| Burhan al-Din Ali al-Marghinani | |
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| 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 |
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| Arabic name | |
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| 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 (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. 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).
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.
Al-Marghinani works (some extant and others known only from literary references) include:
Al-Marghinani's most important teachers were: