Kefevî’nin Ketâib’inde Ebussuûd Efendi

Ebussuud Effendi was one of the leading figures in Islamology when the Ottoman State was at its peak in every field. He served as Shayk al-Islam, an important position. Ebussuud experienced many incidents during his life—before and during his office. He always guided the clerical, state authority, and common people through his fatwas and fiqh views. The aim of this study was to assess Ebussuud’s biography, his fatwas, the references on his views in Ketaib, and his relations with the clerical and state authority within the framework of Mahmud b. Süleyman el-Kefevi’s book Ketaib. What differentiates Ketaib, a work prepared by Ebussuud’s contemporary, from its counterparts is the author’s attempt to provide new information on the life and fatwas of Ebussuud Efendi. First, the information on Ebussuud and his fatwas presented in Ketaib was reviewed. Second, the literature was examined to assess whether it included this information and these fatwas,and the quality of the accounts related to Ebussuud was assessed. The conclusion reached in this paper is that unlike the literature, it is blasphemy for a child to read Quran for the soul of a dead person, and saying “Ahsente” to those who read the Quran leads to infidelity. In addition, Ebussuûd gave the fatwas regarding Imam Zufer’s opinion on nazr and whether zakat is required for the goods in the personal treasure of the Sultan at the request of Crimean Khan Devlet Giray

Fiqh · Islam · Political science · Sharia · Sociology · Soul · Theology · Treasure · Families in Therapy and Culture · Islamic Thought and Society Studies · Law · Philosophy · Turkish Literature and Culture