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Al-Hidayah fi Sharh Bidayat al-Mubtadi (d. 593 AH/1197 CE) ( , al-Hidāyah fī Sharḥ Bidāyat al-Mubtadī ), commonly referred to as al-Hidayah The Guidance , is a 12th-century Hanafi juridical work by Shaykh al-Islam Burhan al-Din al-Farghani al-Marghinani that is considered an authoritative guide to fiqh among Muslims throughout the world, based on Mukhtasar of Al-Quduri Islamic law .1The Hidayah represents the refined distilled and authentic version of a legal tradition developed over many centuries. It presents the corpus of Hanafi law in its approved and preferred form and forges an organic link with the other schools of law. There is no book that can match the power of al-Hidayyah as a teaching manual. Education in Islamic law is not complete without this book. Accordingly, each and every Islamic seminary, whatever its affiliation, imparts instruction in Islamic law through al-Hiddayah. The primary reason for its popularity is the reliability of its statements and the soundness of its legal reasoning. Most researchers and scholars first consult al-Hiddayah before they move to another source, and it is arguably the most popular and important work in the entire fiqh literature. A new English translation of the original Arabic text was published by Amal Press in 2006, covering the ritual and family law sections, and amounting to about 40% of the original work (the volumes on civil, contractual and criminal law were largely omitted).2
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Al-Hidayah fi Sharh Bidayat al-Mubtadi (d. 593 AH/1197 CE) ( , al-Hidāyah fī Sharḥ Bidāyat al-Mubtadī ), commonly referred to as al-Hidayah (lit. "the guidance", also spelled Hedaya ), is a 12th-century legal manual by Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani , which is considered to be one of the most influential compendia of Hanafi jurisprudence ( fiqh ).It has been subject of numerous commentaries.The book played a key role in the development of the amalgam of Islamic and British law known as Anglo-Muhammadan law .The Hedaya: Commentary on the Islamic Laws (Delhi) 1994 (2nd Edition 1870) John L.The Oxford Dictionary of Islam .
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12th-century Hanafi legal manual This article is about a work of Islamic jurisprudence. Al-Hidayah fi Sharh Bidayat al-Mubtadi (d. 593 AH/1197 CE) ( , al-Hidāyah fī Sharḥ Bidāyat al-Mubtadī ), commonly referred to as al-Hidayah (lit. "the guidance", also spelled Hedaya ), is a 12th-century legal manual by Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani , which is considered to be one of the most influential compendium of Hanafi jurisprudence ( fiqh ). It has been subject of numerous commentaries. The book played a key role in the development and amalgamation of Islamic and British law known as Anglo-Muhammadan law . The Hedaya: Commentary on the Islamic Laws (Delhi) 1994 (2nd Edition 1870) John L. The Oxford Dictionary of Islam .
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12th-century Hanafi legal manual This article is about a work of Islamic jurisprudence. Al-Hidayah fi Sharh Bidayat al-Mubtadi (d. 593 AH/1197 CE) ( Arabic : الهداية في شرح بداية المبتدي , al-Hidāyah fī Sharḥ Bidāyat al-Mubtadī ), commonly referred to as al-Hidayah (lit. "the guidance", also spelled Hedaya ), is a 12th-century legal manual by Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani , which is considered to be one of the most influential compendium of Hanafi jurisprudence ( fiqh ). It has been subject of numerous commentaries. The Hedaya: Commentary on the Islamic Laws (Delhi) 1994 (2nd Edition 1870) John L. The Oxford Dictionary of Islam . A classical manual of Hanafi Law Laws (Bristol) 2006
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a 12th-century hanafi juridical work by shaykh al-islam burhan al-din al-farghani al-marghinani that is conside
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a 12th-century legal manual by burhan al-din al-marghinani
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