Birgewī and Hadith Commentary Method in His Study Sharh Al-Ahādīs Al-Arbaīn

Birgewī, who was born in Balikesir during the time of Kanūnī, the most powerful of the Ottoman Empire, went to Istanbul after he had collected his first education from his father Pir Alī, and studied from scholar including Ahīzāde Mehmed Efendi (d. 974/1563-4) and Kazasker Abdurrahman Efendi, known for his nickname as the Red Molla (d. 983/1575). He started his educational studies at Birgi after his short life in civil service. Birgevī, who does not refrain from any point in the problem, has been able to criticize the person who has the authority. He wrote works in Islamic sciences such as hadith, Arabic, fiqh. Among these, there is a special precaution in the name of Sharh al-ahādīs al-arbaīn written to keep people away from innovations at the point of worship and to invite them to the Qur'an and Sunnah. By him, each hadith is evaluated from the narrative, language, i？rāb, eloquence, commentary, branche, question and benefit points. When the book is looked at, it will be seen that the fiqh side of the work is heavily depressed. It was initiated by Birgewī to work but could not be completed due to its early life. The remaining thirty-three hadiths are explained by Akkirmānī