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Haydar Baş

Haydar Baş

Haydar Baş

Haydar Baş (Turkish: Haydar Baş; 1947–2020) was a Turkish researcher on the Ahl al-Bayt (a), a politician, and the author of numerous works regarding the Ahl al-Bayt (a). He was the leader of the Independent Turkey Party (Bagımsız Turkiye Partisi; BTP), an economic activist, a Sunni Muslim, a follower of the Qadiriyya Sufi order, and one of the pioneers of unity among Muslims.

Baş considered the Ahl al-Bayt (a) to be the heart of Islam and the duration of the Prophet's (s) mission, believing that understanding and practicing Islam is impossible without knowing the Ahl al-Bayt (a). He published over 40 works, a significant number of which are about the Ahl al-Bayt (a), and wrote independent books on each of the Fourteen Infallibles. His books include Ahl al-Bayt: The Axis of Tawhid, Prophet Muhammad: A Mercy to the Worlds, Imam Ali (a), Lady Fatima (a), Rights of Women in Islam, The Farewell Sermon, and The Universal declaration of Human Rights. Compiling a 12-volume encyclopedia on the Ahl al-Bayt (a) and organizing congress about them were among his other activities.

Haydar Baş passed away on April 14, 2020, at the age of 73 due to COVID-19. His body was buried in his hometown, Trabzon, Turkey, accompanied by a flag bearing "O Husayn" (Yā Ḥusayn).

Status

Haydar Baş was a Turkish politician, the leader of the Independent Turkey Party (BTP), and a Sunni religious researcher who conducted extensive research on the Ahl al-Bayt (a) and published various works about them. According to reports by ABNA and Mehr News Agency in Iran, Baş stated that by 2014, he had written 14,000 to 15,000 pages of material concerning the Ahl al-Bayt (a).

Haydar bas was a follower of the Qadiriyya Sufi order and a lover of the Ahl al-Bayt (a).

He has been described as a developer of unity among Muslims and an economic theorist.

According to his official website, he received over thirty awards from international institutions and organizations; for instance, the American Biographical Institute awarded him the "Meritorious Leadership Award" for his services in the fields of world peace, human rights, and economics. Due to this award, Haydar Bas name was included in the Encyclopedia of Prominent International Leaders.

Views

It is said that Haydar Bas views on the Ahl al-Bayt (a) were similar to those of the Shi'a. He considered the Ahl al-Bayt (a) to be the truth and heart of Islam and the duration of the Prophet's (s) mission. In his view, after the mission (Risālah) of the Prophet (s), the era of Walaya began, which was the era of the spiritual and intellectual guidance of the Ummah through the Ahl al-Bayt (a). Baş believed that knowing and practicing Islam is impossible without knowing and understanding the Ahl al-Bayt (a), and such knowledge would be incomplete. He emphasized that the Ahl al-Bayt (a) are faith, obedience, submission, truth, and reality themselves. With this approach, he invited the Muslims of Turkey to make the knowledge and love of the Ahl al-Bayt (a) the basis of their faith. He believed that the Ahl al-Bayt (a) are the objective example of the Quran and that the written Quran is manifested in their existence; meaning the Ahl al-Bayt (a) are the Speaking Quran (al-Qurʾān al-Nāṭiq).

Some of Haydar Bas books on the Ahl al-Bayt (a).

Haydar Baş considered the Ahl al-Bayt (a) as the means to achieve the intercession of the Prophet (s) and regarded love for them as the only way to save the Islamic Ummah from problems and hardships. He considered Paradise to be the reward for loving Imam Ali (a).

Like the Shi'a, he held the Second Caliph responsible for the Martyrdom of Lady Fatima (a). This view was criticized by some Sunni scholars, who accused him of favoring the Shi'a.

In a note criticizing Islamic countries regarding the Occupation of Palestine by Israel, Haydar Baş stated that the condition for realizing true unity in the Islamic world is for Al-Aqsa Mosque to become the capital of the Islamic world.

Works

Over 40 works by Haydar Baş have been published, a number of books which are written about the Ahl al-Bayt (a). Some of his works include:

• Ahl al-Bayt: The Axis of Tawhid
• Prophet Muhammad: A Mercy to the Worlds (2 volumes)
• Imam Ali (a)
• Lady Fatima (a)
• Imam Hasan (a)
• Imam Husayn (a)
• Imam Zayn al-Abidin (a)
• Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (a)
• Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (a)
• Imam Musa al-Kazim (a)
• Imam al-Rida (a)
• Imam Muhammad al-Taqi (a)
• Imam al-Hadi (a)
• Imam Hasan al-Askari (a)
• Imam al-Mahdi (aj)
• Rights of Women in Islam
• Islam and Rumi
• The Farewell Sermon
• The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• Purification of the Soul (Tazkiyat al-Nafs).

The book Ahl al-Bayt: The Axis of Tawhid.

Other activities include compiling the *Encyclopedia of Ahl al-Bayt (a)* in 12 volumes, and organizing international conferences on the Ahl al-Bayt (a), such as the International Ahl al-Bayt conference in Bursa, Turkey, in October 2011, and the "Ahl al-Bayt for Our Unity and Solidarity" symposium in May 2012 at the Haliç Congress Center in Istanbul.

He organized a series of meetings titled "Ahl al-Bayt: The Center of Tawhid and permating revolt in the Islamic World" from late 2014 to March 2015 in various regions of Turkey, featuring numerous speakers. In 2009, in an interview with Turkish media, he annou',

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Biography

Haydar Baş was born in 1947 in Trabzon, Turkey. After primary and university education, he graduated in 1970 from the Higher Institute of Islamic Sciences associate with Erciyes University in Kayseri, Turkey. He completed his master's and advanced degrees at Baku State University (the capital of Azerbaijan). The title of his advanced discoures was "Human Rights in the Farewell Sermon of the Prophet (s)." After completing his PhD, Baş became a ability member at Baku State University and achieved the rank of full professor by presenting theses and works such as Islam and Rumi, History of Sufism, and Psychology of Religion.

Alongside his academic activities, he engaged in political and economic attempt including founding the Independent Turkey Party (Bağımsız Türkiye Partisi; BTP) in September 2001, chairing the Great Turkey Party from 2002 to 2020, and founding the "Baş" group of companies, "Baş Çelik" steel factories, "Baş Ticaret", and "Baş Isı". It is said that Haydar Baş was nominated for the Nobel Prize for presenting the "National Economy Model" theory.

Death

Haydar Baş passed away on April 14, 2020, at the age of 73 after contracting COVID-19. His body was funeraled in Trabzon, Turkey, and buried in Akçaabat. According to ABNA News Agency, Haydar Baş was buried with a flag bearing "O Husayn" (Yā Ḥusayn) which he had personally received from the Shrine of Imam al-Husayn (a).

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the President of Turkey, and some Shi'a clerics, such as the Imam Jumu'a of Ardabil, issued messages of condolence.