Hujjat al-Islam
E169429
Hujjat al-Islam is an honorific title meaning "Proof of Islam," famously associated with the influential Muslim theologian and philosopher Al-Ghazali.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hujjat al-Islam canonical | 2 |
| Proof of Islam | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1473689 — 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: Hujjat al-Islam Context triple: [Al-Ghazali, alsoKnownAs, Hujjat al-Islam]
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A.
Kitāb al-Amānāt wa-l-Iʿtiqādāt
Kitāb al-Amānāt wa-l-Iʿtiqādāt is a foundational 10th-century Jewish philosophical and theological treatise that systematically presents and defends the principles of Jewish belief using rational argumentation.
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B.
al-Kafi
al-Kafi is one of the most important Shia hadith compilations, widely regarded as a foundational source of theology, law, and ethics in Twelver Shia Islam.
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C.
al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya
al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya is Ibn Arabi’s monumental multi-volume Sufi work that systematically explores Islamic mysticism, metaphysics, and spiritual practice.
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D.
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).
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E.
Al-Muwatta
Al-Muwatta is a foundational early Islamic legal and hadith compilation by Imam Malik ibn Anas that serves as a primary source for Maliki 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: Hujjat al-Islam Target entity description: Hujjat al-Islam is an honorific title meaning "Proof of Islam," famously associated with the influential Muslim theologian and philosopher Al-Ghazali.
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A.
Kitāb al-Amānāt wa-l-Iʿtiqādāt
Kitāb al-Amānāt wa-l-Iʿtiqādāt is a foundational 10th-century Jewish philosophical and theological treatise that systematically presents and defends the principles of Jewish belief using rational argumentation.
-
B.
al-Kafi
al-Kafi is one of the most important Shia hadith compilations, widely regarded as a foundational source of theology, law, and ethics in Twelver Shia Islam.
-
C.
al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya
al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya is Ibn Arabi’s monumental multi-volume Sufi work that systematically explores Islamic mysticism, metaphysics, and spiritual practice.
-
D.
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).
-
E.
Al-Muwatta
Al-Muwatta is a foundational early Islamic legal and hadith compilation by Imam Malik ibn Anas that serves as a primary source for Maliki jurisprudence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic honorific title
ⓘ
religious title ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
al‑Ghazali
ⓘ
surface form:
Abu Hamid al-Ghazali
|
| connotation | high scholarly authority in Islam ⓘ |
| culturalRegion |
Muslim world
ⓘ
Persianate Islamic societies ⓘ |
| etymologyComponent |
Hujjah (proof, argument)
ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
surface form:
al-Islam (Islam)
|
| fieldOfUse |
Islamic philosophy
ⓘ
fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) ⓘ kalam (Islamic theology) ⓘ |
| genderUsage | primarily male ⓘ |
| honorificFor |
Islamic jurists
ⓘ
Islamic theologians ⓘ distinguished Muslim scholars ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| meaning |
Hujjat al-Islam
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Proof of Islam
|
| notableBearer |
al‑Ghazali
ⓘ
surface form:
Al-Ghazali
|
| religiousBranch | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Islam ⓘ |
| status | honorary, not hereditary ⓘ |
| titleForm | pre-nominal honorific ⓘ |
| titleRank | senior scholarly rank ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Islamic jurisprudence
ⓘ
Islamic scholarship ⓘ Islamic theology ⓘ |
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: Hujjat al-Islam Description of subject: Hujjat al-Islam is an honorific title meaning "Proof of Islam," famously associated with the influential Muslim theologian and philosopher Al-Ghazali.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Al-Ghazali
this entity surface form:
Proof of Islam