Ma'ad (Provisions of the Afterlife).