The love for Muhammad has been a unifying element for Muslim
Turks in every geography. This love, which is not confined to the person of the
Prophet, has been extended to include the people and things that he is in
contact with. Particularly, the parts of the body of the Prophet have a special
importance for Muslims. Among these elements, which are protected as sacred
entrances, the sakal-ısherifs(hair
from Prophet’s beard) dominate in number.
In the Ottoman tradition, the sakal-ı sherifs were kept in the appropriate places of clothing and
were generally preserved in their private enclosures in mosques and households,
and were visited on blessed days and nights. This tradition was carried to
different geographies with the Ottomans.It is known that some of the mosques in Bulgaria, which
is one of the first places to be conquered by the Ottomans in the Balkans, kept
the sakal-ı sherifs. However,
depending on the region's emergence of Ottoman rule, it became difficult to
determine the number of these structures. Some of the sakal-ı sherifs in the mosques in Bulgaria have survivedand some have
been forgotten. In this study, it will be tried to determine the mosques that maintain
the holy beard in Bulgaria based on the existing examples and architectural tradition.
Hz. Muhammed’e duyulan sevgi, her coğrafyada Müslüman
Türkler için birleştirici bir unsur olmuştur. Peygamber’in şahsıyla sınırlı
kalmayan bu sevgi, O’nun temas halinde olduğu kişi ve eşyaları kapsayacak
şekilde geniş tutulmuştur. Özellikle Peygamber’in vücuduna ait parçalar
Müslümanlar için ayrı bir öneme sahiptir. Kutsal birer emanet olarak korunan bu
unsurlar arasında sakal-ı şerifler sayıca çoğunluktadır.
Osmanlı geleneğinde sakal-ı şerifler kıyafetlerin uygun
yerlerinde taşınabildiği gibi genellikle camiler, tekkeler ve hanelerde özel
muhafazaları içinde korunur, mübarek gün ve gecelerde ziyaret edilirdi. Bu
gelenek Osmanlılarla birlikte farklı coğrafyalara da taşınarak devam
ettirilmiştir.
Primary Language | Turkish |
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Subjects | Cultural Studies |
Journal Section | Research Article |
Authors | |
Publication Date | July 12, 2019 |
Published in Issue | Year 2019 Volume: 8 Issue: 1 |
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