IBER Publications brings the Principles and Practices of our Ancient Futuwwa Tradition to the Readers

IBER Publications, which continues its publishing activities as an initiative of Ibn Haldun University Publications, recently published the first 20 works from the futüvvet classics prepared within the scope of the "Futuwwa Youth Classics" project with the support of the Ministry of Youth and Sports. 

The futuwwa tree on the cover of the series was taken from Harputî's "The Signs of the People of Futuwwa", also published within the scope of the series. 

Futuwwa classics are available from selected bookstores and online book sales sites.

An Original Literature for the Construction of a Muslim Society

While the concept of futuwwa, which describes the Prophet Abraham and Ashâb-ı Kehf in the Qur'ân al-Karîm and contains the meanings of "generosity, courage, youth, bravery, valour, valour, sacrifice", represents a social concept and a mystical understanding, the fütüvvetnâmas constitute a highly original literature that offers principles for both the moral evolution of the Muslim individual and the construction of a Muslim society, from economic life to eating and drinking and the etiquette of friendship.

From the 11th to the 16th centuries, these works, written in Arabic, Persian and Turkish from different geographies and schools of the Islamic world, bring the principles and practices of our ancient futuwwa tradition to today's readers.

From Suleimī, the author of the first surviving fütüvvetnââ, to Suhrawardî and Ibn Mi'mâr, from Ibn al-Arabî, who dealt with the metaphysical dimensions of fütüvvet, to Eşrefoğlu Rûmî, the fütüvvetnâ of many great names come together in this series.

The first 20 works published within the scope of Futuwwa- Youth Classics Project

1. Kitāb al-Futuwwa [Virtues of Futuwwa: The Ethics and Way of the People of Futuwwa], Abū 'Abd al-'Abdurrahmān al-Sulamī, 192 pp.
2. al-Muntaḫab min Kitābi Nūri'l-ʿUlūm [Selections from Nūru'l-ʿUlūm], Abū al-Hasan al-Harakānī, 136 pp.
3. Fakrnāme, Abū al-Hasan al-Harakānī, 112 pp.
4. From al-Risāla: Firāset, Ethics and Futuwwa, ʿAbd al-Karīm b. Khawāzin al-Qushayrī, 116 pp.
5. Kitāb al-Futuwwa [Ethics of Futuwwa], Hāja Abdullah Herawī, 136 pp.
6. Eyyühe'l-Veled [O Son!], Abû Hâmid al-Ghazzâlî, 84 pp.
7. Fütüvvetnâmas of Izzî and Attâr, 120 pp.
8. Risâlatu'l-Futuwwa [Futüvvet in Sufism: Mekârim-i Morality of Ahl-i Futüvvet], Shahâbeddin al-Sührawardî, 80 pp.
9. Fütüvvetnâme-i Digerî [Futüvvet: Its Essence, Source and Manners], Shahābeddin al-Suhrawardī, 128 pp.
10. From al-Futūḥāt al-Makkiyya: The station of Futuwwa, Ibn al-'Arabī, 96 pp.
11. Kitāb al-Futwwa [Futuwwa: Its Rulings and Organisation], Ibn Mi'mār, 192 pp.
12. Tuḥfet al-Iḫwān fī Ḫaṣāʾiṣi al-Fityān [Principles and Principles of the Way of Futuwwa], Abdurrezzāq al-Kāshānī, 168 pp.
13. From Medāric al-Sālikīn: Ethics, Modesty, Murtuvwa and Futuwwa, Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya, 168 pp.
14. From Nefāʾis al-Fünūn fī ʿArāʾisi al-ʿUyūn: The Science of Futuwwa, Shams al-Dīn al-ʿĀmulī, 148 pp.
15. Risāla-i Futuwwaiyya [The Brotherhood of Futuwwa], Amīr-i Kebīr Hemedānī, 120 pp.
16. Futuwwanâme of Ca'fer as-Sâdiq, 160 pp.
17. Futuwwanâme, Eşrefoğlu Rûmî, 128 pp.
18. Futuwwanâme [Principles of the Brotherhood of Futuvvet], Yahyâ b. Khalîl al-Burgâzî, 180 pp.
19. Tuḥfetü'l-Veṣâyâ [Insignia of the People of Futuwwa], Ahmad b. Ilyâs al-Harpûtî, 120 pp.
20. Miftāḥ al-Deḳāʾiḳ fī Beyān al-Futuwwa ve'l-Ḥaḳāʾiḳ [Futuwwanāme-i Kebīr], Razavī, 132 pp.