Research Article

A Strong Opposition to Cash Waqf Practice in the Ottoman Empire: Imam Birgivî's Opinions Against Cash Waqfs

Volume: 6 Number: 11 June 30, 2019
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A Strong Opposition to Cash Waqf Practice in the Ottoman Empire: Imam Birgivî's Opinions Against Cash Waqfs

Abstract

Waqfs are charities that constitute one of the important elements of Islamic civilization. The scope of activities of the foundations expanded in the historical process and the application of cash waqfs in the Ottoman period became widespread in a short time. In principle, a waqf can only be established based on real estate property. For this reason, serious debates arose about cash waqfs especially in the period of Kanuni, the thesis and anti-theses were put forward in the treatises written by the ulema such as Ebussuûd Efendi (d. 982/1574) and Çivizâde Muhyiddin Mehmed Efendi (d. 954/1547). Imam Birgivî (d. 981/1573), was a young madrasa student during the time when the discussions were intense. Although the subject was decided in favor of the cash waqfs with the order of Kanûnî in 1548, he opposed this practice in the works and treaties he wrote in the following years. Our study, after discussing the fiqh related and historical background of the subject, and the parties of the previous debates, will try to put forward the opinions and criticisms of Imam Birgivî on the subject within the frame of his four treatises on this subject.

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Details

Primary Language

Turkish

Subjects

Religious Studies

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

June 30, 2019

Submission Date

March 5, 2019

Acceptance Date

June 14, 2019

Published in Issue

Year 1970 Volume: 6 Number: 11

ISNAD
Güney, Necmeddin. “Osmanlı’da Para Vakfı Uygulamasına Güçlü Bir İtiraz: İmam Birgivî’nin Para Vakfı Aleyhindeki Görüşleri”. Mütefekkir 6/11 (June 1, 2019): 13-32. https://doi.org/10.30523/mutefekkir.584338.

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