Abu al-Layth al-Samarqandi
Abu al-Layth al-Samarqandi أبو الليث السمرقندي | |
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| Personal life | |
| Born | 944 |
| Died | 983 (aged 38–39) |
| Era | Islamic Golden Age |
| Main interest(s) | Fiqh, Aqidah |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
Abu al-Layth Nasr ibn Muhammad al-Samarqandi (Arabic: أبو الليث نصر بن محمد السمرقندي, romanized: ʾAbū al-Layth Naṣr ibn Muḥammad al-Samarqandī; 944–983) was an Islamic scholar of the Hanafi school and Quran commentator, who lived during the second half of the 10th century.[1]
Works
[edit]Al-Samarqandī authored various books on theology and juridical works, including Baḥr al-ʿUlūm, بحر العلوم, a Quran exegesis, also known as Tafsīr as-Samarqandi; Tanbīh al-Ġāfilīn, تنبيه الغافلين;[citation needed] 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).[2]
Studies and editions
[edit]- 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)
- Mangera, Abdur-Rahman (2013). A critical edition of Abū 'l-Layth al-Samarqandī's Nawāzil. SOAS, University of London (phd). doi:10.25501/SOAS.00017840. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
Notes
[edit]- TDV İslam Ansiklopedisi - SEMERKANDÎ, Ebü’l-Leys
- ABŪ'L-LAYTH AL-SAMARQANDĪ'S LIFE AND WORKS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO HIS "AL-MUQADDIMAH"
References
[edit]- ^ Pakatchi, Ahmad; Rabbani, Translated by Azar (2015-10-16), "Abū al-Layth al-Samarqandī", Encyclopaedia Islamica, Brill, retrieved 2023-06-29
- ^ 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.
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