Abu al-Layth Nasr ibn Muhammad al-Samarqandi (; 944–983) was an Islamic scholar of the

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and

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commentator, who lived during the second half of the 10th century.

Works

Al-Samarqandī authored various books on

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and juridical works, including ''Baḥr al-ʿUlūm'', بحر العلوم, a Quran exegesis, also known as ''Tafsīr as-Samarqandi''; ''Tanbīh al-Ġāfilīn'', تنبيه الغافلين; and the '' nawāzil''-collections ''Kitāb al-Nawāzil fi al-furūʿ'' and ''Mukhtaṣar'' (which stand as unusual examples of Hanafi ''nawāzil'', in a genre usually associated with the Maliki school of Islamic jurispriudence).Ed., 'Nāzila', in P. Bearman (ed.), Encyclopaedia of Islam New Edition Online (EI-2 English). Brill . (2012). https://doi.org/10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_5873.

Studies and editions

* Abou-l-Laiṯ as-Samarḳandī: Le traité Arabe Muḳaddima d'Abou-l-Laiṯ as-Samarḳandī en version Mamelouk-Kiptchak. - Warszawa : Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 1962 * Daiber, Hans: The Islamic concept of belief in the 4th/10th century : Abū l-Laiṯ as-Samarkandī's commentary on Abū Ḥanīfa (died 150/767) al-Fiqh al-absāṭ / Introduction, text and commentary by Hans Daiber. Tokyo : Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, 1995 (Studia Culturae Islamicae; 52) *

Notes

TDV İslam Ansiklopedisi - SEMERKANDÎ, Ebü’l-Leys

ABŪ'L-LAYTH AL-SAMARQANDĪ'S LIFE AND WORKS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO HIS "AL-MUQADDIMAH"

References

Hanafi fiqh scholars Maturidis 10th-century scholars 10th-century jurists Transoxanian Islamic scholars Islamic asceticism People from Samarkand 944 births 983 deaths {{Islam-bio-stub