Hidāyah (Arabic: هداية) is an Arabic word meaning 'guidance' (given by Allah). It can also refer to guidance from the Qur'an and according to the Sunnah.
Al-Hidāyah is the title of a famous Hanafi juridical work by Burhān al-Dīn ‘Alī ibn Abī Bakr al-Marghīnānī (1152–1197) which is considered widely authoritative as a guide to fiqh amongst Muslims in Central Asia, Afghanistan and India, and is the basis for much of the Anglo-Islamic law in India and Pakistan.[1]
This guidance is believed to have been primarily provided in the form of the Qur’an.[2]