Ali bin Hasan al-Halabi
- Died
- 1442 AH
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Ali bin Hasan al-Halabi (1380–1442 AH / 1960–2020 CE) was a Jordanian Salafi scholar and hadith specialist, best known as a prominent student of Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani and for his legal treatise Ahkam al-Eidayn fi al-Sunnah al-Mutahharah ("Rulings of the Two Eids in the Purified Sunnah") .
Origin and Upbringing
His full name was Abu al-Harith Ali bin Hasan bin Ali bin Abd al-Hamid; his family origin was from Jaffa in Palestine, he bore the nisba of al-Halabi, and he was an immigrant to Jordan . His father and grandfather had migrated to Jordan from Jaffa in 1368 AH (1948 CE) . Al-Halabi was born in the Jordanian city of Zarqa on 29 Jumada al-Thani 1380 AH .
Education and Teachers
Al-Halabi began his formal pursuit of Islamic knowledge in his youth . He met Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani in Amman in late 1977 CE and became one of his closest students, studying hadith nomenclature with him in 1981 CE through texts including al-Ba'ith al-hathith . He also studied under the grammarian and Qur'an reciter Abd al-Wadud al-Zarari . In addition, he obtained general scholarly authorizations (ijazat) and specific hadith transmissions from teachers including Badi' al-Din al-Sindi and Muhammad al-Salik al-Shinqiti .
Scholarly Contributions
Al-Halabi was an active proponent of the Salafi-Athari approach in creed and hadith analysis, writing independent legal treatises and editing classical texts . In jurisprudence, his work Ahkam al-Idayn fi al-Sunnah al-Mutahharah focused on the prophetic traditions, etiquettes, and rulings of the two Islamic festival days, establishing legal preferences directly through textual evidence . He also served as the editor and publisher of several works from his teacher al-Albani's legacy, including al-Ta'liqat al-Radiyyah 'ala al-Rawdah al-Nadiyyah .
Death
Al-Halabi died in 1442 AH (2020 CE).
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List of Works
Ahkam al-Eidayn fi al-Sunnah al-Mutahharah is a specialized legal treatise dedicated to the prophetic rulings, traditions, and etiquette of Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha. It clarifies the legal regulations and practices associated with the two Islamic festivals, aiming for conciseness and accessibility while establishing preponderant legal positions directly through their supporting evidence.