Baha'i Mehmed Efendi
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Shaykh al-Islam Baha'i Mehmed Efendi (Ottoman Turkish: شیخالاسلام بهايي محمد افندي) (1595-6[1]/1601,[2] Istanbul - 3 January 1654) was Ottoman jurist, theologian, poet and scholar. [1]
He was first appointed as Shaykh al-Islam in 1649. Some of his fatwas are written in verse of which 4 of them are available now.[2]
His best known ruling was his lawful pronouncing of smoking and ending the prohibitions and repressions of the early 17th century.
His body is buried in Fatih mosque.
Divan
The Divan of Baha'i consists of 6 qasida, 2 masnavi, 4 stanza, 2 history stanza, 40 ghazal and 8 ruba'i.[3]
Notes
- ^ a b Lewis 1986, p. 915.
- ^ a b Eliaçık 2012, p. 8.
- ^ Çentindağ 2011, p. 30.
References
- Çentindağ, Yusuf (2011). Saraç, Yekta; Macit, Muhsin (eds.). XVII Yüzyıl Türk Edebiyatı (in Turkish). Anadolu: Anadolu Üniversitesi. pp. 30–34. ISBN 978-975-06-1051-6.
- Lewis, B (1986). "Baha'i Mehmed Efendi". Encyclopaedia of Islam. Vol. 1. Leiden: E. J. BRILL. p. 915. ISBN 90-04-08114-3.
- Eliaçık, Muhittin (2012). "Şeyhülislâm Bahâî Mehmed Efendi'nin Manzum Fetvâları" [The fatwas of in Verse Which Were Written by Shaykh al-Islam Baha'i Mehmed Efendi]. Türkiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi (in Turkish). 31. Konya: Selçuk Üniversitesi: 1–20. ISSN 1300-5766.
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