Tütün Kullanımına Mutedil Bir Yaklaşım: Şevkizâde Süleyman Efendi’nin Duhân Risalesi
A Moderate Approach to Smoking: The Treatise of Duhān by Shavki-zāde Suleymān Efendi

Summary/Abstract: Shavki-zāde Suleymān Efendi, who was thought to have died in the early 18th century, is an Ottoman scholar who lived in a period when tobacco use became widespread and prohibitions were relaxed after severe prohibitions. This period corresponds to the fatwa of Shayh al-Islam Bahâî Mehmed Efendi (d. 1064/1654) regarding the permissibility of tobacco and the state's official taxation of tobacco (1688). During this period, discussions on the provision (hukm) of tobacco use continued intensely, and many treatises were written for and against. Shavki-zāde is one of the authors who wrote a treatise on the subject. He states that in discussions about the use of tobacco are used improper evidence and insulting style. He states that in order to prevent smoking and to prevent chaos, many unfounded claims have been made in these works, such as the absence of narration (nass) on the subject and neglecting judgment by analogy. He says that these discussions left people in confusion, therefore, wrote a short treatise to reveal the truth about the issue in the light of the Book (Qurʾān) and the Sunnah and the views of the mujtahids. Shavki-zāde avoids a generalist provision about tobacco and he deals with the following issues separately in the treatise: Prohibition of tobacco users from coming to the mosque; whether tobacco is one of the dirty things (habāith); the provision and bindingness of the head of state's order on tobacco; evaluation of some of the claims of those who defend the prohibition (hurmat) and permissibility (ibāha) of using tobacco; the effect of smoking tobacco on fasting. In this article, Shavki-zāde's treatise about tobacco was introduced and its content was discussed in detail, and finally, edition critical text of the treatise was included.

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