Mubahala

E177183

Islamic practice historical event religious ritual

Mubahala is an Islamic practice and historical event in which opposing parties invoke God's curse upon the liars among them to resolve a religious dispute, most famously associated with a meeting between the Prophet Muhammad’s family and a Christian delegation from Najran.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Mubahala canonical	2
Hadith of the Mubahala	1
Mubahala with Christians of Najran	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1557185 — 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: Mubahala
Context triple: [Fatimah bint Muhammad, associatedWith, Mubahala]

A. As-Sa'iqa
As-Sa'iqa is a Syrian-controlled Palestinian Ba'athist militant and political faction that operates within the broader Palestinian national movement.
B. Treaty of Hudaybiyyah
The Treaty of Hudaybiyyah was a pivotal 628 CE peace agreement between the Prophet Muhammad and the Quraysh of Mecca that secured a temporary truce, enabled Muslim pilgrimage, and strategically paved the way for Islam’s expansion and the later peaceful conquest of Mecca.
C. Hajj al-Qiran
Hajj al-Qiran is a form of Islamic pilgrimage in which a pilgrim combines both Hajj and Umrah in a single continuous state of ihram during the pilgrimage season.
D. Rebellion of Iblis
The Rebellion of Iblis refers to the Qur’anic account of Satan’s refusal to bow to Adam, symbolizing arrogance and disobedience to God.
E. Sulh-i Kul
Sulh-i Kul was a Mughal-era doctrine of universal peace and tolerance that promoted religious harmony and equal treatment of all faiths in the empire.
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: Mubahala
Target entity description: Mubahala is an Islamic practice and historical event in which opposing parties invoke God's curse upon the liars among them to resolve a religious dispute, most famously associated with a meeting between the Prophet Muhammad’s family and a Christian delegation from Najran.

A. As-Sa'iqa
As-Sa'iqa is a Syrian-controlled Palestinian Ba'athist militant and political faction that operates within the broader Palestinian national movement.
B. Treaty of Hudaybiyyah
The Treaty of Hudaybiyyah was a pivotal 628 CE peace agreement between the Prophet Muhammad and the Quraysh of Mecca that secured a temporary truce, enabled Muslim pilgrimage, and strategically paved the way for Islam’s expansion and the later peaceful conquest of Mecca.
C. Hajj al-Qiran
Hajj al-Qiran is a form of Islamic pilgrimage in which a pilgrim combines both Hajj and Umrah in a single continuous state of ihram during the pilgrimage season.
D. Rebellion of Iblis
The Rebellion of Iblis refers to the Qur’anic account of Satan’s refusal to bow to Adam, symbolizing arrogance and disobedience to God.
E. Sulh-i Kul
Sulh-i Kul was a Mughal-era doctrine of universal peace and tolerance that promoted religious harmony and equal treatment of all faiths in the empire.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamic practice ⓘ historical event ⓘ religious ritual ⓘ
alsoSpelled	Mubahala ⓘ
alsoTransliteratedAs	Mubahilah ⓘ Mubāhala ⓘ
associatedWith	Ahl al-Bayt ⓘ Christian delegation of Najran ⓘ linked to: Christians of Najran Prophet Muhammad ⓘ linked to: Muhammad
basedOn	Quran 3:61 ⓘ
centralTheme	divine verification of truth ⓘ truth of Islamic message ⓘ
commemoratedOn	24 Dhu al-Hijjah (in some traditions) ⓘ
culturalImpact	inspired religious sermons and polemical works ⓘ
hasCondition	performed when both sides claim truth ⓘ used when argumentation fails ⓘ
hasDoctrinalUse	argument in Muslim–Christian theological debates ⓘ
hasEthicalImplication	warning against lying about religious truth ⓘ
hasLegalStatus	discussed in Islamic jurisprudence ⓘ
hasMethod	invoking God’s curse upon liars ⓘ
hasPurpose	resolve religious disputes ⓘ
involves	calling for divine judgment ⓘ invoking curse on the liars among participants ⓘ supplication to God ⓘ two opposing parties ⓘ
jurisprudentialDiscussionIn	Shia fiqh ⓘ Sunni fiqh ⓘ
languageOfTerm	Arabic ⓘ
literalMeaning	invoking curse mutually ⓘ mutual imprecation ⓘ
mentionedIn	Surah Al Imran ⓘ linked to: Surah Al-Imran
notableEvent	Mubahala with Christians of Najran ⓘ linked to: Mubahala
relatedConcept	duʿa (supplication) ⓘ interfaith dialogue in early Islam ⓘ laʿna (curse) ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
requires	sincere conviction of truth ⓘ willingness to accept divine curse if lying ⓘ
requiresParticipants	family members in classical example ⓘ representatives of each community ⓘ
significanceInShiaIslam	evidence of special status of Ahl al-Bayt ⓘ
significanceInSunniIslam	example of prophetic method in interfaith dispute ⓘ
sourceType	Quranic exegesis (tafsir) ⓘ hadith literature ⓘ
timePeriod	Medinan period of Muhammad’s prophethood ⓘ early 7th century CE ⓘ
tookPlaceIn	Medina ⓘ
viewedAs	proof of Prophet Muhammad’s confidence in his message ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Fatimah bint Muhammad → associatedWith → Mubahala ⓘ

DialogueWithChristiansOfNajran → associatedConcept → Mubahala ⓘ

Household of Muhammad → hasHadithReference → Hadith of the Mubahala ⓘ

linked to: Mubahala

Mubahala → notableEvent → Mubahala with Christians of Najran ⓘ