| Era: | Islamic Golden Age |
| Abu al-Layth al-Samarqandi Arabic: أبو الليث السمرقندي | |
| Birth Date: | 944 |
| Birth Place: | Samarqand, Samanid Empire |
| Religion: | Islam |
| Denomination: | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence: | Hanafi |
| Main Interests: | Fiqh, Aqidah |
Abu al-Layth Nasr ibn Muhammad al-Samarqandi (; 944–983) was an Islamic scholar of the Hanafi school and Quran commentator, who lived during the second half of the 10th century.
Al-Samarqandī authored various books on theology and juridical works, including Baḥr al-ʿUlūm, بحر العلوم, a Quran exegesis, also known as Tafsīr as-Samarqandi; Tanbīh al-Ġāfilīn, تنبيه الغافلين; and the nawāzil-collections Kitāb al-Nawāzil fi al-furūʿ and Mukhtaṣar (which stand as unusual examples of Hanafi nawāzil, in a genre usually associated with the Maliki school of Islamic jurispriudence).[1]