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The Grand Mufti (also called Chief Mufti, State Mufti and Supreme Mufti) is the head of regional muftis, Islamic jurisconsults, of a state.The office originated in the early modern era in the Ottoman Empire and has been later adopted in a number of modern countries.
His initial appointment was as Mufti, but when the Supreme Muslim Council was created in the following year, Husseini demanded and received the title Grand Mufti that had earlier been created, perhaps on the lines of Egyptian usage, [49] by the British for his half-brother Kamil. [50] [51] [52] The position came with a life tenure. [53]
In the Ottoman Empire, which controlled much of the Sunni Islamic world from the 14th to the 20th centuries, the Grand Mufti was given the title Sheikh ul-islam (Ottoman Turkish: Şeyḫülislām). The Ottomans had a strict hierarchy of ulama, with the Sheikh ul-Islam holding the highest rank.
Grand Mufti Husein Mujić 1987–1989 Grand Mufti Naim Hadžiabdić 1975–1987 Grand Mufti Sulejman Kemura 1957–1975 Grand Mufti Ibrahim Fejić: 1947–1957 Grand Mufti Salih Safvet Bašić 1942–1947 Grand Mufti Fehim Spaho: 1938–1942 Grand Mufti Ibrahim Maglajlić 1930–1936 Grand Mufti Mehmed Džemaludin Čaušević: 1913–1930
With the death of Mahmud II, the Sheikh-ul-Islams' rank was checked only by the Grand Vizier or the Serasker. Inside this ministry was the Supreme Religious Court ( Fetvahane-i Celile ) making the Sheikh-ul-Islam the supreme jurisconsult ( grand mufti ), and as last resort of appeal from lower religious courts.
Al-Husayni was the son of Mohammed Tahir al-Husayni, who had preceded him as Hanafi Mufti of Jerusalem. Politically, his approach was very different from his father’s. During the British Mandate for Palestine , he sought compromise with the Jews and British authorities. [ 3 ]
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.
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