Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani explained

Religion:	Islam
Region:	Transoxania
Era:	Islamic Golden Age
Burhan al-Din Ali al-Marghinani
Shaykh al-Islām^[1]
Death Date:	14 Dhu'l-Hijjah 593 AH
Denomination:	Sunni
Jurisprudence:	Hanafi
Creed:	Maturidi^[2]
Main Interests:	Fiqh, Islamic History
Works:	Al-Hidaya
Influences:	Abu Hanifa Abu Hafs Umar al-Nasafi^[3] Al-Sarakhsi^[4]
Influenced:	Ibn Abidin

Ism:	‘Alī
Nasab:	Ibn Abī Bakr ibn ‘Abd al-Jalīl
Kunya:	Abu’l-Ḥasan
Laqab:	Burhān al-Dīn
Laqab-Ar:	برهان الدين
Nisba:	al-Farghānī, al-Marghīnānī
Nisba-Ar:	المرغيناني

Burhān al-Dīn Abu’l-Ḥasan ‘Alī bin Abī Bakr bin ‘Abd al-Jalīl al-Farghānī al-Marghīnānī (Arabic: برهان الدين المرغيناني) (1135-1197) was an Islamic scholar of the Hanafi school of jurisprudence.He was born to an Arab family whose lineage goes back to Caliph Abu Bakr al-Siddiq. He was born in Marghinan near Farghana (in present day Uzbekistan). He died in 1197 (593 AH).^{[5] [6]} 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).^[7] Sheikh Muhammad Abd al-Hayy al-Laknawi mentioned in the book al-Fawa’id al-Bahiyyah, saying: And know that they divided our Hanafi companions into six classes, and the fourth: the class of those with preferential judgment, such as Burhan al-Din al-Marginani, who are able to prefer some narrations over others. Some with good knowledge.^[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.^[9]

Works

Al-Marghinani works (some extant and others known only from literary references) include:^[10]

• 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.^[11]

Teachers

Al-Marghinani's most important teachers were:

• Najm al-din Abu Hafs Umar an-Nasafi, 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
• Al-Kamal ibn al-Humam
• List of Hanafis
• List of Islamic scholars

Notes and References

1. Book: Mona Siddiqui. The Good Muslim: Reflections on Classical Islamic Law and Theology. 2012. Cambridge University Press. 9780521518642. 13. The Hidaya is a classic book of Islamic jurisprudence by Sheikh al-Islam Burhan al-Din 'Ali b. Abu Bakr al-Marghinani (d. 1197)..
2. 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).
3. Al-Marghinani, Burhan al-Din, Al-Hidayah, translated by Imran Ahsan Khan Nyazee, Center for Excellence in Research, Islamabad, 2016, page 8.
4. 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.
5. [Imran Khan Nyazee|Dr Imran Ahsan Khan Nyazee]
6. The Hedaya: Commentary on the Islamic Laws (Delhi) 1994 (2nd Edition 1870)
7. Encyclopedia: Marghinani, Ali ibn Abu Bakr al-. John L. Esposito. The Oxford Dictionary of Islam. Oxford University Press. Oxford. 2014. 978-0-19-512558-0 . subscription .
8. Book: عبد الحي اللكنوي . الفوائد البهية في تراجم الحنفية لعبد الحي اللكنوي . 1998.
9. Web site: Rishton is the ancient Fergana valley pottery center . 2024-03-30 . Central-asia.guide . en-US.
10. W. Heffening. Encyclopedia of Islam, Brill, 2nd ed. "al-Marghinani", vol. 6, p. 558.
11. Book: Skreslet . Paula Youngman . Skreslet . Rebecca . The Literature of Islam: A Guide to the Primary Sources in English Translation . https://books.google.com/books?id=E2wqYq2299YC&pg=PA82 . 2006 . Rowman & Littlefield . 978-0-8108-5408-6 . 82 . Four - Law and legal theory: shari‘a and fiqh.