Abdul Qader Arnaout

Abdul-Qader Arnaout, (), born Kadri Sokoli (1928–26 November 2004) was an Albanian Islamic scholar who specialised in the fields of hadith and fiqh.
Biography.
Arnaoot received his initial religious training with Hanafi scholars, before breaking with them to continue his quest for knowledge through self-teaching.
The Ba'ath government banned Arnaout from giving lectures and teaching. 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.