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Shaykh al-Islām (Arabic: شيخ الإسلام, romanized: Šayḫ al-Islām; Persian: شِیخُالاسلام, Sheykh-ol-Eslām; Urdu: شِیخُالاسلام, Sheikh-ul-Islām; Ottoman Turkish: شیخ الاسلام, Turkish: Şeyhülislam [1]) was used in the classical era as an honorific title for outstanding scholars of the Islamic sciences.
In the late 16th century, Shaykh al-Islam were assigned to appoint and dismiss supreme judges, high ranking college professors, and heads of Sufi orders. Prominent figures include Zenbilli Ali Cemali Efendi (1445-1526), Ibn-i Kemal (Kemalpasazade) (1468-1533), Ebussuud Efendi (1491-1574) and al-Kawthari (1879-1952).
Ebussuud Efendi (Turkish: Mehmed Ebüssuûd Efendi, 30 December 1490 – 23 August 1574), [2] [3] was a Hanafi Maturidi [4] Ottoman jurist and Quran exegete, served as the Qadi (judge) of Istanbul from 1533 to 1537, and the Shaykh al-Islām of the Ottoman Empire from 1545 to 1574.
He is considered a leading Shaykh al-Islam of the Ottoman era. Biography. Muhammad Zahid Hasan was born in 1879 in Düzce, then part of the Ottoman Empire.
Mustafa Sabri Effendi (Ottoman Turkish: مصطفى صبرى افندی; 1869 – 1954) was the second last Shaykh al-Islām of the Ottoman Empire. [1] He is known for his opinions condemning the Turkish nationalist movement under Kemal Atatürk. [2]
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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 an 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 ...
During the reign of Selim the Resolute, in 1516, he was appointed as military judge of Anatolia and accompanied the Ottoman army to Egypt. During the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent he was appointed as the Shaykh al-Islām, i.e. supreme head of the ulama, a post which he held until his death.