Sultan Mehmed al-Fatih: The Financial Genius Behind Aya Sofia's Waqf

[@AlmirColan]

Thanks for watching! What lessons did you take from this video about the importance of supporting long-term projects for success?

[@mohammadhasmtali2734]

I am following your each video, from past one year, I was looking for an expert of Islamic Finance. I have an idea to share, any way to contact you sir.

[@aelhaji]

This whole video on waqf without ever mentioning the actual waqf? So what’s the actual source of income from the waqf? 🤔

[@Fatoumata335]

That we as Muslims should put a greater emphasis on organizing and surveillancing projects that are of importance and make it so these things become institutional and harder to break down.

[@Super03-v1s]

@@aelhaji It seems like the income from local shops and properties funded the masjid. From wikipedia: Most of the existing houses in the city and the area of the future Topkapı Palace were endowed to the corresponding waqf.[19] From 1478, 2,360 shops, 1,300 houses, 4 caravanserais, 30 boza shops, and 23 shops of sheep heads and trotters gave their income to the foundation.[119] Through the imperial charters of 1520 (AH 926) and 1547 (AH 954), shops and parts of the Grand Bazaar and other markets were added to the foundation.

[@aelhaji]

@@Super03-v1s Why does the video not mention this? It was a bit painful to watch with much anticipation what makes this waqf a waqf but instead the focus is on how the money is spent, not how it is sourced. The whole idea of a waqf is that it supposed to be self-funded.

[@a.h.2512]

Good information brother. Jazak Allah khair

[@ingalimited4164]

Teşekkürler.

[@AlmirColan]

Thank you for supporting our channel

[@aldindurakovic8828]

Well done Brother ...from Bosnia ⚔

[@atifinam1]

Jazak Allah Khair.! Such a nice, informative and inspiring video.!

[@Super03-v1s]

For those who are curious about the actual income sources which funded the Waqf: it seems like the income from local shops and properties funded the masjid. As the operation grew more demanding, additional sources were included. From wikipedia (not 100% trustworthy, but a decent way to start researching): Most of the existing houses in the city and the area of the future Topkapı Palace were endowed to the corresponding waqf.[19] From 1478, 2,360 shops, 1,300 houses, 4 caravanserais, 30 boza shops, and 23 shops of sheep heads and trotters gave their income to the foundation.[119] Through the imperial charters of 1520 (AH 926) and 1547 (AH 954), shops and parts of the Grand Bazaar and other markets were added to the foundation.

[@datejumane5579]

Mashallah al-hamdulillah Wadjazakumullah khairah

[@truckingbrother]

More of that needed. JazakumuLlahu hairan

[@nasseralismaily8762]

بارك الله فيك Barak Allahu Fik your brother from Oman

[@SAL-fs1mr]

Mehmed Al-Fatih was keen to adopt the best military technology at the time when most were choosing to ignore it (cannons). The man who engineered these cannons was a non Muslim named Orban. His cannons brought down the walls of Constantinople. Today Muslims need to look to the invention of Satoshi nakamoto, to bring down the walls of Riba currencies and banking.

[@FaiyazGundar]

How. Satoshi nakamoto*

[@Cxesar]

Jazak Allah Khair, i love you content, please do more episodes like this where you extrapolate historical figures

[@rafee12]

love the analysis, its important to take lessons from our rich history to guide our decisions moving forward. Please do more historical content!

[@Boogeyman0009]

Ah! What a ruler he was, the Conqueror!

[@flypiflypi8835]

thank you for the nice video I like the series

[@sanober510]

I surely want a detailed or playlist of short videos on Sultan Mehmet's administration and on Uthman RA too I recently watched Sultan Mehmet's autobiography and am mesmerized

[@steppenwolf5956]

Cennetmekan FATIH Sultan Mehmet Han

[@AbdullahAbdullah-b6d]

Aoa sir , I hope you're fine ? I found this video very interesting and it is my humble request to please make a video on finances and economic policies by Sultan Abdülhamid II. Thanks

[@RealMrStreets]

interesting video cheers

[@abdullahiabdirashid94]

can we get access to the endowment document. baarakallah

[@AlmirColan]

I will post it insha’Allah in the community section of the channel as a post 📜

[@Patriotic_Indian.]

We in India Also Have many Waqf Properties which comes in Waqf Board.

[@bumingchannel5676]

Nadzir Institusional arrangement is a key.

[@FaiyazGundar]

Can you eloborate this

[@salmanbashar1996]

Can you recommend any books of Sultan Muhammad Al Fatih ( R.A) related his financial policies?

[@jonascarlsson3]

Dude made it lawful to kill own brother

[@OceansnMountain.s]

Excellent Thumbnail! 🫀🫀 Deserves a raise

[@samadams1691]

Handover Hagia Sophia to whom it belongs ....

[@jondo7680]

To correct a common misconception, Constantinople isn't İstanbul, it's a smaller part of today's Mega City İstanbul.

[@thebeast9180]

All cities grow over time. Had it stayed as Constantinople, it too would have grown into the mega city that is today's Istanbul. But it'd be interesting to know what the specific borders were to visit it and what remains.

[@jondo7680]

​@@thebeast9180 fittingly the name of the district is named "Fatih". And if you think about it, it makes sense that it's where the Aya Sofya (English Hagia Sophia) is, right? 🙂 I'm a Turk (and 1/4 Kurd) born outside of Türkiye so I had to teach these things to myself.

[@jondo7680]

@@thebeast9180By the way, no I don't think that Constantinople would become something like İstanbul without becoming part of the Ottoman Empire lol. Do you realize that İstanbul has more population than whole countries like Bulgaria or Greece? As I said, it's a Mega City.

[@thebeast9180]

@@jondo7680 thank you!

[@bilal_ali]

Please explain, why Turkey's economy is a mess??

[@jondo7680]

Local Missmanagement + attacks on our economic from outside. Being the State hosting the most refugees in the world and being hit by 2 big earthquake also didn't help the economy. Don't get me wrong I don't hate our refuge brothers and sisters, I hate others like the Russians who bombed the cities of these refugees, and I hate wannabe Muslims who worship these Russians.

[@AlmirColan]

I did documentary and full case study on Türkiye’s economy - check it here kzbin.info/aero/PL648OdKhWVX-87SLEn5bQ0-_VnXoQpnB1&si=AcqV1-lKqzaEKwUp