Muhammad Auwal Adam Albaniy Zaria (27 September 1960 – 1 February 2014) was a Nigerian Islamic scholar who specialized in the field of Hadith. Islamic Law, mass communication, telecommunications engineering and ICT. He was a prominent Islamic scholar and the leader of the Salafis movement in Nigeria. He was a Tailor at his earlier stage of life of which he usually called himself (Specialized Tailor). He was the first scholar to ascribe the word "Salafiyah" to the generation of scholars and students of Islamic denomination in Nigeria. Albani was considered by many contemporary Nigerian scholars as the greatest Salafi scholar in Nigeria.