Rumeli İslam Araştırmaları Dergisi

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Although Mehmed Fevzi Efendi (1318/1900) was originally born in Denizli, Yarangume/Tavas, mostly, he was known as “The Mufti of Edirne Fevzi Efendi”, for his staying and working twenty years as a mufti in Edirne. During his twenty years in Edirne, he taught the books Envâr al Tanzîl, Sifâ-i Serif, Sahîh al Buhârî, Mesnevî and Qasîde al Burda in Eski Cami. At the end of his duties carried out as professor, mufti and vice, he accomplished to be the chair of Rumeli Kazasker (Chief Judge). Mehmed Fevzi Efendi who accepted as a prolific authors on his time, mostly wrote commentaries (serh) and explanations (hâsiyah) on religious sciences in Arabic language. He focused on religious and social issues that emerged in Ottoman social life morely under the influence of westernization, in his works written in Turkish. Mehmed Fevzi Efendi appearing to have a special interest in mawlid, had written mawlids in Turkish, Arabic and Persian; and considered as one of the most prolific authors who had written about The Prophet (pbuh) in Turkish literature. Fevzi Efendi had written and published many books that he would teach in his courses, and those books had been tought in various mosques and madrasahs. With all these aspects, The mufti of Edirne Fevzi Efendi had attracted attention in our country and various studies had been made on his life and works. This study aims to transliterate Fevzi Efendi’s Rûh al Salât with its margin notes and to analyze this work with identifying the sources of verses and hadiths.