Imam An-Nasafi died in Samarqand on the 12 Jumada I, 537 A.H. (December 2, 1142 CE) and was buried there.
It is reported that, after his death, someone saw him in a dream and asked what happened. He said, the angels Munkar and Nakeer questioned me in the grave, and I told them should I answer in prose or poetry. They said, answer in poetry. So, I said - ربى الله لا اله سواه ونبيى محمد مصطفاه - دينى الاسلام وفعلى ذميم اسأل الله عفوه وعطاه [My Rabb is Allah and there is no God besides Him. My Prophet is Muhammad Mustafa (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم), the chosen one, my Deen is Islam, and my deeds are blameworthy and I ask Allah for His Pardon and bounties].
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Ad-Dhahabi (1274-1348) wrote in his famous book Siyar Alam An-Nubula - An-Nasafi was from the people of Samarqand and authored the tarikh of Samarqand, ‘Al-Mulaqqab bil Qand’. He composed al-Jami As-Saghir into poetry. He was an expert in many subjects and authored over a hundred books on Hadith, Tafsir, Islamic Sharia, etc. He narrated from Ismail bin Muhammed al-Nuhi, Al-Hasan bin Abdil Malik al-Qadi, Mehdi bin Muhammed al-Alawi, Abdullah bin Ali bin Isa an-Nasafi, Abi al-Yusr Muhammed bin Muhammed al-Nasafi, Husain al-Kashghari, Abi Muhammed al-Hasan bin Ahmed as-Samarqandi, and Ali bin al-Hasan Al-Maturidi.
As-Sam’ani (1113 – 1166) said, he was an Imam, a Faqih, an Aalim and Aarif who wrote 10 books in Fiqh and Hadith.
Ibn Najjar (1183 – 1246) said, he was a virtuous Faqih, Mufassir, Muhaddith, Adeeb, and Mufti.
It is reported that Imam An-Nasafi was given the title of ‘Najm-ud-Deen’, meaning, ‘the Star of the Deen’ and was referred as Shaikh-ul-Islam.
Shaikh Al-Marghinani (1135-1197), the author of famous Hanif Fiqh book Al-Hidaya said, he heard Najmuddin say, I narrate Ahadith from 550 Shuyookh.
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