The effort of spreading the sunni aqidah (creed) in the context of fiqh activities of selahaddin eyyubî

Abstract

Selâhaddîn Eyyûbî has carried out some religious policies and established education institutions alternative to the Shiah in order to deactivate the Shiah Fatimid aqidah and spread the Sunni aqidah. The basic reference source of the religious policies he carried out was “fiqh(Islamic law)” and the most important educational institutions established by him were the “madrasahs”. He allocated special budgets/foundations for the madrasahs he established and assigned charismatic sunnî scribes/faqihs for these institutions. The madrasahs he established and fiqh activities he carried out in these madrasahs and the important scribes he assigned for these institutions helped Selâhaddîn Eyyûbî to be successful in a serious manner in his fight with shiah aqidah. As a result of his politics and activities, Sunni aqidah was spread in Egypt.