Sunni fiqh
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Sunni fiqh is the body of Islamic jurisprudence developed by Sunni scholars that governs religious practice, legal rulings, and social conduct in Muslim societies.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sunni fiqh canonical | 4 |
| Sunni madhhabs | 1 |
| Sunni schools of law | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T954631 — 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: Sunni fiqh Context triple: [Dar al-Islam, usedIn, Sunni fiqh]
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A.
Usul al-fiqh
Usul al-fiqh is the Islamic discipline that lays down the methodological principles and rules for deriving legal rulings from the primary sources of Sharia.
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B.
Hanafi school
The Hanafi school is the oldest and one of the most widely followed Sunni Islamic legal schools, known for its flexible and rationalist approach to jurisprudence.
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C.
Maliki school
The Maliki school is one of the four major Sunni Islamic legal schools, known for its reliance on the practices of the people of Medina as a primary source of jurisprudence.
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D.
Ja'fari school
The Ja'fari school is the principal school of Islamic jurisprudence in Twelver Shi'a Islam, based on the teachings of Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq and the line of Shi'a Imams.
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E.
Zahiri school of law
The Zahiri school of law is a classical Islamic legal school known for its strict literalism, rejecting analogical reasoning (qiyas) and relying solely on the Qur’an, authentic hadith, and explicit consensus.
- 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: Sunni fiqh Target entity description: Sunni fiqh is the body of Islamic jurisprudence developed by Sunni scholars that governs religious practice, legal rulings, and social conduct in Muslim societies.
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A.
Usul al-fiqh
Usul al-fiqh is the Islamic discipline that lays down the methodological principles and rules for deriving legal rulings from the primary sources of Sharia.
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B.
Hanafi school
The Hanafi school is the oldest and one of the most widely followed Sunni Islamic legal schools, known for its flexible and rationalist approach to jurisprudence.
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C.
Maliki school
The Maliki school is one of the four major Sunni Islamic legal schools, known for its reliance on the practices of the people of Medina as a primary source of jurisprudence.
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D.
Ja'fari school
The Ja'fari school is the principal school of Islamic jurisprudence in Twelver Shi'a Islam, based on the teachings of Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq and the line of Shi'a Imams.
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E.
Zahiri school of law
The Zahiri school of law is a classical Islamic legal school known for its strict literalism, rejecting analogical reasoning (qiyas) and relying solely on the Qur’an, authentic hadith, and explicit consensus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic jurisprudence
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Sunni Islamic discipline ⓘ religious legal tradition ⓘ |
| aimsTo | derive legal rulings from revelation ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Quran
ⓘ
surface form:
Qur'an
Sunnah ⓘ ijma ⓘ qiyas ⓘ |
| developedBy | Sunni scholars ⓘ |
| differsFrom | Sunni kalam ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom | Shi'a fiqh ⓘ |
| geographicScope | Sunni-majority regions ⓘ |
| hasConcept |
halal
ⓘ
haram ⓘ makruh ⓘ mandub ⓘ wajib ⓘ |
| hasDiscipline |
furu' al-fiqh
ⓘ
Usul al-fiqh ⓘ
surface form:
usul al-fiqh
|
| hasMajorSchool |
Hanafi school
ⓘ
Hanbali school ⓘ Maliki school ⓘ Shafi'i school ⓘ |
| historicalDevelopmentPeriod |
8th century
ⓘ
9th century ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Companions of the Prophet
ⓘ
surface form:
Companions of Muhammad
early Muslim community practice ⓘ |
| languageOfScholarship | Arabic ⓘ |
| normativelyGuides |
Muslim communal life
ⓘ
Muslim personal behavior ⓘ |
| regulates |
acts of worship
ⓘ
almsgiving ⓘ commercial transactions ⓘ criminal law ⓘ divorce ⓘ fasting ⓘ inheritance ⓘ judicial procedure ⓘ marriage ⓘ pilgrimage ⓘ prayer ⓘ ritual purity ⓘ social conduct ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Sunni creed (aqidah) ⓘ |
| religiousBranchOf | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| seeks | application of Sharia in daily life ⓘ |
| usesMethod | analogical reasoning ⓘ |
| usesSource |
consensus of scholars
ⓘ
hadith ⓘ |
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Subject: Sunni fiqh Description of subject: Sunni fiqh is the body of Islamic jurisprudence developed by Sunni scholars that governs religious practice, legal rulings, and social conduct in Muslim societies.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sunni madhhabs
this entity surface form:
Sunni schools of law