Sarakhsi

Also known as Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Sarakhsi, Al-Sarakhsi, Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Abi Sahl Abu Bakr al-Sarakhsi

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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Born: 11th cent.
Works: 17

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Religious biography.era: Islamic golden age
Religious biography.name: Abu Bakr al-Sarakhsi
Religious biography.title: The sun of the leaders ()
Religious biography.religion: Islam
Religious biography.birth_place: Sarakhs
Religious biography.death_date: 483 Hijri (1090 CE)
Religious biography.region: Greater Khorasan
Religious biography.denomination: Sunni
Religious biography.jurisprudence: Hanafi
Religious biography.works: Al-Mabsut, Usul al-Sarakhsi, Shar al-Siyar al-Kabir
Religious biography.influences: Abu HanifaAl-Halwani
Religious biography.influenced: Al-KasaniBurhan al-Din al-MarghinaniAbu al-Barakat al-NasafiIbn Abidin
Religious biography.native_name: أبوبکر محمد بن أبی سهل السرخسی
Religious biography.native_name_lang: Arabic

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Instance of: human
Given name: Muhammad
Gender: male
Place of birth: Sarakhs
Place of death: Ozgon District
Occupation: Islamic jurist
Languages spoken: Arabic
Religion: Sunni Islam
Doctoral advisor: Abd al-Aziz al-Halwani
Field of work: fiqh
Image: شمس الأئمة السرخسي.png

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madhhab: Hanafism
date of death: 1096-00-00
date of birth: 1009-01-01
name in native language: أبوبكر محمد بن أحمد السرخسي

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Background Information
Important works
Usul al-Fiqh
Kitab al-Mabsut
Sharh al-Siyar al-Kabir
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References

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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