A STYLISH COMPARISON OF THE COMMENTS WRITED ON THE AL-UMDE OF EBU'L-BEREQAT EN-NESEFI (D. 710/1310)

Abstract

His full name is Abdullah b. Ahmed b. Mahmud, his soubriquet is Hâfızüddin, and his identity is
Ebü'l-Berekât. He was given the title of 'an-Nasafi' in relation to the place where he was born. He
was born in the city of Nesef, which is located near Bukhara, Uzbekistan and is known as "Karşı".
Although the exact date of his birth is unknown, his teacher, with whom the tabakat books are
allied, is Muhammed b. The mention of Abdüssettâr al-Kerderî's date of death as 642/1244 gives us
Ebü'l-Berekât en-Nesefi's birth date as VII. It is predicted that it may be in the first quarter of the
century. Nesefî, whose life we do not have much detailed information about, according to the
information in his biography books, after receiving his scientific education, he worked as a
professor in the Kutbiyye-Sultaniyye madrasahs in Kirman. Nesefi, who worked as a professor here
for many years, came to Baghdad in 710 and on the way to returned back in the same year, and died
in İzec and buried there. Although he is not only a famous scholar mostly in the fields of fiqh and
fiqh methodology, but also he received the same attention in the field of kalam. As a matter of fact,
the kalam text book named al-Umde, which he wrote was inspired by Ebü'l-Muîn en-Nesefî's alAkaid, has been taught in madrasas for years and has been the bedside book of those who have just
started the science of kalam. Since then, many scholars, especially the author himself, have
conducted commentary, annotation and poetic research on this work. In this article, after providing
information on al-Umde's commentary on Ebü'l-Berekât en-Nesefî, we review the analysis and
comparison of this study in terms of style and sequence.