Ömer Çelebi’nin (ö. 985/1577-8) Usûl-i Hadîse Dair Risâlesinin Tahlil, Tercüme ve Tahkiki

Abstract

The importance of the Ottoman period in the history of Islamic sciences and relating things to the authors of the works written in this period and the content have not been surveyed and critiqued at a sufficient level yet. In addition, the thoughts shaped by prejudices that are not based on research about this period stand as the biggest obstacle to understanding the period. For this reason, it is essential to determine the writings of scholars who took part in the central bureaucracy during the Ottoman period, but more importantly, to determine the position of these texts in the Ottoman period literature. In this article, a verification, analysis, and translation of an usûl-i hadîth treatise whose author could not be determined before and which was published incorrectly at the same time were made. This hadith method treatise belonging to Omer Chelebi (d. 985/1577-8) is essential both in terms of being one of the first texts in the field of hadith methodology for the Ottoman period and showing the views of early Ottoman scholars on hadith methodology. All the copies of the treatise found in the libraries of Turkey were analyzed, and the margin notes were recorded in the footnote. In particular, the place of the treatise in the writing of the hadith method in the Ottoman period was tried to be determined.