Özet:

Akmal al-Din al-Babarti (d. 786/1384) is one of the most important names in the fıqh and kalam tradition of Hanafism. His importance in this tradition is based not only on the strong representation of Hanafism in his time but also on the works he wrote. It is seen that al-Babarti, who wrote many works in different fields, come into prominence, especially in the field of fiqh and theology. For this reason, many studies have been done on his works and ideas in these fields. One of the works of al-Babarti, which is frequently referenced in studies examining his ideas about theology, is his commentary on Abu Dja‘far al-Tahawi’s (d. 321/933) famous al-Aqidah al-Tahawiyya, called Sharh Aqidah ahl al-sunna wa’l-djama‘a or Sharh al-Aqidah al-Tahawiyya. This commentary, published in 1989 as belonging to al-Babarti, is accepted as the most important work of al-Babarti on theology and is among the main sources of his theological views. It has been widely accepted in scientific circles that this commentary belongs to al-Babarti. However, there are important problems regarding the belonging of this commentary to al-Babarti. At the beginning of these problems is that the mentioned commentary is the same as the commentary written by another al-Aqidah commentator, Siradj al-Din al-Ghaznawi al-Hindi (d. 773/1372). That is, the commentary belonging to al-Babarti is the same as the commentary belonging to al-Hindi. Moreover, in classical history, biography and bibliography sources, it is not mentioned that al-Babarti had a commentary on al-Aqidah al-Tahawiyya. Such problems are not limited to these and make it necessary to seriously consider the commentary's claim of belonging to al-Babarti. In this study, the mentioned commentary's belonging to al-Babarti has been subjected to a comprehensive examination from different perspectives, taking into account possible evidence. In this context, the manuscript copies based on the critical edition of the commentary and the other manuscript copies of the commentary, which is claimed to belong to al-Babarti in various library catalogues, were examined. Thus, the basis of the commentary’s claim of belonging to al-Babarti has been tried to be determined. However, as in the classical sources, there is no evidence in the manuscript copies of the commentary is belonging to al-Babarti. This situation is also valid for the other works of al-Babarti and the later theological works, especially the commentaries of al-Aqidah. No commentary on al-Aqidah is belonging to al-Babarti in any of these sources. The available data show that the commentary attributed to al-Babarti does not belong to him, but belongs to another Hanafi-Maturidi scholar al-Hindi, who lived in the same era and in the same region. As a matter of fact, there is a lot of evidence proving that the commentary belongs to al-Hindi, unlike al-Babarti. This evidence is found both in the classical history, biography and bibliographic sources containing information about al-Hindi and his works, as well as in the manuscript copies of the commentary. Therefore, based on these evidences, it can be said with certainty that the commentary belongs to al-Hindi. Despite this definite judgment that the commentary belongs to al-Hindi, it is wrong to attribute the same commentary to al-Babarti. Although it cannot be determined exactly when this error occurred, it is certain that it became widespread in the modern period. First of all, Fuat Sezgin, who ascribed the commentary to al-Babarti in the Geschichte des Arabischen Schrifttums, and then Arif Aytekin, who published it as belonging to al-Babarti, had an important role in this error. Especially after the commentary was published attributing it to al-Babarti, the belonging of the commentary to him has been accepted as a valid truth in scientific circles until recently. This study aims to correct the common mismatch in scientific circles in the light of available evidence. Thus, it is aimed to make a modest contribution to the studies of the history and thought of Maturidism, with special reference to al-Babarti and al-Hindi.

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