The author
Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani (511–593 AH) of Farghana, a Hanafi jurist and hadith scholar of central Asia.
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الهداية
Al-Hidaya
Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani · d. 593 AH · Hanafi · Fiqh
4 volumes
Introduction
How it came about
Written as his own commentary on his abridgement Bidayat al-Mubtadi, which combines al-Quduri's Mukhtasar with al-Shaybani's Jami' al-Saghir.
Method and structure
Concise statements of the ruling followed by proof texts and the arguments of opponents, balancing brevity with argument.
Standing in the school
The central teaching text of the Hanafi school for eight centuries and the base of the Ottoman and Indian legal tradition.
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