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
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] 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).[4]

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:[5]

  • 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.[6]

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.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 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. ↑ John L. Esposito, ed. (2014). "Marghinani, Ali ibn Abu Bakr al-". The Oxford Dictionary of Islam. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (Subscription required (help)).
  5. ↑ W. Heffening. Encyclopedia of Islam, Brill, 2nd ed. "al-Marghinani", vol. 6, p. 558.
  6. ↑ 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.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.