Jahmiyya
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Jahmiyya is an early Islamic theological sect associated with Jahm ibn Safwan, known for its extreme emphasis on divine predestination and its controversial views on the nature of God's attributes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jahmiyya canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jahmiyya Context triple: [Ibn Batta al-Ukbari, opposedTo, Jahmiyya]
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A.
Al-Jathiyah
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B.
Imani
Imani is an American rapper best known as a founding member of the influential alternative hip hop group The Pharcyde.
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Salwa
Salwa is a coastal residential district in Kuwait, located within the Hawalli Governorate and known for its mix of housing, schools, and local amenities.
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D.
Hasana
Hasana is a small town in Egypt’s North Sinai Governorate, situated in the Sinai Peninsula.
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E.
Juwayriya
Juwayriya was a wife of the Prophet Muhammad and is regarded as one of the Mothers of the Believers in Islamic tradition.
- 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: Jahmiyya Target entity description: Jahmiyya is an early Islamic theological sect associated with Jahm ibn Safwan, known for its extreme emphasis on divine predestination and its controversial views on the nature of God's attributes.
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A.
Al-Jathiyah
Al-Jathiyah is the 45th chapter (surah) of the Qur’an, known for its emphasis on divine signs in creation and the scene of humanity kneeling on the Day of Judgment.
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B.
Imani
Imani is an American rapper best known as a founding member of the influential alternative hip hop group The Pharcyde.
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C.
Salwa
Salwa is a coastal residential district in Kuwait, located within the Hawalli Governorate and known for its mix of housing, schools, and local amenities.
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D.
Awjila
Awjila is an endangered Eastern Berber language once spoken in the oasis town of Awjila in northeastern Libya.
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E.
Hasana
Hasana is a small town in Egypt’s North Sinai Governorate, situated in the Sinai Peninsula.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic sect
ⓘ
Islamic theological school ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
createdness of the Qur’an
ⓘ
denial that God can be seen in the Hereafter ⓘ negation of God’s direction and spatial location ⓘ |
| classifiedAs | heretical sect in mainstream Sunni heresiography ⓘ |
| controversialFor |
extreme negation of attributes
ⓘ
position on the created Qur’an ⓘ radical determinism ⓘ |
| coreDoctrine |
God’s speech is created
ⓘ
Qur’an is created ⓘ affirmation of God’s existence without affirming distinct eternal attributes ⓘ denial of human free will in a real causal sense ⓘ extreme emphasis on divine predestination ⓘ negation of most divine attributes ⓘ |
| criticizedBy |
Ahmad ibn Hanbal
ⓘ
Ibn Taymiyya ⓘ
linked to:
Ibn Taymiyyah
Sunni heresiographers ⓘ |
| doctrinalOpposite | Qadariyya ⓘ |
| emergedInCentury | 8th century ⓘ |
| emergedInRegion | Khorasan ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Jahm ibn Safwan ⓘ |
| historicalCategory | early kalam movement ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | largely disappeared as an organized sect ⓘ |
| influenced | later discussions on divine attributes in Islamic theology ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Jahm ibn Safwan’s teacher al-Jaʿd ibn Dirham ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| legacy | label used polemically for groups seen as denying divine attributes ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Jahm ibn Safwan ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Ahl al-Hadith
ⓘ
linked to:
Ahl-i Hadith movement
Ashʿarites ⓘ
linked to:
Ash'ari
Hanbali traditionalists ⓘ
linked to:
Hanbali school
Maturidites ⓘ Muʿtazilites ⓘ
linked to:
Muʿtazila
|
| religiousLawContext | developed within early Sunni and proto-Sunni milieus ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Islam ⓘ |
| theologicalPosition |
extreme predestinarianism (jabr)
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taʿṭīl (stripping God of attributes) ⓘ |
| viewOnDivineAttributes |
interpretation of scriptural attributes in a highly figurative or negating way
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rejection of anthropomorphic attributes ⓘ |
| viewOnFaith |
actions are not part of the essence of faith
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īmān is merely inner knowledge ⓘ |
| viewOnGod |
God cannot be described by positive attributes distinct from His essence
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God is absolutely transcendent and unlike creation ⓘ |
| viewOnHumanActs |
human acts are directly created by God
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humans have no independent creative power ⓘ |
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Subject: Jahmiyya Description of subject: Jahmiyya is an early Islamic theological sect associated with Jahm ibn Safwan, known for its extreme emphasis on divine predestination and its controversial views on the nature of God's attributes.
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