who more knowledgeable (Al-Albani / Taqi Usmani)

**muh123** · 21-08-2005, 06:35 PM

assalamu alakum,

This is a no brainer. Who is more knowledgeable.

Thanks

**Mossy** · 21-08-2005, 06:36 PM

Mufti Taqi Usmani as Sh al-Albani has passed away.

Is there any real point to this query? Knowledge is impossible to quantify.

**godilali** · 21-08-2005, 06:36 PM

Clearly Albani, but that does not mean he was on the Haq.

**godilali** · 21-08-2005, 06:41 PM

You could also ask who was more knowledgeable, Maulana Anwar Shah Kashmiri or Albani. Maulana Luckhnawi or Albani? Sh. Ahmad Raza Khan or Albani? Sh. Badrudin al Hasani or Albani? The formers were more knowledgable. Knowledge is not an assurance of guidance or correctness.

**Sunni_Student786** · 21-08-2005, 07:42 PM

In what sense was Al Albani more knowledgeable that Mufti Taqi Usmani when it came to fiqh or the field of hadith?

If he was more knowledgeable, of what did this knowledge consist that still led him to hold the many novel views that he had and to belong to, in all but name, the "Salafi minhaj"?

I'm a bit confused about as to how this could be. If explain this seeming paradox, it would be appreciated.

**godilali** · 21-08-2005, 09:55 PM

As far as I know, Albani started off as a Hanafi scholar, and studied the madhab under his father. He later began the study of Hadith, and preferred the "Ahlul Hadith" style fiqh over the Hanafi madhab. Hence, the whole anti-taqleed / " that is a weaker opinion" mindset. Needless to say, he studied and analyzed scores and scores of ahadith over his lifetime. Even though he is only excepted as an authority by Salafis and other ghayr muqallidin, and rejected by others, his knowledge was still immense, though he may have applied / interpreted it incorrectly.

**Hamood** · 22-08-2005, 02:26 AM

Originally Posted by godilali

Clearly Albani,

Originally Posted by godilali

but that does not mean he was on the Haq.

No he was not.

**tazkiyyah** · 22-08-2005, 07:35 AM

Depends in what field.
If you mean Fiqh...and to use usul to derive rulings on complex issues...I would say Mufti Taqi.

If you mean having memorised various sanads, then albani.

But you have to look at what a person's field is.

A better question would be who is more knowledgeable,yusuf jaunpuri or albani, and I think the deobandis would say shaykh Yusuf Jaunpuri...who didnt marry but has dedicated his life to hadeeth