Abu al-Layth al-Samarqandi (

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أبو الليث السمرقندي, Abū l-Laiṯ as-Samarqandī; b. 944; d. 983) was a

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and

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commentator, who lived during the second half of the 10th century. He authored various books on

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and jurist works, including ''Baḥr al-ʿUlūm'', بحر العلوم, a Quran exegesis, also known as ''Tafsir as-Samarqandi'', and Tanbīh al-Ġālifīn, تنبيه الغافلين.

Literature

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)

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