Misplaced Pages

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). 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). 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.

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:

• 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.

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

References

1. 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).
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. ^ Heffening, W. (1960–2007). "al-Marg̲h̲īnānī". In P. Bearman; Th. Bianquis; C.E. Bosworth; E. van Donzel; W.P. Heinrichs (eds.). Al-Marg̲h̲īnānī. Encyclopaedia of Islam. Vol. 6 (2nd ed.). ISBN 9789004161214.
6. Dr Imran Ahsan Khan Nyazee (trans.) Al-Hidayah: A classical manual of Hanafi Law Laws (Bristol) 2006
7. The Hedaya: Commentary on the Islamic Laws (Delhi) 1994 (2nd Edition 1870)
8. John L. Esposito, ed. (2014). "Marghinani, Ali ibn Abu Bakr al-". The Oxford Dictionary of Islam. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-512558-0.
9. عبد الحي اللكنوي (1998). الفوائد البهية في تراجم الحنفية لعبد الحي اللكنوي.
10. "Rishton is the ancient Fergana valley pottery center". Central-asia.guide. Retrieved 2024-03-30.
11. W. Heffening. Encyclopedia of Islam, Brill, 2nd ed. "al-Marghinani", vol. 6, p. 558.
12. 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.

• 1197 deaths
• Hanafi fiqh scholars
• Maturidis
• Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam
• Transoxanian Islamic scholars
• Sharia judges
• 12th-century jurists
• Shaykh al-Islāms