Ebussuud Efendi

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Ebussuud Efendi was a prominent 16th-century Ottoman jurist and Qur’anic exegete who, as Shaykh al-Islam under Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, played a key role in shaping and systematizing Ottoman Islamic law.

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instanceOf Islamic scholar
Ottoman jurist
Ottoman official
Qur’anic exegete
Shaykh al-Islam
mujtahid
alternativeName Abu al-Su‘ud Efendi NERFINISHED
Ebu’s-su‘ud Efendi NERFINISHED
appointedBy Suleiman the Magnificent NERFINISHED
birthYear 1490
century 16th century
citizenship Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED
contributedTo harmonization of sultanic law and sharia
systematization of Ottoman Islamic law
deathYear 1574
denomination Sunni Islam
era classical Ottoman period
fieldOfWork Islamic jurisprudence
Ottoman law NERFINISHED
Qur’anic exegesis
fatwa issuing
influenced Ottoman legal practice
later Hanafi jurists
jurisdiction Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED
knownFor authoritative fatwas
integrating customary law into Islamic legal framework
supporting centralization of Ottoman legal authority
language Arabic
Ottoman Turkish NERFINISHED
legalSchool Hanafi school NERFINISHED
madhhab Hanafi NERFINISHED
name Ebussuud Efendi NERFINISHED
notableWork Qur’anic commentary known as Irshad al-‘Aql al-Salim NERFINISHED
Tafsir of the Qur’an NERFINISHED
collections of fatwas
occupation Qur’anic commentator
jurist
mufti
positionHeld Shaykh al-Islam of the Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED
chief mufti of the Ottoman Empire
religion Islam
servedUnder Selim II NERFINISHED
Suleiman the Magnificent NERFINISHED
title Efendi NERFINISHED
Shaykh al-Islam NERFINISHED
workLocation Istanbul NERFINISHED

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Shaykh al-Islam hasNotableBearer Ebussuud Efendi