Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani

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Burhan al-Din Ali al-Marghinani
Personal Details
Born 8 Rajab 511 AH[citation needed]
Died 14 Dhu'l-Hijjah 593 AH[citation needed]
Era Islamic Golden Age
Region Transoxania
Religion Islam
Creed Sunni Hanafi
Main interest(s) Fiqh, Islamic History
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
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.[citation needed]

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`).[citation needed]

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.[citation needed]

See also

References

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  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)
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