By the 1950s, Albani had become popular for his knowledge of "hadith" to the point that it began to worry the Syrian government who put him under surveillance by 1960. Known for his impressive command of "hadith" science, Albani was offered a teaching post in Islamic University of Medina. Albani differed with the Najdi "ulema" for being unacknowledged partisans of Hanbali "mad'hab" and stirred up a sharp controversy. However, the growing popularity of Albani prevented them from ridding him, until he wrote a treatise entitled ""The Muslim Woman's Veil"" ("Hijab al-mar’a al-muslima") wherein in he advocated that women aren't obliged to cover their faces. Following this, Albani's contract in the university was allowed to lapse in 1963, after which he left the country. Even though Albani taught for only a short time in Saudi Arabia his ideas had a very strong impact there. In the 1960s, there were sharp disputes between disciples of Albani, the "hadith" revivalists and partisans of a more traditional hadith concept in the Islamic University of Medina. By the 1970s, Albani's faction had gained ground at the institute. In 1971, a leading member of Al al-Shaikh published a magazine article about Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab's life and doctrine wherein he wrote that lbn 'Abd al-Wahhab's followers preferred to be known as "al-Salafiyyun." Thus in the 1970s, the Saudi religious establishment took a "Salafi" turn , embracing the Salafi label and constructing a Salafi patrimony. By 1975, Saudi Arabia had finally granted Albani symbolic rehabilitation, making him a member of the High Council ("al-Majlis al-A‘li") of the Islamic University of Medina.