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Design of the name al-Layth ibn Sa'd
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Born | 713 CE Qalqashandah, Egypt |
Died | 791 CE Cairo, Egypt |
Ethnicity | Persian |
Religion | Islam |
Jurisprudence | Laythi |
Main interest(s) | Hadith, Fiqh |
Notable idea(s) | Laythi madh'hab |
For further information on the Laythi madhhab see Laythi.
Al-Layth Ibn Saʿd Ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Fahmī al-Qalqashandī (الليث بن سعد بن عبد الرحمن الفهمي القلقشندي) was the chief representative, Imam, and eponym of the Laythi school of Islamic jurisprudence and was regarded as a scholar of Egypt of Persian origin.