𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐀𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐎𝐟 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞: 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐲𝐤𝐡𝐚𝐡 𝐒𝐮𝐤𝐚𝐲𝐧𝐚𝐡 𝐁𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐲𝐤𝐡 𝐀𝐥-𝐀𝐥𝐛𝐚𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐢

🎀 Shaykhah Umm Nāsiriddīn, Sukaynah Bint Shaykh Al-Albānī (RahimahumAllāh)

She was the daughter of Shaykh Al-Albānī and the wife of Shaykh Māhir Ibn Dhāfir Al-Qahtānī Al-Makkī, she was from the teachers of the Qur'ān.

Before her death (in 2019), she was known to be keen upon the Sunnah and a highly dedicated woman of knowledge.

She took and benefited greatly from the knowledge of their father, Shaykh Al-Albānī (Rahimahullāh). Sh. Sukaynah, specifically, took care to make notes and documented benefits she got from her father's knowledge. She was given the Shahādah (certificate) of a Faqīh (Jurist) by her father.

Her sister, Sh. Hassānah, mentioned that she (Sh. Sukaynah) was their reference after the death of their father and her depth of knowledge reminds one of our mother, Āishah. She said:

“We rarely asked her a question about jurisprudence, except that she answered it with the answer of scholars.

Sukaynah! She was a reference for her brothers, sisters and their children after the death of my father - may Allah have mercy on him and gather her with him in the highest paradise.

She's like a Sahābiyyah living in our generation"

Few days before her death her husband (Shaykh Māhir) saw her in a dream sitting beside her late mother (Nājiyah), smiling. And he had interpreted the dream to mean that she will be healed from the sickness.

After her death, she was also seen in a dream, as narrated by her husband. She was asked in the dream that what has Allāh done with her due to her striving on the path of knowledge. She's reported to have indicated with her hands pointing above; meaning that Allāh has raised her status.

She has as well authored some books together with her sister, Shaykhah Hassānah Bint Shaykh Al-Albānī.

She's from the female scholars of our time with some highly beneficial works which are published. It is reported that there's a short and interesting story surrounding her name, Hassānah.

Both are known to be very close amongst their siblings, always together until they got separated by death.

Sh. Hassānah said at the death of her sister, Sh. Sukaynah:

“Sukaynah! She was my life and my breath in life!

My studies were with her;

My listening to lessons were with her;

My writings were with her;

Our food and drink.

We recited the Noble Qur'ān and some Qirā'āt to each other;

We had a schedule to read some books of the Deen, but it stopped due of her illness.

Even during the severity of her illness, she used to say to me:

‘Bring me a book to read!', ‘Come on, let's review the Qirā'āt!'

To give her a break in the distress of her pain! I don't know how long I can live without her company in my life.

We were never apart throughout our lives until Allāh ﷻ took her soul."

It was said about the two sisters, that they have no social media handles except for 2 blogs where they drop some benefits.

She (Sh. Sukaynah, رحمها الله) said: “I do not have any page or any name on any of the so-called social media platforms; Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, WhatsApp, etc., and I have not subscribed to any of them for a moment since they became known, and in general I only write on this blog: (Tamām Al-Minnah), and the blog shared with my sister Hassānah - who is like me in what I mentioned (i.e not having social media handles).

Her husband (Shaykh Māhir) mentioned that the greatest thing he inherited from his late wife (Sh. Sukaynah) is the book سألت أبي

Among their works

- Ad-Dalīl (Hassānah and Sukaynah)

- Al-Afdaliyyah (Hassānah)

- Hukmu Khurūjil Mar'ah lid-Da'wah (Sukaynah)

- Sa'altu Abī (Sukaynah)

- A poem on the Shar'ī Hijāb (Hassānah)

May Allāh have mercy on Shaykhah Sukaynah and grant her the highest level of Jannah. May Allāh preserve Shaykhah Hassānah upon Khayr.

Āmīn.

©Written by Umm Amatir-Rahmān Al-Athariyyah (May Allāh preserve her).

PUBLISHED BY DAARUL ATHARIYYAH ISLAMIC RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL CENTRE