Shaykh Al-Islam Bostanzadah Mehmed Effendi And His In Verse Fatwas

In the Ottoman Empire is seen even fatwas in verse written and it in the classical Turkish literature are instrumental to the emergence of a original poetry species. The word fatwa is derived from feta which means brave, young and strong; a difficult issue in the reply given to making a strong statement describes. Ifta, describes in the Ottoman Empire as an important public service by shayk al Islam to investigate an issue or put forward. In the Ottoman the fatwas of shaykh al Islams or muftis although are usually given Turkish and prose, but the in verse was given even. According to prose fatwas in verse fatwas very little has been written and came from pen of shaykh al Islams that has a special place among the poets of the Court. Bostanzādah Mehmed Efendi, one of them. In this article, four examples of his in verse fatwas will be determined.

Keywords

Fatwa, fatwas in verse, Shaykh al-Islam, Bostanzadah Mehmed Effendi.