Burhān al-Dīn Abu’l-Ḥasan ‘Alī bin Abī Bakr bin ‘Abd al-Jalīl al-Farghānī al-Marghīnānī
[ () (1135-1197) was an ]Islamic scholar
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of the Hanafi
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school of jurisprudence. He was born to an Arab family whose lineage goes back to Caliph Abu Bakr
Abd Allah ibn Abi Quhafa (23 August 634), better known by his ''Kunya (Arabic), kunya'' Abu Bakr, was a senior Sahaba, companion, the closest friend, and father-in-law of Muhammad. He served as the first caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate, ruli ...
al-Siddiq. He was born in Marghinan near Farghana (in present day Uzbekistan). He died in 1197 (593 AH). He is best known as the author of ''al-Hidayah
''Al-Hidayah fi Sharh Bidayat al-Mubtadi'' (d. 593 AH/1197 CE) (, ''al-Hidāyah fī Sharḥ Bidāyat al-Mubtadī''), commonly referred to as ''al-Hidayah'' (lit. "the guidance", also spelled ''Hedaya'' Charles Hamilton (trans.) ''The Hedaya: Comm ...
'', which is considered to be one of the most influential compendia of Hanafi
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jurisprudence (''fiqh
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'').
Life
Al-Marghanini performed the Hajj
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and visited Medina
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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
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.
Works
Al-Marghinani works (some extant and others known only from literary references) include:
*''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
''Al-Hidayah fi Sharh Bidayat al-Mubtadi'' (d. 593 AH/1197 CE) (, ''al-Hidāyah fī Sharḥ Bidāyat al-Mubtadī''), commonly referred to as ''al-Hidayah'' (lit. "the guidance", also spelled ''Hedaya'' Charles Hamilton (trans.) ''The Hedaya: Comm ...
'' ("The Guidance"), a work on Hanafi
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law and an abridgement of his commentary on Muhammad al-Shaybani
Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan ibn Farqad ash-Shaybānī (; 749/50 – 805), known as Imam Muhammad, the father of Muslim international law, was an Arab Muslim Ulama, jurist and a disciple of Abu Hanifa (later being the eponym o ...
's ''al-Jami‘ al-Saghir''.
Teachers
Al-Marghinani's most important teachers were:
* Najm al-din Abu Hafs Umar an-Nasafi
Najm ad-Dīn Abū Ḥafṣ 'Umar ibn Muḥammad an-Nasafī (; 1067–1142) was a Muslim jurist, theologian, mufassir, muhaddith and historian. A Persian scholar born in present-day Uzbekistan, he wrote mostly in Arabic.
Works
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,[ author of al-‘Aqa’id al-Nasafiyyah fi al-Tauhid;
* Sadr al-Shahid Husam al-Din Umar bin Abd al-Aziz,][ the commentator of Adab al-Qadi, the most popular book of Imam Khassaf which contains the Islamic Legal and Judicial System.
]
See also
* Al-Zarnuji
Burhan al-Din al-Zarnuji or Burhan al-Islam al-Zarnuji also spelled az-Zarnuji was a Muslim scholar and the author of the celebrated pedagogical work ''Ta'līm al-Muta'allim-Ṭarīq at-Ta'-allum'' (''Instruction of the Student: The Method of Lea ...
* Al-Kamal ibn al-Humam
* List of Hanafis
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References
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