Abu Hafs Umar al-Nasafi

Abu Hafs an-Nasafi wrote the Al-'Aqaid as a direct summary of Al-Tamhid le Qawa'id al-Tawhid (

Arabic: التمهيد لقواعد التوحيد), the famous book by his own teacher Abu al-Mu'in al-Nasafi.^[4]

While a few Arabic sources are sceptical about attributing this work to Abu Hafs an-Nasafi, a recently discovered manuscript of the

Samarqand in 535 AH or 1140 CE.^[4]

Ahl al-Sunnah so that "no one in Sistan could speak against it". Presumably, Sistan was dominated by the Karramiyya sect who were advocating for anthropomorphism. In response to this request, the scholars of Samarqand asked Abu Hafs al-Nasafi to write the treatise, and they all put their signatures at the end of the document. Among the scholars present at the gathering with Sultan Sanjar was Shaikh al-Islam Abd al-Hameed al-Ismandi al-Samarqandi (the author of the published book titled Tariqah al-Khilaf fi al-Fiqh). Al-Marghinani writes in the preface of the manuscript that he took a copy of the treatise and showed it again to An-Nasafi for a final review.^[4]

• Tafsir-e Nasafi (Persian: تفسیر نسفی) is a Persian translation of the Quran in rhymed prose. It is considered to be the third oldest full translation of the Quran in the Persian language, and the only translation of Quran in rhymed prose.

• Al-Akmal al-Atwal fi Tafsir al-Quran (
  Arabic
  : الأکمل الأطول في تفسير القرآن) was a voluminous work in tafsir, written prior to Al-Taysir fi al-Tafsir.

• Risalah fi al-Khata' fi Qira'at al-Qur'an (
  Arabic
  : زلة القارئ), was published in 2017 by Dar 'Amar.

Jurisprudence

• Manzumah fi al-Khilafyat (
  Al-Shafii and Malik ibn Anas. The book was published in 2010 in Beirut
  .

Over ten commentaries have been written on this work, the most celebrated one being that of Abu al-Barakat al-Nasafi titled Al-Muasaffa, published in 2020 by Dar al-Noor.

• Hasr al-Masa'il wa Qasr al-Dala'il (
  Arabic
  : حصر المسائل وقصر الدلائل) is a commentary on Manzumah fi al-Khilafyat with a detailed exposition of the reasons (adillah) for each legal rule. The book was published by Dar al-Fajr in 2020.

• Tilbah al-Talabah fi al-Istilahat al-Fiqhiyya (
  Arabic
  : طلبة الطلبة في الإصطلاحات الفقهية) is a textbook used over centuries in Hanafi schools and has been published multiple times in recent years.

• Manzumah al-Jame' al-Saghir (
  Muhammad Shaibani
  's seminal work (Al-Jame' Al-Saghir) into poetry consisting of 81 verses.

• Sharh Madar al-Usul (
  Usul al-Fiqh
  .

Biographical history

• Al-Qand fi Zikr 'Ulama'e Samarqand (
  Arabic: القند في ذکر علماء سمرقند) is a biographical encyclopedia of Transoxiana
  's Islamic scholars.

He studied under prominent scholars such as Fakhr al-Islam al-Bazdawi, Abu al-Yusr al-Bazdawi, and Abu al-Mu'in al-Nasafi.

Students

Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani, the author of Al-Hidayah, was his most famous student.

See also

• List of Ash'aris and Maturidis

References