Al-Hidaya fi Sharh Bidayat al-Mubtadi, by Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani, is a primary source, one of the most authoritative classical texts of Hanafi Islamic jurisprudence, a twelfth century commentary that became a standard reference for Hanafi legal reasoning across South and Central Asia and remains studied in traditional madrasa curricula today. As the actual foundational legal text it carries direct authority within the Hanafi school specifically, representing that school's own systematized legal reasoning on the topics it covers. It is not a neutral survey of Islamic law across all schools, and its rulings reflect specifically Hanafi methodology and conclusions, which differ in various particulars from the other major Sunni legal schools, a distinction worth keeping clear whenever al-Hidaya is cited for a point of Islamic law generally rather than Hanafi law specifically.
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Al-Hidaya, Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani's twelfth century commentary, is the Hanafi school's own foundational legal text rather than an outside academic survey of Islamic law generally, hence the tradition's-own-account tier. NotesThe standard Hanafi manual, twelfth century. Cited for what the Hanafi school holds, not as a general statement of Islamic law.
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AuthorBurhan al-Din al-Marghinani
Publication Year1197
Source Typeprimary-text
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This source names Asia directly: "reasoning across South and Central Asia and remains studied in traditional madrasa curricula today."
This source names Sunni directly: "particulars from the other major Sunni legal schools, a distinction worth keeping clear whenever al-Hidaya is cited for a point of Islamic law generally rather than Hanafi law specifically."
Claims Backed By This Source (23 claims)
This source backs 23 claims across the atlas. As facts: 12 well-attested. As cited relationships: 3 holds. Plus 8 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Practices, 12 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 holds, 5 general references.
- Sources, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 2 holds.
- Doctrines, 1 claims: 1 general references.
- Hymns & Liturgical Texts, 1 claims: 1 general references.
- Rituals, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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