الزَّنْدَوِيستي

الزَّنْدَوِيستي

Al-Zandawusti, a Bukharan Hanafi jurist and ascetic, who died around 400 AH by the book's estimate. He studied under Abu Hafs al-Sufkurdi, Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Maydani and Abd Allah ibn al-Fadl al-Khaizakhzi. His works include a commentary on al-Shaybani's al-Jami' al-kabir on the branches of law, Rawdat al-'ulama', al-Mubkiyat, Mutahayyir al-alfaz and Nazm al-fiqh. ¹