He authored around 100 books in
Hanafi jurisprudence,
theology, Quran
exegesis,
Hadith and history.
Theology •
Al-Aqaid al-Nasafiyya () or '''Aqa'id al-Nasafi
() is his most celebrated work in Kalam, which alongside Al-Fiqh Al-Akbar
() of Abu Hanifa and Al-'Aqidah al-Tahawiyya'' () of
Abu Ja'far al-Tahawi is one of the three seminal works in
Sunni Islamic creed. By the 17th-century, more than fifty commentaries were written on this work, of which the most famous is
al-Taftazani's commentary named ''Sharh 'Aqaid al-Nasafi'' (). :Abu Hafs an-Nasafi wrote the ''Al-'Aqaid
as a direct summary of Al-Tamhid le Qawa'id al-Tawhid'' (), the famous book by his own teacher
Abu al-Mu'in al-Nasafi. :While a few Arabic sources are sceptical about attributing this work to Abu Hafs an-Nasafi, a recently discovered manuscript of the
Persian version of the work confirms the authorship of the work for Abu Hafs al-Nasafi. The Persian version of the work, titled '''''Bayan-e Itiqad-e Ahl-e Sunnat wa Jama'at''''' (), is reported on the authority of Al-Nasafi's most famous student,
Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani, the author of
Al-Hidayah. Al-Marghinani explains in the preface of the treatise that Abu Hafs a-Nasafi wrote this work in response to a request made by
Ahmad Sanjar, the
Seljuk ruler and
Sultan, when he visited
Samarqand in 535
AH or 1140 CE. :
Al-Marghinani explains that one of
Sultan Sanjar's governors who was the governor of
Sistan and was accompanying the Sultan, asked the scholars of Samarqand to write a treatise on the creed of
Ahl al-Sunnah so that "no one in Sistan could speak against it". Presumably, Sistan was dominated by the
Karramiyya sect who were advocating for
anthropomorphism. In response to this request, the scholars of Samarqand asked Abu Hafs al-Nasafi to write the treatise, and they all put their signatures at the end of the document. Among the scholars present at the gathering with Sultan Sanjar was Shaikh al-Islam Abd al-Hameed al-Ismandi al-Samarqandi (the author of the published book titled
Tariqah al-Khilaf fi al-Fiqh). Al-Marghinani writes in the preface of the manuscript that he took a copy of the treatise and showed it again to An-Nasafi for a final review.
Quranic sciences •
Al-Taysir fi al-Tafsir () is his most celebrated work in
tafsir, which was published in 15 volumes by Darul Lubab in 2019. The work has been widely cited in other leading tafsir works of the
Ottoman period, including in
Tafsir Ibn Kamal Pasha of
Ibn Kemal,
Roh al-Bayan of
Ismail Haqqi, and ''
Ruh al-Ma'ani'' of
Mahmud al-Alusi. Among the
Persian tafsirs,
Kamal al-Din Hussain Wa'ez Kashefi extensively cites
Al-Taysir in both of his tafsir works, i.e.
Jawaher al-Tafsir and ''Mawaheb-e 'Aliyya''. •
Tafsir-e Nasafi () is a Persian translation of the Quran in rhymed prose. It is considered to be the third oldest full translation of the Quran in the Persian language, and the only translation of Quran in rhymed prose. •
Al-Akmal al-Atwal fi Tafsir al-Quran () was a voluminous work in tafsir, written prior to Al-Taysir fi al-Tafsir. • ''Risalah fi al-Khata' fi Qira'at al-Qur'an
() or Zillah al-Qari'' (), was published in 2017 by Dar 'Amar.
Jurisprudence •
Manzumah fi al-Khilafyat () is a book in the form of poetry, consisting of 2669 verses, explaining the differences in the views of Abu Hanifa and his students, namely
Abu Yusuf,
Muhammad al-Shaybani and Zufur, on legal rules, as well as the differences between Abu Hanifa and
Al-Shafii and
Malik ibn Anas. The book was published in 2010 in
Beirut. :Over ten commentaries have been written on this work, the most celebrated one being that of
Abu al-Barakat al-Nasafi titled
Al-Muasaffa, published in 2020 by Dar al-Noor. • ''Hasr al-Masa'il wa Qasr al-Dala'il
() is a commentary on Manzumah fi al-Khilafyat
with a detailed exposition of the reasons (adillah'') for each legal rule. The book was published by Dar al-Fajr in 2020. •
Tilbah al-Talabah fi al-Istilahat al-Fiqhiyya () is a textbook used over centuries in Hanafi schools and has been published multiple times in recent years. • ''Manzumah al-Jame' al-Saghir'' () in which Al-Nasafi turned
Muhammad Shaibani's seminal work (Al-Jame' Al-Saghir) into poetry consisting of 81 verses. •
Sharh Madar al-Usul () is a commentary on Al-Karkhi's seminal work in
Usul al-Fiqh.
Biographical history • ''Al-Qand fi Zikr 'Ulama'e Samarqand'' () is a
biographical encyclopedia of
Transoxiana's Islamic scholars. == Teachers ==