Baha'i Mehmed Efendi

Baha'i Mehmed Efendi
Personal life
Born	Mehmed Efendi 1595-6 / 1601 Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Died	January 3, 1654 Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Resting place	Fatih Mosque, Istanbul
Nationality	Ottoman
Notable work(s)	Divan (6 qasida, 2 masnavi, 4 stanza, 2 history stanza, 40 ghazal, 8 ruba'i)
Known for	Shaykh al-Islam, Fatwas in Verse
Occupation	Jurist, Theologian, Poet, Scholar

Shaykh al-Islam Baha'i Mehmed Efendi (Ottoman Turkish: شیخ‌الاسلام بهايي محمد افندي) (1595-6/1601, Istanbul – 3 January 1654) was an Ottoman jurist, theologian, poet and scholar.

He was first appointed as Shaykh al-Islam in 1649. Some of his fatwas are written in verse of which 4 of them are available now.

His best known ruling was his lawful pronouncing of smoking and ending the prohibitions and repressions of the early 17th century.

His body is buried in Fatih mosque.

Divan

The Divan of Baha'i consists of 6 qasida, 2 masnavi, 4 stanza, 2 history stanza, 40 ghazal and 8 ruba'i.

References

• Çentindağ, Yusuf (2011). Saraç, Yekta; Macit, Muhsin (eds.). XVII Yüzyıl Türk Edebiyatı (in Turkish). Anadolu: Anadolu Üniversitesi. pp. 30–34. ISBN 978-975-06-1051-6.
• Lewis, B (1986). "Baha'i Mehmed Efendi". Encyclopaedia of Islam. Vol. 1. Leiden: E. J. BRILL. p. 915. ISBN 90-04-08114-3.
• Eliaçık, Muhittin (2012). "Şeyhülislâm Bahâî Mehmed Efendi'nin Manzum Fetvâları" [The fatwas of in Verse Which Were Written by Shaykh al-Islam Baha'i Mehmed Efendi]. Türkiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi (in Turkish). 31. Konya: Selçuk Üniversitesi: 1–20. ISSN 1300-5766.