Abd Allah al-Shamrani
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Abd Allah al-Shamrani is a contemporary Saudi researcher and author based in Riyadh, known for his bibliographical study Thabat Muallafat al-Albani .
Identity and Education
His full name is Abu Muhammad Abd Allah ibn Muhammad al-Hawali al-Shamrani . He was a student of the scholar Abu Turab al-Zahiri, from whom he received an ijaza (scholarly certification) and documented numerous oral accounts concerning Abu Turab and his father, the hadith scholar Abd al-Haqq al-Hashimi . Although he did not accompany the hadith scholar Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani in person due to geographical distance, he extensively studied his published output .
Scholarly Activity
Al-Shamrani focused on documenting contemporary Islamic scholarship and bibliographic history. He authored Hidayat al-Ahbab bi-Ijazat al-Shaykh Abi Turab, in which he chronicled the lives, teachers, and writings of Abu Turab al-Zahiri and Abd al-Haqq al-Hashimi based on personal sessions and manuscript collections .
He also compiled Thabat Muallafat al-Albani, an exhaustive bibliography listing the authored works, critical editions, and treatises of al-Albani, alongside works written by contemporaries in support or refutation of him . The catalog was initially released in early 1421 AH (2000 CE), received widespread interest, and was later expanded and published in 1422 AH (2001 CE) .
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List of Works
Thabat Muallafat al-Albani is a bibliographical catalogue documenting the written works, editions, and critical treatises of hadith scholar Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani, alongside the literature written in support or refutation of him.