Abdul-Qader Arnaout
عبد القادر الأرناؤوط
Born1928
Istog, Kosovo
Died(2004-11-26)November 26, 2004
Damascus, Syria
OccupationIslamic scholar

Abdul-Qader Arnaout, (Arabic: عبد القادر الأرناؤوط, 1928–26 November 2004), born Kadri Sokoli was an Albanian Islamic scholar who specialised in the fields of hadith and fiqh.

Biography

Born into a Muslim Albanian family in Istog on the year 1928, which was apart of Yugoslavia but now is located in modern day Kosovo . His family spoke in the Gheg dialect of the Albanian language. His family migrated to Syria after his birth due to persecution from the Yugoslavian government. His known name as Arnaout comes from the Turkish word for Albanian which is used all over the Middle East. Arnaout 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. 1 2 Thomas Pierret, Religion and State in Syria: The Sunni Ulama from Coup to Revolution, p 108. ISBN 1107026415
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