Kemâleddîn İbnü’l-Hümâm’a Göre Peygamberliğin Gerekliliği
The Necessity of Prophethood According to al-Kamāl Ibn al-Humām

Summary/Abstract: Humanity’s necessity of prophets and whether it is necessary for Allah to send prophets to people is one of the most emphasized issues in Islamic thought. The debate on the necessity of prophethood includes the issues of whether the individual or society needs revelation and prophets, and if so, in what areas. Are prophets necessary to know Allah? Is it obligatory for Allah to send prophets? Can the reason per se know the religious and moral principles introduced by the prophets? Are the messages brought by the prophets necessary for the knowledge of the good and evil? To what extent are societies that did not receive the invitation from a prophet responsible for doing worship? Such questions are addressed with reference to the necessity of prophethood. In this study, we tried to determine al-Kamāl Ibn al-Humām ‘s (d. 861/1457) views on the necessity of prophethood, based on his work named al-Musāyarah fī al-ʿaqāʿid al-munjiyah fī al-ākhirah. Ibn al-Humam’s views are noteworthy in that he is a jurist and mutakallim who belongs to the Hanafī-Māturīdī school. We examined the subjects that people need prophets, the necessity of God to send prophets, the fact that it is not possible to determine the principles brought by the prophet with pure reason, and that a prophet is essential for knowing the good and evil. Moreover, this study tries to assess the meaning of the answers given by Ibn al-Humām to the question of why prophethood is necessary. In short, by using in-depth perspective, this study tries to reflect Ibn al-Humam’s views on the necessity of prophethood.

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