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Muftī of Sivas Numan Efendi’s Pamphlet Regarding the Recitation in Supererogatory Prayers

Abstract

In this article, the pamphlet which Muftī of Sivas Nu'mān Efendi (1692-1768) wrote about leaving recitation of the Qurǿān in one or more rakahs of a four rakah nafl prayer is discussed. In the article, after the information about the life and scholarly personality of the author, the basic physical specification of the pamphlet, contents, source and the followed methods are introduced, and then general information about the recitation in nafl prayers is given. The principles of Abū Hanīfa with his students Abū Yūsuf and Imam Muhammad on how will the leaving of recitation of the Qur'ān in a four rakah nafl prayer, effects the correctness of the prayer, which also are the basis of Nu'mān Efendi’s pamphlet, are presented. The translation of the booklet was made with the idea of making it beneficial to a wider audience, and additional information and explanations were made partly within this translation. After the translation, the sixteen cases listed in the booklet were tried to be summarized as a chart.

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Jurisprudence prayer nafl prayer reading Qur'ān in prayer invalidity corruption Nu'mān Efendi Sivas.