Abstract
<jats:p>Ahmet Hamdi Aksekis Contributions to Hadith Culture in the Republican Era With Special Reference to Yeni Hutbelerim Ahmet Hamdi Akseki, who completed his education despite great hardships, lived through both the Ottoman and Republican eras. While he received his education during the Ottoman period, he rendered his primary services during the Republican era. Akseki, who passed away while serving as the third President of Religious Affairs, largely dedicated his life to religious services. By authoring works that appealed to all segments of society, he made significant contributions to the dissemination of religious knowledge. Religious knowledge acquisition in Turkish society largely relies on listening. People generally learn such information through sermons, religious talks, and khutbahs. Taking this situation into consideration, Rıfat Börekçi, the first President of Religious Affairs in the Republican era, requested Ahmet Hamdi Akseki to prepare a khutbah book to be read in mosques. Written upon this official request, the work entitled Yeni Hutbelerim was distributed to mosques throughout Türkiye after its completion and was read by religious officials in Friday khutbah for many years. The work contains a total of 151 khutbah, aiming to inform society both morally and religiously through these khutbahs. It was intended to increase the publics knowledge of hadith through the narrations used in these khutbah. Indeed, while a significant portion of these hadiths consists of authentic (sahih) narrations, the work also contains very weak and even fabricated (mawdu) narrations. This situation has paved the way for the spread of certain fabricated narrations among the public through the khutbah. It is observed that some fabricated hadiths, which are still widely used today, are present in these khutbahs. In this study, after introducing the life and works of Ahmet Hamdi Akseki, the weak, very weak, and fabricated hadiths used in his work Yeni Hutbelerim are examined and analyzed. Keywords: Ahmet Hamdi Akseki; Hadith; Sunnah; Republican Period; Hadith Culture</jats:p>