Shams al-Din al-Fanari

Shams ad-Dīn Muhammad ibn Hamzah al-Fenārī, Molla Fenârî
Personal
Born751/1350
Died834/1431
ReligionIslam
Era15th century
JurisprudenceHanafi
Notable work(s)Fuṣūl al-Badāʼiʻ fī uṣūl al-Sharāʼi, Miṣbāḥ al-Uns, Al-Feva'id al-Fenariyye
TariqaAkbariyya
OccupationTheologian, Grand Mufti
Senior posting
Influenced by

Mulla Shams ad-Din Muhammad ibn Hamzah al-Fanari (Arabic: محمد بن حمزة الفناري, Turkish: Molla Şemseddin Mehmed Fenari), 1350–1431,[1] known in short as Molla Fenari was an Ottoman logician, Islamic theologian, Islamic legal scholar, and mystical philosopher of the school of Ibn ʿArabī.

  1. ^ Alan Godlas, Molla Fanari and the Misbah al-Uns: The Commentator and The Perfect Man, International Symposium On Molla Fanari 4–6 December 2009 Bursa Proceedings, p. 31.