Zeynüddîn-i Hâfî ve eserlerinde tasavvuf görüşleri
Özet
Zain al-Din al-Khawafi, the founder of Zainiyya order, was born in Haf city, which is between Buşenc and Zevzen, on the site of Khurasan in 757/1356 and he died at Herat in 838/1435. He was called as Khawafi as he was born in Khawaf city and also he was called as Herevi as he died at Herat. He lived in the time of Gıyaseddin Pir Ali, the suzerain of Kerts, Tamerlane and Shahruh.After Khawafi had learned exoteric wisdom from the notable and well-known savants of the age, he started his spiritual peregrination which is called seyr u sülûk. For his aim he travelled many cities and countries and in a short time he was shown as a one of the well-known sheikhs at his time. Khawafi establihed Zainiyya order, which is called with his name, with the books he compiled and the pupils he educated.Zainiyya order spread out in many places in a short time. Khawafi?s immense wisdom and mystical knowledge have a great effect on people?s demand at Zainiyya order. Khawafi educated caliphs ant pupils and sent them to evry corner of the world. Zainiyya order was also spread out by these peole. After these caliphs had taken their madrasa diplomas from Khawafi, they went back to their homecities and founded the branches of Zainiyya order. For example, Abdüllatîf Kudsî, Abdürrahîm Merzifonî and Sheikh Mohammed in Anatolia, Sadreddin-i Revvâsî, Celâleddin-i Kâyinî, Mohammed Tebâdegânî and Dervîş Ahmed-i Semerkandî in Herat and Khurasan, Abdülmu?tî in the Hejaz, Nuruddin Ebu?l-Fütûh in Medina, Abdülkerîm Halîfe in Aleppo, Kemâleddin İbnü?l-Hümâm, Safiyüddin Îcî and Dimyâtî in the Hejaz, Syria and Egypt and the other calips of Khawafi whom we cannot aforementioned spread Zainiyya order at a lot districts in the world.His cognizance on both exoteric and esoteric wisdom and his fastidiousness to Koran and the Suna make him a well-known sheikh. So many notable savants did not hesitate to become a murid of Khawafi. Akshemseddin also wanted to be a murid to him but because of some reasons this membership did not come true.Khawafi was regarded and respected by the statesman of his age and he had amity with them by giving no concession to his principles.