The Role of Akhism in Reflecting Islam’s Principle of Social Assistance and Solidarity to Social Life: Within The Framework of Futuvvatnames
Year: 2017
Type: article
Abstract: Akhism is a form of fütüvvet tradition that emerged in Anatolia as a resultof the combination of the Arab and Iranian futuevetry ideals with the oldTurkish alpine tradition in an Islamic synthesis. Fütüvvetnames are collectionof rules, methods and principles of Akhism’s regulations that take the basicsources from the religion. The topic ofthis study is to reveal the contribution of the Fütüvvetnames, inspired bydivine orders and bans and benefit from secular rules in the social arena, tothe formation of brotherliness. In the study, the Qur'an and Sunnah sourceshave been applied because its subject matter is related to revelation. In thisregard, the principles of futuvva and Akhism order in Qur'an and the Sunnah were evaluated. Themain purpose of the study is to reveal the importance of the Ahi futuvvatnamethat are essential to the social cohesion of our nationality in the 21stcentury when the social fragmentation is popular.
Author: Abdulkadir KIYAK
Institution: Inonu University
Language: English
Subfield: Religious studies
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W2773545693