Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani

Burhan al-Din Ali al-Marghinani
Born	8 Rajab 511 AH
Died	14 Dhu'l-Hijjah 593 AH
Era	Islamic Golden Age
Region	Transoxania
Religion	Islam
Creed	Sunni Hanafi
Main interest(s)	Fiqh, Islamic History
Influenced by Abu Hanifa, Abu Yusuf, Muhammad al-Shaybani
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^[1] (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.^[2][3]

History

Al-Marghanini performed the Hajj and visited Medina in the year 544 AH.

Works

Al-Marghinani wrote books such as:

• Bidayat al-Mubtadi, Abu Bakr bin ‘Ali ‘Aamili wrote it into poetry. The work is chosen from Jami’ al-Saghir and al-Quduri.
• Kifayat al-Muntaha, long commentary on Bidayatul Mubtadi in 80 volumes.
• Kitab al-Muntaqa
• Kitab at-Tajniis Wa al-Mazid
• Kitab al-Manasik al Hajj
• Nashr al-Madhahib
• Mukhtarat an-Nawazil
• Faraid al-‘Uthmani
• Al-Hidayah ("The Guide"), a work on Hanafi law and an abridgement of his commentary on Muhammad al-Shaybani's al-Jami' al-Saghir.^[4] Started in 573 and finished after 13 years. It has been translated into many languages. Imam Shah Wali ullah’s brother Shah Ahlullah translated it into Persian.

Teachers

Al-Marghinani's most important teachers were:

• Najm al-din Abu Hafs Umar an-Nasafi,^[1] author of al-‘Aqa’id al-Nasafiyyah fi al-Tauhid;
• Sadr al-Shahid Husam al-Din Umar bin Abd al-Aziz,^[1] the commentator of Adab al-Qadi, the most popular book of Imam Khassaf which contains the Islamic Legal and Judicial System.
• Al-Bandaniji, Imam Diya’uddin Muhammad ibn al-Husayn (the student of `Ala’uddin al-Samarqandi who was the author of Tuhfatul-Fuqaha’ and teacher and father in law of Abu Bakr al-Kasani (the author of Bada’i` al-Sana’i` fir Tartib al-Shara’i`).

Death

He died on the 14th of Dhu'l-Hijjah in the year 593 AH one report indicates 596 AH and was buried in Samarqand.

See also

• List of Islamic scholars
• Al-Zarnuji

References

1. Heffening, W. (1960–2007). "al-Marg̲h̲īnānī". In P. Bearman; Th. Bianquis; C.E. Bosworth; E. van Donzel; W.P. Heinrichs. Encyclopaedia of Islam 6 (2nd ed.). ISBN 9789004161214.
2. Dr Imran Ahsan Khan Nyazee (trans.) Al-Hidayah: A classical manual of Hanafi Law Laws (Bristol) 2006
3. The Hedaya: Commentary on the Islamic Laws (Delhi) 1994 (2nd Edition 1870)
4. 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.