Al Madani was born in Acre in 1921. After the war he attended the Sarafand British Military College in Palestine graduating as a
second lieutenant in 1946. Al Madani settled in Kuwait in 1952 where he trained the
Kuwaiti army and was involved in the establishment of its units. This group was attached to the PLA. He served as the commander-in-chief of the PLA until 1969 when he resigned from the post. His resignation partly occurred as a result of the Syrians interference on the PLA activities. During his term as the PLA commander Al Madani was also subject to the pressure of the Egyptian chief-of-staff
Muhammad Fawzi. Al Madani was replaced by Abd al Razzaq Yahya in the post a few months after his resignation. Al Madani returned to Kuwait and was named as the commander of the Kuwaiti security forces in 1970. He was later appointed director of the Kuwaiti Armed Forces. His tenure in the Kuwaiti army lasted until his retirement in 1984.{{cite journal|author=Ido Zelkovitz|title=A Paradise Lost? The Rise and Fall of the Palestinian Community in Kuwait|journal=Middle Eastern Studies Al Madani died in 1991. ==References==