Jamiʿ al-Masanid wa al-Sunan
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Jamiʿ al-Masanid wa al-Sunan is a comprehensive hadith collection compiled by the renowned Islamic scholar Ibn Kathir, organizing prophetic traditions from various earlier sources.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jamiʿ al-Masanid wa al-Sunan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13344826 — 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: Jamiʿ al-Masanid wa al-Sunan Context triple: [Ibn Kathir, notableWork, Jamiʿ al-Masanid wa al-Sunan]
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A.
Al-Jami al-Kabir
Al-Jami al-Kabir is the Great Omari Mosque, a historic and prominent Islamic place of worship.
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B.
Dar al-Hadith
Dar al-Hadith is a component structure within the Sheikh Safi al-Din Khānegāh and Shrine Ensemble in Ardabil, historically associated with the study and transmission of Hadith (Prophetic traditions).
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C.
Al-Jamiʿ al-Kabir
Al-Jamiʿ al-Kabir is a major Sunni hadith collection compiled by the 9th-century scholar Imam al-Tirmidhi, widely regarded as one of the six canonical books of hadith in Islam.
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D.
al-Sunan al-Kubrā li-l-Nasaʾi
al-Sunan al-Kubrā li-l-Nasaʾi is a major hadith collection by the 9th-century Islamic scholar al-Nasaʾi, known for its detailed and rigorous compilation of prophetic traditions used in Sunni jurisprudence.
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E.
Kutub al-Sittah
Kutub al-Sittah is the canonical collection of six major Sunni hadith books regarded as the most authoritative sources of the Prophet Muhammad’s sayings and traditions after the Qur’an.
- 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: Jamiʿ al-Masanid wa al-Sunan Target entity description: Jamiʿ al-Masanid wa al-Sunan is a comprehensive hadith collection compiled by the renowned Islamic scholar Ibn Kathir, organizing prophetic traditions from various earlier sources.
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A.
Al-Jami al-Kabir
Al-Jami al-Kabir is the Great Omari Mosque, a historic and prominent Islamic place of worship.
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B.
Dar al-Hadith
Dar al-Hadith is a component structure within the Sheikh Safi al-Din Khānegāh and Shrine Ensemble in Ardabil, historically associated with the study and transmission of Hadith (Prophetic traditions).
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C.
Al-Jamiʿ al-Kabir
Al-Jamiʿ al-Kabir is a major Sunni hadith collection compiled by the 9th-century scholar Imam al-Tirmidhi, widely regarded as one of the six canonical books of hadith in Islam.
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D.
al-Sunan al-Kubrā li-l-Nasaʾi
al-Sunan al-Kubrā li-l-Nasaʾi is a major hadith collection by the 9th-century Islamic scholar al-Nasaʾi, known for its detailed and rigorous compilation of prophetic traditions used in Sunni jurisprudence.
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E.
Kutub al-Sittah
Kutub al-Sittah is the canonical collection of six major Sunni hadith books regarded as the most authoritative sources of the Prophet Muhammad’s sayings and traditions after the Qur’an.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic religious text
ⓘ
hadith collection ⓘ |
| aim |
to gather hadiths from multiple earlier collections
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to systematize prophetic traditions ⓘ |
| associatedWithScholar | Ibn Kathir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Ibn Kathir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | earlier hadith sources ⓘ |
| circulation | studied in traditional hadith seminaries ⓘ |
| classification | secondary compilation from primary hadith books ⓘ |
| compilationMethod | organization by isnad and musnad sources ⓘ |
| compiler | Ibn Kathir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| compilerCreed | Sunni Ashʿari or Athari-inclined ⓘ |
| compilerDeathYearGregorian | 1373 CE ⓘ |
| compilerDeathYearHijri | 774 AH ⓘ |
| compilerFullName | Ismaʿil ibn ʿUmar ibn Kathir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| compilerHonorific | Ibn Kathir al-Dimashqi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| compilerSchoolOfLaw | Shafiʿi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
chains of transmission (isnads)
ⓘ
hadiths attributed to Prophet Muhammad ⓘ |
| field | Hadith studies ⓘ |
| focus |
arranging hadiths from various compilers
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comprehensive coverage of prophetic reports ⓘ |
| genre | Hadith ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| regionOfOrigin | Syam (Greater Syria) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedToWork |
Al-Bidaya wa al-Nihaya
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tafsir Ibn Kathir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| religiousFunction | guidance in belief and practice based on hadith ⓘ |
| scholarlyUse |
reference work for hadith researchers
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tool for tracing hadith chains ⓘ |
| script | Arabic script ⓘ |
| statusInTradition | respected but less canonical than the Six Books ⓘ |
| subject |
Prophetic traditions
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Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad ⓘ |
| textType | classical Islamic manuscript work ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfCompilation | Mamluk era ⓘ |
| tradition | Sunni Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typeOfOrganization |
musnad-style arrangement
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sunan-style topical arrangement ⓘ |
| usedInDiscipline |
fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence)
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hadith criticism ⓘ sirah and maghazi studies ⓘ |
| usesSource |
earlier musnad collections
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earlier sunan collections ⓘ |
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Subject: Jamiʿ al-Masanid wa al-Sunan Description of subject: Jamiʿ al-Masanid wa al-Sunan is a comprehensive hadith collection compiled by the renowned Islamic scholar Ibn Kathir, organizing prophetic traditions from various earlier sources.
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