Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab

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Islamic scholar Muslim theologian Sunni Muslim religious reformer

Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab was an 18th-century Arabian Islamic scholar and theologian whose puritanical reform movement, later labeled Wahhabism, profoundly shaped the religious and political foundations of modern Saudi Arabia.

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Label	Occurrences
Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab canonical	9
Ibn Abd al-Wahhab	1
Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab (claimed descent)	1
Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn Sulaymān Āl Musharraf	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamic scholar ⓘ Muslim theologian ⓘ Sunni Muslim ⓘ religious reformer ⓘ
advocated	literalist interpretation of divine attributes ⓘ return to the Quran and authentic hadith ⓘ strict implementation of Islamic law (Sharia) ⓘ
allianceWith	Muhammad bin Saud ⓘ surface form: Muhammad ibn Saud
birthCountry	Emirate of Diriyah ⓘ surface form: Emirate of Diriyah (historical central Arabia)
birthDate	1703 ⓘ
birthPlace	al-ʿUyayna ⓘ
birthRegion	Najd ⓘ
creed	Athari ⓘ
deathDate	1792 ⓘ
deathPlace	Diriyah ⓘ surface form: ad-Diriyah
deathRegion	Najd ⓘ
denomination	Sunni Islam ⓘ surface form: Sunni
era	18th century ⓘ
familyName	Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ibn Abd al-Wahhab
fullName	Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn Sulaymān Āl Musharraf
givenName	Muhammad ⓘ
influenced	religious foundations of the First Saudi State ⓘ religious ideology of modern Saudi Arabia ⓘ
jurisprudence	Hanbali school ⓘ surface form: Hanbali
knownFor	founding the Wahhabi movement ⓘ religious reform in central Arabia ⓘ strict opposition to practices he viewed as shirk and bidʿah ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ
legacy	basis of official religious doctrine in Saudi Arabia ⓘ major influence on later Salafi movements ⓘ
mainInterest	Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) ⓘ Islamic reform ⓘ Islamic theology (ʿaqidah) ⓘ hadith ⓘ tawhid (Islamic monotheism) ⓘ
movement	Salafi reform ⓘ Wahhabism ⓘ
notableWork	Al-Qawaʿid al-Arbaʿ ⓘ Kashf al-Shubuhat ⓘ Kitab al-Tawhid ⓘ Masail al-Jahiliyyah ⓘ Usul al-Thalatha ⓘ
opposed	certain Sufi practices ⓘ saint veneration ⓘ seeking intercession from the dead ⓘ visitation of tombs as religious practice ⓘ
politicalRole	religious leader of the First Saudi State ⓘ
regionOfActivity	Najd ⓘ Central Arabia ⓘ surface form: central Arabia
religion	Islam ⓘ
teacherOf	many students in Najd ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

House of Saud → historicalAllianceWith → Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab ⓘ

Diriyah → associatedWith → Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab ⓘ

Najd → associatedWith → Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab ⓘ

Nejd → associatedWith → Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab ⓘ

Wahhabism → foundedBy → Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab ⓘ

Wahhabism → namedAfter → Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab ⓘ

Ibn Taymiyyah → influenced → Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab ⓘ

Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab → fullName → Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn Sulaymān Āl Musharraf

Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab → familyName → Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ibn Abd al-Wahhab

House of Al ash-Sheikh → namedAfter → Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab ⓘ

House of Al ash-Sheikh → hasAncestralPatriarch → Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab ⓘ

Banu Tamim → hasNotableFigure → Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab ⓘ

this entity surface form: Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab (claimed descent)