School Sunni Hanafi Era Islamic Golden Age Died 1197 | Name Burhan al-Marghinani Region Transoxiana | |
Books Al-Hidayah, Guidance, The Hedaya: Commentary on the Islamic Laws Influenced by Abu Hanifa, Abu Yusuf, Muhammad al-Shaybani Similar People Abu Hanifa, Rumi, Muhammad Ilyas Qadri, Malik ibn Anas, Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi | ||
Main interests Fiqh, Islamic History | ||
Burhān al-Dīn Abu’l-Ḥasan ‘Alī bin Abī Bakr bin ‘Abd al-Jalīl al-Farghānī al-Marghīnānī (Arabic: برهان الدين المرغيناني) was an Islamic scholar of the Hanafi school of jurisprudence. He was born in Marghinan near Farghana in 530/1135 (in present day Uzbekistan) He died in 593/1197. 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).
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Life
Al-Marghanini performed the Hajj and visited Medina in the year 544 AH. He died on the 14th of Dhu'l-Hijjah in the year 593 AH one report indicates 596 AH and was buried in Samarqand.
Works
Al-Marghinani works (some extant and others known only from literary references) include:
Teachers
Al-Marghinani's most important teachers were:
References
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