al-Harith al-Muhasibi
E177145
al-Harith al-Muhasibi was a 9th-century Muslim theologian and early Sufi master known for his influential writings on self-accountability, ethics, and spiritual psychology in Islamic mysticism.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| al-Harith al-Muhasibi canonical | 11 |
| al-Muhasibi | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1317292 — 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: al-Harith al-Muhasibi Context triple: [al-Junayd, studentOf, al-Harith al-Muhasibi]
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A.
Muhammad al-Shaybani
Muhammad al-Shaybani was an influential early Islamic jurist and student of Abu Hanifa who played a key role in systematizing and transmitting Hanafi jurisprudence.
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B.
Ibn Muqla
Ibn Muqla was a 10th-century Abbasid vizier and master calligrapher renowned for codifying the proportional rules that shaped classical Arabic scripts, especially Naskh.
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C.
Abu Yusuf
Abu Yusuf was an influential 8th-century Islamic jurist and chief judge of the Abbasid Caliphate, renowned as a leading disciple of Abu Hanifa and a key architect of early Hanafi jurisprudence.
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D.
Uqba ibn Nafi
Uqba ibn Nafi was a 7th-century Arab general of the early Islamic conquests, renowned for leading the Muslim expansion into North Africa and establishing it as a key region of the Islamic world.
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E.
Ibn al-Qasim
Ibn al-Qasim was a prominent early Maliki jurist and key transmitter of Imam Malik’s legal opinions, whose teachings greatly shaped the development of Maliki Islamic jurisprudence.
- 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: al-Harith al-Muhasibi Target entity description: al-Harith al-Muhasibi was a 9th-century Muslim theologian and early Sufi master known for his influential writings on self-accountability, ethics, and spiritual psychology in Islamic mysticism.
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A.
Muhammad al-Shaybani
Muhammad al-Shaybani was an influential early Islamic jurist and student of Abu Hanifa who played a key role in systematizing and transmitting Hanafi jurisprudence.
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B.
Ibn Muqla
Ibn Muqla was a 10th-century Abbasid vizier and master calligrapher renowned for codifying the proportional rules that shaped classical Arabic scripts, especially Naskh.
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C.
Abu Yusuf
Abu Yusuf was an influential 8th-century Islamic jurist and chief judge of the Abbasid Caliphate, renowned as a leading disciple of Abu Hanifa and a key architect of early Hanafi jurisprudence.
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D.
Uqba ibn Nafi
Uqba ibn Nafi was a 7th-century Arab general of the early Islamic conquests, renowned for leading the Muslim expansion into North Africa and establishing it as a key region of the Islamic world.
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E.
Ibn al-Qasim
Ibn al-Qasim was a prominent early Maliki jurist and key transmitter of Imam Malik’s legal opinions, whose teachings greatly shaped the development of Maliki Islamic jurisprudence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ascetic
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Hadith scholar ⓘ Islamic mystic ⓘ Islamic scholar ⓘ Muslim theologian ⓘ Sufi master ⓘ Sunni Muslim ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Baghdad school of Sufism ⓘ |
| birthDate | c. 781 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Basra
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Iraq ⓘ |
| conceptDeveloped | muhasaba (self-accounting before God) ⓘ |
| criticizedBy | Ahmad ibn Hanbal ⓘ |
| deathDate | c. 857 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Baghdad
ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ |
| denomination |
Sunni
ⓘ
linked to:
Sunni Islam
|
| era |
9th century
ⓘ
Islamic Golden Age ⓘ |
| field |
Islamic mysticism
ⓘ
Islamic theology ⓘ ethics in Islam ⓘ |
| fullName |
Abu Abd Allah al-Harith ibn Asad al-Muhasibi
ⓘ
linked to:
Al-Muhasibi
|
| influenced |
Islamic spiritual psychology
ⓘ
al-Ghazali ⓘ
linked to:
al‑Ghazali
al-Junayd al-Baghdadi ⓘ later Sufi ethics ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Hasan al-Basri
ⓘ
early Basran ascetics ⓘ |
| knownAs | al-Harith al-Muhasibi ⓘ |
| knownFor |
early Sufi psychology
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ethical and spiritual introspection ⓘ influence on early Sufism ⓘ writings on self-accountability ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
Islamic theology (kalam)
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linked to:
Islamic kalam
Sufism ⓘ ethics ⓘ spiritual psychology ⓘ |
| movement | early Sufism ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Kitab al-Muhasaba
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Kitab al-Ri'aya li-Huquq Allah ⓘ Kitab al-Wasaya ⓘ Risalat al-Mustarshidin ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| teachingFocus |
fear and hope in God
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inner intentions versus outward actions ⓘ purification of the heart ⓘ sincerity (ikhlas) ⓘ |
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Subject: al-Harith al-Muhasibi Description of subject: al-Harith al-Muhasibi was a 9th-century Muslim theologian and early Sufi master known for his influential writings on self-accountability, ethics, and spiritual psychology in Islamic mysticism.
Referenced by (12)
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linked to: al-Harith al-Muhasibi