Kashf al-Shubuhat
E747390
Kashf al-Shubuhat is a short Islamic theological treatise by Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab that refutes common doubts and arguments against strict monotheism (tawhid) and his reformist creed.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kashf al-Shubuhat canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8642385 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kashf al-Shubuhat Context triple: [Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, notableWork, Kashf al-Shubuhat]
-
A.
Kashf al-Mahjub
Kashf al-Mahjub is a seminal 11th-century Persian treatise on Sufism that systematically explains mystical doctrines, practices, and biographies of early Sufi masters.
-
B.
Al-Munqidh min al-Dalal
Al-Munqidh min al-Dalal is a spiritual and intellectual autobiography by the Muslim theologian Al-Ghazali, in which he recounts his crisis of doubt and journey through philosophy, theology, and Sufism in search of certain knowledge.
-
C.
Kitāb al-Kashf ʿan Manāhij al-Adilla
Kitāb al-Kashf ʿan Manāhij al-Adilla is a theological and philosophical treatise by the Andalusian thinker Averroes in which he critically examines Islamic theological methods and defends a rationalist approach to understanding religious doctrine.
-
D.
al-Jawāb al-Kāfī
al-Jawāb al-Kāfī is a renowned Islamic treatise by Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah that addresses the spiritual and moral consequences of sin and the path to repentance.
-
E.
Al-Risala
Al-Risala is a foundational Islamic legal treatise by Imam al-Shafi'i that systematically outlines the principles and methodology of Sunni jurisprudence (usul al-fiqh).
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kashf al-Shubuhat Target entity description: Kashf al-Shubuhat is a short Islamic theological treatise by Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab that refutes common doubts and arguments against strict monotheism (tawhid) and his reformist creed.
-
A.
Kashf al-Mahjub
Kashf al-Mahjub is a seminal 11th-century Persian treatise on Sufism that systematically explains mystical doctrines, practices, and biographies of early Sufi masters.
-
B.
Al-Munqidh min al-Dalal
Al-Munqidh min al-Dalal is a spiritual and intellectual autobiography by the Muslim theologian Al-Ghazali, in which he recounts his crisis of doubt and journey through philosophy, theology, and Sufism in search of certain knowledge.
-
C.
Kitāb al-Kashf ʿan Manāhij al-Adilla
Kitāb al-Kashf ʿan Manāhij al-Adilla is a theological and philosophical treatise by the Andalusian thinker Averroes in which he critically examines Islamic theological methods and defends a rationalist approach to understanding religious doctrine.
-
D.
al-Jawāb al-Kāfī
al-Jawāb al-Kāfī is a renowned Islamic treatise by Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah that addresses the spiritual and moral consequences of sin and the path to repentance.
-
E.
Al-Risala
Al-Risala is a foundational Islamic legal treatise by Imam al-Shafi'i that systematically outlines the principles and methodology of Sunni jurisprudence (usul al-fiqh).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Islamic theological treatise ⓘ |
| addresses |
arguments used to justify grave veneration
ⓘ
arguments used to justify seeking intercession from the dead ⓘ arguments used to justify supplicating saints ⓘ |
| aim |
clarifying the concept of worship
ⓘ
protecting Muslims from theological confusion ⓘ |
| alternativeTitle | The Removal of the Doubts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alternativeTransliteration | Kashf al-Shubuhāt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedMovement |
Salafi movement
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wahhabism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| circulation | widely printed in the Muslim world ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Arabian Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| doctrineSupported |
exclusive worship of Allah
ⓘ
rejection of all forms of intercession sought from created beings ⓘ strict interpretation of tawhid ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
refuting doubts about tawhid al-uluhiyyah
ⓘ
refuting popular religious practices considered shirk ⓘ |
| genre |
polemical work
ⓘ
theological refutation ⓘ |
| influenced |
later Wahhabi scholarship
ⓘ
modern Salafi literature ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
Muslim laypeople
ⓘ
students of Islamic theology ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| length | short treatise ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
Islamic monotheism
ⓘ
refutation of shirk ⓘ refutation of theological doubts ⓘ tawhid ⓘ |
| methodology |
argument by analogy with early polytheists
ⓘ
citation of Quranic verses ⓘ citation of prophetic hadiths ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Najd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Kitab al-Tawhid
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Usul al-Thalatha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousLawContext | Hanbali jurisprudential environment ⓘ |
| religiousSchool | Hanbali NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousStance |
opposition to Sufi saint veneration
ⓘ
opposition to popular shrine practices ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Sunni Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | series of doubts and their refutations ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 18th century ⓘ |
| titleMeaning | Removal of the Doubts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| translationStatus | translated into multiple languages ⓘ |
| usedIn | curricula of Salafi religious institutes ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Kashf al-Shubuhat Description of subject: Kashf al-Shubuhat is a short Islamic theological treatise by Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab that refutes common doubts and arguments against strict monotheism (tawhid) and his reformist creed.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.