Burhan al-Din Ali al-Marghinani  | |
|---|---|
| Title | Shaykh al-Islām[1] | 
| Personal | |
| Died | 14 Dhu'l-Hijjah 593 AH | 
| Religion | Islam | 
| Era | Islamic Golden Age | 
| Region | Transoxania | 
| Denomination | Sunni | 
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi | 
| Creed | Maturidi[2] | 
| Main interest(s) | Fiqh, Islamic History | 
| Notable work(s) | Al-Hidaya | 
| Muslim leader | |
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| Arabic name | |
|---|---|
| Personal (Ism) | ‘Alī | 
| Patronymic (Nasab) | Ibn Abī Bakr ibn ‘Abd al-Jalīl | 
| Teknonymic (Kunya) | Abu’l-Ḥasan | 
| Epithet (Laqab)  | Burhān al-Dīn برهان الدين  | 
| Toponymic (Nisba)  | al-Farghānī, al-Marghīnānī المرغيناني  | 
Burhān al-Dīn Abu’l-Ḥasan ‘Alī bin Abī Bakr bin ‘Abd al-Jalīl al-Farghānī al-Marghīnānī[5] (Arabic: برهان الدين المرغيناني) (1135-1197) was an Islamic scholar of the Hanafi school of jurisprudence. He was born in Marghinan near Farghana (in present day Uzbekistan). He died in 1197 (593 AH).[6][7] He is best known as the author of al-Hidayah, which is considered to be one of the most influential compendia of Hanafi jurisprudence (fiqh).[8]
Life
Al-Marghanini performed the Hajj and visited Medina in the year 544 AH. He was thought to have died on the 14th of Dhu'l-Hijjah in the year 593 AH although one report indicated his year of death as 596 AH. He was buried in Samarqand.
Works
Al-Marghinani works (some extant and others known only from literary references) include:[9]
- Nashr al-madhhab
 - Kitab manasik al-hajj
 - Kitab fi-l-fara'id (also known as Fara'id al-‘Uthmani)
 - Kitab al-tajnis wa-l-mazid (collection of fatwas)
 - Mukhtarat al-nawazil (collection of fatwas, also known as Mukhtarat majmu` al-nawazil and Mukhtar al-fatawa)
 - Mazid fi furu‘ al-hanafiyya
 - A commentary on al-Shaybani's al-Jami‘ al-kabir
 - Kitab bidayat al-mubtadi (his principle work, based on al-Quduri's Mukhtasar and al-Shaybani's al-Jami‘ al-saghir)
 - Kifayat al-muntaha (unfinished 8-volume commentary on his own Kitab bidayat al-mubtadi )
 - Al-Hidayah ("The Guidance"), a work on Hanafi law and an abridgement of his commentary on Muhammad al-Shaybani's al-Jami‘ al-Saghir.[10]
 
Teachers
Al-Marghinani's most important teachers were:
- Najm al-din Abu Hafs Umar an-Nasafi,[5] author of al-‘Aqa’id al-Nasafiyyah fi al-Tauhid;
 - Sadr al-Shahid Husam al-Din Umar bin Abd al-Aziz,[5] the commentator of Adab al-Qadi, the most popular book of Imam Khassaf which contains the Islamic Legal and Judicial System.
 
See also
References
- ↑  Mona Siddiqui (2012). The Good Muslim: Reflections on Classical Islamic Law and Theology. Cambridge University Press. p. 13. ISBN 9780521518642. 
The Hidaya is a classic book of Islamic jurisprudence by Sheikh al-Islam Burhan al-Din 'Ali b. Abu Bakr al-Marghinani (d. 1197).
 - ↑ Inomkhodjaevich, Munavvarov Zohidulla. "FEATURES OF THE RELIGIOUS AND SPIRITUAL POLICY OF THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN: CURRENT TRENDS." Bulletin Social-Economic and Humanitarian Research 4 (6) (2019).
 - 1 2 Al-Marghinani, Burhan al-Din, Al-Hidayah, translated by Imran Ahsan Khan Nyazee, Center for Excellence in Research, Islamabad, 2016, page 8.
 - ↑ Al-Sarakhsi, Money Exchange, Loans, and Riba: A translation of Kitab al-Sarf from Kitab al-Mabsut, translated by Imran Ahsan Khan Nyazee, Advanced Legal Studies Institute, Islamabad, 2018. page 5.
 - 1 2 3 Heffening, W. (1960–2007). "al-Marg̲h̲īnānī". In P. Bearman; Th. Bianquis; C.E. Bosworth; E. van Donzel; W.P. Heinrichs (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam. Vol. 6 (2nd ed.). ISBN 9789004161214.
 - ↑ Dr Imran Ahsan Khan Nyazee (trans.) Al-Hidayah: A classical manual of Hanafi Law Laws (Bristol) 2006
 - ↑ The Hedaya: Commentary on the Islamic Laws (Delhi) 1994 (2nd Edition 1870)
 - ↑ John L. Esposito, ed. (2014). "Marghinani, Ali ibn Abu Bakr al-". The Oxford Dictionary of Islam. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
 - ↑ W. Heffening. Encyclopedia of Islam, Brill, 2nd ed. "al-Marghinani", vol. 6, p. 558.
 - ↑ Skreslet, Paula Youngman; Skreslet, Rebecca (2006). "Four - Law and legal theory: shari'a and fiqh". The Literature of Islam: A Guide to the Primary Sources in English Translation. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 82. ISBN 978-0-8108-5408-6.