Muharrem Afandi az-Zili and His Book Hadeyyatu's-su'luk

Muharrem Afandi az-Zili a respected scholar of the Ottoman State who lived in X./XVI. century. In addition to being murshid of the order of Halvatiyya is a good jurist and linguist. His enlightening books which he wrote in Arabic and Turkish are very valuable works. He was born in Tokat/Zile and died there. His book titled Hadeyyatus-suluk is a commentary of Tohfetu'l-muluk that is written by Zaynuddin ar-Razi. This book is about furu-i fiqh and based on Hanafi sect ijtihads, but it mentions views of the other sects. The book consists of ten chapters an mainly covers the issues of worship. At the same time it says the provisions by their reasons and evidences.