Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Janzi

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| region = Persia

| era = Islamic Golden Age

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| name = Muhammad Ibn Yahya al-Janzi

| birth_date = 476H/1083 AD

| death_date = 549H/1154 AD

| Maddhab = Shafi'i

| creed = Ash'ari

| main_interests = Fiqh

| influences = Al-Ghazali

| influenced = Ibn al-Sam'ani

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Muhammad Ibn Yahya al-Janzi ({{langx|ar|محمد بن يحيى الجنزي}}) was a Persian scholar, who was born in Nishapur. He was a student of Al-Ghazali and was responsible for spreading his teachings of Shafite Law in Nishapur.

Biography

Muhammad Ibn Yahya al-Janzi was an Imam, Mufti, and Shafite Scholar. Just like al-Ghazali, he also had expertise in debates and silencing one's opponents.Ibn Khallikan, Wafayat-al-A'yan, Volume 1, Page 96-97al-Sam'ani, Al-Ansab, Volume 5, Page 220Al-Subki, Tabaqat, Volume 6, Page 63

During his lifetime, he became an esteemed scholar & was appointed as a head teacher in Nizamiyya Muntajab al-Din, Atabat al-Kataba, Page 6-9 The famous historian Ibn al-Sam'ani also studied under him. Imam Fakhar-ud-din al-Razi is linked with al-Ghazali through Abu Nasr Ahmad ibn Zirr ibn Aqil al-Kamal al-Simnani (d. 575), who was also the student of Yahya al-Janzi.Al-Subqi, Tabaqat, Volume 6, Page 16-17

Works

Just like al-Nawawi wrote a commentary, of a commentary (written by his teacher Ibn al-Salah), of al-Ghazali's "al-Wasit Fil Madhab" titled "Rawdat al-Talibin" & al-Rafi wrote "al-Fath al-azeez fi sharh al-Wajiz", Yahya al-Janzi also wrote a commentary titled "al-Muhit fi Sharh al-Wasit".

He said about al-Ghazali:

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He is the second al-Shafi.

Al-Subqi's Tabaqat, Volume VI, Page 150

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Students

Amongst the famous students of Yahya al-Janzi were:

Ibn al-Sam'aniFrank Griffel, Al-Ghazali's Philosophical Theology, p 71.
Abu Mansur Muhammad Ibn Muhammad al-Tusi (d. 567)
Abu Fath Muhammad Ibn Mahmud al-Tusi (d. 596) Al-Subqi, Tabaqat, Volume 6, Page 400
Abu Nasr Ahmad ibn Zirr ibn Aqil al-Kamal al-Simnani
Najm al-Din al-Khabushani