Abu al-Layth al-Samarqandi

Abu al-Layth al-Samarqandi
أبو الليث السمرقندي
Personal life
Born944
Died983 (aged 3839)
EraIslamic Golden Age
Main interest(s)Fiqh, Aqidah
Religious life
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi

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.