Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Al ash-Sheikh

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Grand Mufti Islamic jurist Muslim scholar Saudi Arabian religious leader

Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Al ash-Sheikh was a prominent 20th-century Saudi Grand Mufti and leading religious scholar from the influential Al ash-Sheikh family, known for shaping the kingdom’s Islamic legal and doctrinal positions.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Al ash-Sheikh	2
Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Al ash-Sheikh canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8642439 — 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: Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Al ash-Sheikh
Context triple: [House of Al ash-Sheikh, notableMember, Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Al ash-Sheikh]

A. Sheikh Ibrahim ibn Abdallah
Sheikh Ibrahim ibn Abdallah was the Arabic alias used by the Swiss explorer and orientalist Johann Ludwig Burckhardt during his travels in the Middle East.
B. Sheikh Ibrahim
Sheikh Ibrahim is a fictional character in the classic Egyptian film "The Nightingale's Prayer," which explores themes of honor, revenge, and social injustice.
C. Muhammad ibn Abd al-Karim al-Khattabi
Muhammad ibn Abd al-Karim al-Khattabi, commonly known as Abd el-Krim, was a Moroccan Berber leader who led the Rif resistance against Spanish and French colonial forces in the early 20th century and became a symbol of anti-colonial struggle.
D. Sheikh Othman
Sheikh Othman is a district in the city of Aden in southern Yemen, historically part of the former British Colony of Aden.
E. Sayyid al-Badawi
Sayyid al-Badawi is an Egyptian politician and businessman best known as a leading figure of the liberal Wafd Party and a prominent participant in post-2011 opposition coalitions.
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: Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Al ash-Sheikh
Target entity description: Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Al ash-Sheikh was a prominent 20th-century Saudi Grand Mufti and leading religious scholar from the influential Al ash-Sheikh family, known for shaping the kingdom’s Islamic legal and doctrinal positions.

A. Sheikh Ibrahim ibn Abdallah
Sheikh Ibrahim ibn Abdallah was the Arabic alias used by the Swiss explorer and orientalist Johann Ludwig Burckhardt during his travels in the Middle East.
B. Sheikh Ibrahim
Sheikh Ibrahim is a fictional character in the classic Egyptian film "The Nightingale's Prayer," which explores themes of honor, revenge, and social injustice.
C. Muhammad ibn Abd al-Karim al-Khattabi
Muhammad ibn Abd al-Karim al-Khattabi, commonly known as Abd el-Krim, was a Moroccan Berber leader who led the Rif resistance against Spanish and French colonial forces in the early 20th century and became a symbol of anti-colonial struggle.
D. Sheikh Othman
Sheikh Othman is a district in the city of Aden in southern Yemen, historically part of the former British Colony of Aden.
E. Sayyid al-Badawi
Sayyid al-Badawi is an Egyptian politician and businessman best known as a leading figure of the liberal Wafd Party and a prominent participant in post-2011 opposition coalitions.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Grand Mufti ⓘ Islamic jurist ⓘ Muslim scholar ⓘ Saudi Arabian religious leader ⓘ
authorityOn	Hanbali jurisprudence ⓘ Wahhabi creed ⓘ
collaboratedWith	Saudi royal family ⓘ linked to: House of Saud
countryOfCitizenship	Saudi Arabia ⓘ
era	20th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Arab ⓘ linked to: Arabs
familyName	Al ash-Sheikh ⓘ linked to: al-Shaykh
fieldOfWork	Hadith studies ⓘ Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) ⓘ Islamic legal edicts (fatwas) ⓘ Islamic theology (aqidah) ⓘ
fullName	Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Abd al-Latif Al ash-Sheikh ⓘ
givenName	Muhammad ⓘ linked to: Mohammad
ideology	Wahhabi doctrine ⓘ linked to: Wahhabism
influenced	Contemporary Salafi scholars in Saudi Arabia ⓘ Saudi religious education curriculum ⓘ Saudi state legal system ⓘ
influencedBy	Hanbali school of law ⓘ linked to: Hanbali school Teachings of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab ⓘ
knownFor	Influence on Saudi doctrinal policy ⓘ Leadership of the Al ash-Sheikh religious lineage ⓘ Shaping Saudi Arabia’s Islamic legal positions ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Arabic ⓘ
memberOf	Saudi religious establishment ⓘ linked to: Saudi Ministry of Islamic Affairs
notableFamily	Al ash-Sheikh family ⓘ
notableRelative	Abd al-Latif Al ash-Sheikh ⓘ Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab ⓘ
notableRole	Chief religious authority in Saudi Arabia in the mid-20th century ⓘ
notableWork	Fatwas on creed and worship (collections of legal opinions) ⓘ
placeOfActivity	Najd ⓘ
positionHeld	Chairman of the Council of Senior Scholars (de facto predecessor structures) ⓘ Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia ⓘ Head of the Saudi religious establishment ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
religiousDenomination	Sunni Islam ⓘ
religiousMovement	Salafi ⓘ
religiousTradition	Hanbali ⓘ
roleInGovernment	Religious adviser to the Saudi monarchy ⓘ
taught	Numerous Saudi judges (qadis) ⓘ Saudi religious students in Riyadh ⓘ
workLocation	Riyadh ⓘ Saudi Arabia ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

House of Al ash-Sheikh → notableMember → Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Al ash-Sheikh ⓘ

Abdullah ibn Muhammad Al ash-Sheikh → familyName → Al ash-Sheikh ⓘ

linked to: Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Al ash-Sheikh

Abdulaziz Al ash-Sheikh → familyName → Al ash-Sheikh ⓘ