Al-Zarnuji

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Burhan al-Din or Burhan al-Islam al-Zarnuji also spelled az-Zarnuji (d. 602 AH/1223) was a Muslim scholar and the author of Ta'lim al-Muta'allim-Tariq at-Ta'-allum (Instruction of the Student: The Method of Learning).

[edit] Life

Al-Zarnuj was born and lived in Zarnuj, a well-known town beyond the river Oxus in the present Turkistan. Burhan al-Din(proof of Din) or Burhan al-Islam(proof of Islam) al-Zarnuji were his agnomen. Collections of biographies believed that his name was al-Nu'man ibn Ibrahim.

He studied with many shaykhs including: Shaykh 'Ali ibn Abi Bakr al-Marghiyani al-Rushdani (the author of al-Hidayah); Shaykh Abu al-Muhamid Qawaduddin Hammad ibn Ibrahim al-Saffar; the great Shaykh Hasan ibn Mansur Qadiykhani; and others.

The exact date of his death is unknown, though it is speculated that he died in 602 AH/1223 or 640 AH/1242-1243 in Bukhara.

[edit] Works

Al-Zarnuji's treatise, Ta'lim al-Muta'allim-Tariq at-Ta'-allum, is a short introduction to the secrets of attaining knowledge. Acknowledged by many^{[citation needed]} as a book in which even the most advanced and experienced teachers find advice they have yet to apply in their teaching, this book serves to create the proper^{[citation needed]} framework for the Sharia program and its students and teachers alike.

[edit] References

• Az-Zarnuji, Ta'lim al-Muta'allim-Tariq at-Ta'-allum. Instruction of the Student: The Method of Learning by G. E. von Grunebaum, Theodora M. Abel, Author(s) of Review: G. Levi Della Vida, Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 68, No. 3 (Jul. - Sep., 1948), pp. 155-157 doi:10.2307/595783
• Az-Zarnuji Pemandu Santri [1]
• Instruction of the Student: The Method of Learning by Imam al-Zarnuji (Author), Hamza Yusuf (Foreword), G.E. Von Grunebaum (Translator)Starlatch, Llc; 2Rev Ed edition (January 1, 2001), ISBN-10: 1929694040IS, BN-13: 978-1929694044