Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Abi Sahl Abu Bakr al-Sarakhsi (), was a Persian jurist and also an Islamic scholar of the Hanafi school of thought. He was traditionally known as Shams al-A'imma (; ).
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Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Abi Sahl Abu Bakr al-Sarakhsi (), was a Persian jurist and also an Islamic scholar of the Hanafi school of thought. He was traditionally known as Shams al-A'imma (; ).
He is an influential jurist in the Hanafi school where the tradition is reported to have been that: "when in doubt, follow Sarakhsi". Both Al-Kasani and Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani, in their flagship fiqh books of ''Bada'i' al-Sana'i' and Al-Hidaya'', have extensively drawn upon the discussions and legal reasonings presented in al-Sarakhsi's Al-Mabsut and Usul al-Sarakhsi.
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