burhān al-dīn abu’l-ḥasan ‘alī bin abī bakr bin ‘abd al-jalīl al-farghānī al-marghīnānī () 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").