Kashf al-Shubuhat

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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.

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Kashf al-Shubuhat canonical 3
Kashf al-Shubuhāt 1

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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 ⓘ
alternativeTransliteration Kashf al-Shubuhāt ⓘ
linked to: Kashf al-Shubuhat
associatedMovement Salafi movement ⓘ
linked to: Wahhabism

Wahhabism ⓘ
author Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab ⓘ
circulation widely printed in the Muslim world ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
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 ⓘ
relatedWorkByAuthor Kitab al-Tawhid ⓘ
linked to: Kitāb al-Tawḥīd

Usul al-Thalatha ⓘ
religiousLawContext Hanbali jurisprudential environment ⓘ
religiousSchool Hanbali ⓘ
linked to: Hanbali school
religiousStance opposition to Sufi saint veneration ⓘ
opposition to popular shrine practices ⓘ
religiousTradition Sunni Islam ⓘ
structure series of doubts and their refutations ⓘ
timePeriod 18th century ⓘ
titleMeaning Removal of the Doubts ⓘ
translationStatus translated into multiple languages ⓘ
usedIn curricula of Salafi religious institutes ⓘ

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

Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab → notableWork → Kashf al-Shubuhat ⓘ
Kashf al-Shubuhat → alternativeTransliteration → Kashf al-Shubuhāt ⓘ
linked to: Kashf al-Shubuhat
Usul al-Thalatha → studiedAlongside → Kashf al-Shubuhat ⓘ
Al-Qawaʿid al-Arbaʿ → relatedWork → Kashf al-Shubuhat ⓘ