Alâüddîn Ebû Bekr el-Kâsânî’nin el-Mu‘temed mine’l-mu‘tekad Adlı Akaid Risâlesi (Tahkik-Tercüme-İnceleme)
The Epistle of ʿAlāʾ al-dīn Abū Bakr al-Kāsānī on Creed Named al- Muʿtamad min al-muʿtaqad (Critical Edition-Translation-Analysis)

Summary/Abstract: This article covers the critical edition, translation and analysis of the epistle on creed, al-Muʿtamad min al-muʿtaqad, written by the famous Hanafī jurist ʿAlāʾ al-dīn Abū Bakr b. Masʿūd al-Kāsānī. In his work, which can be classified within the literature of creed, al-Kāsānī explains the basics of Hanafī-Māturīdī belief in a brief and concise manner without any discussion. This study consists of three main parts: examination, critical edition and translation. In the examination section of the study, the life of the author is handled with various aspects, and at the same time information is given about the relation of the work to the author, its position in the literature, its method and content as well as its manuscripts. Then, based on the six manuscript copies of the work which are available in various manuscript libraries, the critical edition and the translation of the work is provided. It is aimed that this work, which is discussed in Turkish for the first time in an academic article, will contribute to the studies on Hanafī-Māturīdī creed literature to some extent.

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