Al-Umm
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Al-Umm is the foundational legal compendium of Islamic jurisprudence authored by Imam al-Shafi'i, serving as a primary source for the Shafi'i school of thought.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Al-Umm canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1317224 — 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: Al-Umm Context triple: [Shafi'i school, hasText, Al-Umm]
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A.
Umm Ruman
Umm Ruman was a prominent early Muslim woman, known as the wife of Abu Bakr and the mother of Aisha, one of the Prophet Muhammad’s wives.
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B.
Nabawiyya
Nabawiyya is a character in Naguib Mahfouz’s novel "The Thief and the Dogs," known primarily as the unfaithful wife whose betrayal deeply impacts the protagonist, Said Mahran.
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C.
Al-Abwa
Al-Abwa is a small village in western Saudi Arabia historically noted as the place where Aminah bint Wahb, the mother of the Prophet Muhammad, died and was buried.
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D.
Sa el-Hagar
Sa el-Hagar is a modern Egyptian village located at the site of the ancient city of Sais in the Nile Delta.
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E.
Marwa
Marwa is one of the two small hills in Mecca that Muslims traverse between during the ritual of Sa'i in the Hajj and Umrah pilgrimages.
- 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: Al-Umm Target entity description: Al-Umm is the foundational legal compendium of Islamic jurisprudence authored by Imam al-Shafi'i, serving as a primary source for the Shafi'i school of thought.
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A.
Umm Ruman
Umm Ruman was a prominent early Muslim woman, known as the wife of Abu Bakr and the mother of Aisha, one of the Prophet Muhammad’s wives.
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B.
Nabawiyya
Nabawiyya is a character in Naguib Mahfouz’s novel "The Thief and the Dogs," known primarily as the unfaithful wife whose betrayal deeply impacts the protagonist, Said Mahran.
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C.
Al-Abwa
Al-Abwa is a small village in western Saudi Arabia historically noted as the place where Aminah bint Wahb, the mother of the Prophet Muhammad, died and was buried.
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D.
Sa el-Hagar
Sa el-Hagar is a modern Egyptian village located at the site of the ancient city of Sais in the Nile Delta.
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E.
Marwa
Marwa is one of the two small hills in Mecca that Muslims traverse between during the ritual of Sa'i in the Hajj and Umrah pilgrimages.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic legal compendium
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fiqh book ⓘ primary source of Shafi'i jurisprudence ⓘ |
| author |
Al-Shafi'i
ⓘ
surface form:
Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i
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| authorHonorific |
Al-Shafi'i
ⓘ
surface form:
Imam al-Shafi'i
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| contains |
comparative fiqh discussions
ⓘ
discussion of evidences for rulings ⓘ legal opinions of al-Shafi'i ⓘ |
| dateWritten | early 9th century CE ⓘ |
| field |
fiqh
ⓘ
Usul al-fiqh ⓘ
surface form:
usul al-fiqh
|
| genre | classical Islamic jurisprudence text ⓘ |
| hasPart |
chapters on almsgiving (zakat)
ⓘ
chapters on fasting (sawm) ⓘ chapters on judiciary and testimony ⓘ chapters on marriage and divorce ⓘ chapters on pilgrimage (hajj) ⓘ chapters on prayer (salah) ⓘ chapters on purification (taharah) ⓘ chapters on sales and contracts ⓘ |
| importance | primary textual basis for classical Shafi'i fiqh manuals ⓘ |
| influenced |
Islamic legal theory
ⓘ
later Shafi'i jurists ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| legalMethodology | Shafi'i usul al-fiqh ⓘ |
| madhhab | Shafi'i school ⓘ |
| notableStudentTransmitter | al-Rabi' ibn Sulayman al-Muradi ⓘ |
| placeAssociated |
Egypt
ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ |
| preservation | transmitted through students of al-Shafi'i ⓘ |
| regardedAs | foundational text of the Shafi'i madhhab ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Islam ⓘ |
| school | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| schoolUsage | used in traditional Shafi'i seminaries ⓘ |
| statusInTradition | canonical reference in Shafi'i fiqh ⓘ |
| subject |
acts of worship (ibadat)
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criminal law (hudud and jinayat) ⓘ family law ⓘ judicial procedure ⓘ transactions (mu'amalat) ⓘ |
| usesSource |
Quran
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surface form:
Qur'an
Sunnah ⓘ ijma' ⓘ qiyas ⓘ |
| writtenBy | founder of the Shafi'i school ⓘ |
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Subject: Al-Umm Description of subject: Al-Umm is the foundational legal compendium of Islamic jurisprudence authored by Imam al-Shafi'i, serving as a primary source for the Shafi'i school of thought.
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