Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani

ʿ Alī ibn Abī - ​​Bakr al - Marġīnānī († 1197 ) was a scholar of the Hanafi school of Islam. He is the author of a very influential Hanafi compendium of Hidaya work.

Hidaya

His Hidaya - actually a based on a previous Mukhtasar of al - Quduri comment - has been among the Hanafi status is like the Minhaj of al - Nawawi (d. 1277 ) at the Schafi'iten. It is " arguably the most Widely read book of Islamic jurisprudence in the Muslim world and is used as a primary text in Islamic schools and seminaries ," which has served for centuries as the cornerstone of Legal Studies in South Asian madrasas. The multi -volume work was first translated by Charles Hamilton (1753-1792) into English (see web link).