A sixteenth-century Ottoman scholar in the foot-steps of Ibn Taymiyya and an opponent of Ibn ('Arabī: Chiwizāda Muhyī al-Dīn Sheikh Mehmed Efendī

One of the Ottoman scholars in the sixteenth century who opposed the view of the famous Sufi Muhyī al-Dīn Ibn 'Arabī was Chiwizāda Muhyī al-Dīn Sheikh Mehmed Efendī (d. 954/1547). He served as sheikh al-islām in the reign of Sulaymān the Magnificent for a short time. He stood out for his criticisms against some Sufis of his time and was even dismissed from the rank of sheikh al-islām because of these criticisms, according to some reports. In this paper, I will examine Chiwizada's criticisms of Muhyī al-Dīn Ibn 'Arabī, who was at the top of the Sufis he opposed, in terms of their historical-intellectual roots. © Bursa İlahiyat Foundation