Some Fatwas of Ebussuud Efendi on the Churches in the Ottoman Empire Cover Image

Osmanlı Devleti’nde Şeyhülislam Ebussuud Efendi’nin Kiliselerle İlgili Bazı Fetvaları
Some Fatwas of Ebussuud Efendi on the Churches in the Ottoman Empire

Author(s): Abdullah Demir
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Islam studies, The Ottoman Empire
Published by: SD Yayınevi
Keywords: Ottoman Empire; Shaykh al-Islam; Ebussuud Efendi; fatwa; non-Muslim; zimmi; church;

Summary/Abstract: The Hanafi sect of Islamic law has been applied to Muslims and non-Muslims living in the Ottoman Empire. Provisions regarding places of worship of non-Muslims are included in the fiqh books and fatwa books. The difference of fatwa books from fiqh books is that they show the situation in practice. In other words, one of the sources to be used in order to understand the practical situations of the theoretical provisions in fiqh books is fatwa books. In this respect, the fatwas of Shaykh al-Islam Ebussuud Efendi show the practical situation of theoretical provisions.

  • Issue Year: 3/2019
  • Issue No: 17
  • Page Range: 1-13
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Turkish