Molla Halil Siirdî’nin Tasavvufi Yönü

Abstract

Mullah Khalil al-Siirdī is an Ottoman scholar who lived between 1750-1843. He is a scholar known to the madrasa tradition, and his works are often read in madrasas. Throughout his life, he educated students in madrasas, thereby serving the education. He is a well-known scholarly figure in the madrasas located in the Eastern and Southeastern Anatolia Regions. He has worked on different sciences and puts forward ideas about fundamental religious issues. al-Siirdī stands out as a scholar studying the sciences of recitation and tajweed. Some of his books have been used as textbooks in the regional madrasas for a long time. They occupy a place on the shelves as bedside books of madrasah teachers. This study discusses al-Siirdī’s Sufi views and his contributions to the field of Sufism. The research aims to reveal his mystical views by evaluating his existing works and understanding his mystical thoughts. In addressing al-Siirdī’s concept and understanding of Sufism, this study adopted social sciences methods in general and Sufism in particular. With the study, the meanings that al-Siirdī attributed to the concepts of murshid, sayr al-sulūk, ruyat Allah, al-insān al-kāmil, and taqwa were determined and transferred to today’s Turkish.