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Shams ad-Dīn Muhammad ibn Hamzah al-Fenārī, Molla Fenârî | |
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| Born | 751/1350 |
| Died | 834/1431 |
| Era | 15th century |
| Notable work(s) | Fuṣūl al-Badāʼiʻ fī uṣūl al-Sharāʼi, Miṣbāḥ al-Uns, Al-Feva'id al-Fenariyye |
| Occupation | Theologian,Grand Mufti |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Tariqa | Akbariyya |
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Mulla Shams ad-Din Muhammad ibn Hamzah al-Fanari (Arabic: محمد بن حمزة الفناري,Turkish: Molla Şemseddin Mehmed Fenari), 1350–1431,[1] known in short asMolla Fenari was anOttomanlogician,Islamic theologian,Islamic legal scholar, and mystical philosopher of the school ofIbn ʿArabī.
Fanari's family history and his birthplace are not well known. Hisnasab, 'Fanari', has been explained in different ways in the sources. It has variously been related to a town inTransoxiana, to a town near Bursa in Anatolia and to his father's profession as a lamp maker.[2] He studied under Mevlânâ Alâuddîn Esved, Cemâleddîn Aksarâyî, Hamîduddîn-i Kayserî. He traveled to Egypt, which was then under the rule of the Mamluk Sultanate, to study Hanafi jurisprudence under Ekmeleddîn el-Bâberti. Ottoman SultanBayezid I subsequently appointed Fanari judge (qadi) of Bursa in 1390. The death of Bayezid I precipitated a civil war, which caused Fanari to leave the country, after which he lectured inEgypt and inHejaz (part of present-day Saudi Arabia). He thereafter sought employment in the court of the ruler of the Karamanoğlu Beylik, where he wrote his text on legal theory. In 1421,Murad II ascended the throne as the sixth OttomanSultan and recalled Fanari to the court in Bursa. In 1424 Murad appointed him as the qādī of the military, a position which would evolve over the next century into theSheikh ul-Islam.[3] Fanari held this position in addition to his other positions as professor and judge. He retained all three positions until the end of his life in Bursa in 1431.[4]
During his career, he specialized inlogic andjurisprudence. His work on logic was reputed throughout the Islamic world. Some of his major writings are:
Unmudhaj al-Ulum, which in some sources has been attributed to Muhammad ibn Hamzah al-Fanari, was in fact authored by his son Muhammad Shah al-Fanari.[2]
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