Muhammad Ibn Yahya al-Janzi (Arabic: 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.
Muhammad Ibn Yahya al-Janzi was an Imam, Mufti, and Shafite Scholar.
[1][2][3] During his lifetime, he became an esteemed scholar & was appointed as a head teacher in Nizamiyya [4] The famous historian Ibn al-Sam'ani also studied under him.
[5] 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".