Ja'far al-Sadiq
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Ja'far al-Sadiq was an 8th-century Muslim scholar and the sixth Shia Imam, renowned for his foundational contributions to Islamic theology, jurisprudence, and the Ja'fari legal tradition.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ja'far al-Sadiq canonical | 10 |
| Jaʿfar al-Sadiq | 8 |
| Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq | 1 |
| Ja'far ibn Muhammad al-Sadiq | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1343202 — 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.
Target entity: Ja'far al-Sadiq Context triple: [Ja'fari school, namedAfter, Ja'far al-Sadiq]
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Amir al-Mu’minin
Amir al-Mu’minin is an honorific Islamic title meaning "Commander of the Faithful," historically used for early caliphs as the supreme political and religious leaders of the Muslim community.
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Hasan ibn Ali
Hasan ibn Ali was the eldest grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, revered in Islam—especially in Shia tradition—as the second Imam and a symbol of piety, patience, and reconciliation.
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Qasim ibn Muhammad
Qasim ibn Muhammad was the eldest son of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, who died in childhood in Mecca.
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al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad
al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad is the authoritarian yet pleasure-seeking patriarch whose complex personality and family life anchor Naguib Mahfouz’s renowned Cairo Trilogy.
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Abu Hanifa
Abu Hanifa was an 8th-century Muslim jurist and theologian who founded the Hanafi school, the oldest and one of the most widely followed schools of Sunni Islamic law.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Ja'far al-Sadiq Target entity description: Ja'far al-Sadiq was an 8th-century Muslim scholar and the sixth Shia Imam, renowned for his foundational contributions to Islamic theology, jurisprudence, and the Ja'fari legal tradition.
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A.
Amir al-Mu’minin
Amir al-Mu’minin is an honorific Islamic title meaning "Commander of the Faithful," historically used for early caliphs as the supreme political and religious leaders of the Muslim community.
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B.
Hasan ibn Ali
Hasan ibn Ali was the eldest grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, revered in Islam—especially in Shia tradition—as the second Imam and a symbol of piety, patience, and reconciliation.
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C.
Qasim ibn Muhammad
Qasim ibn Muhammad was the eldest son of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, who died in childhood in Mecca.
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D.
al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad
al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad is the authoritarian yet pleasure-seeking patriarch whose complex personality and family life anchor Naguib Mahfouz’s renowned Cairo Trilogy.
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E.
Abu Hanifa
Abu Hanifa was an 8th-century Muslim jurist and theologian who founded the Hanafi school, the oldest and one of the most widely followed schools of Sunni Islamic law.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic jurist
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Muslim scholar ⓘ Shia Imam ⓘ founder of a legal school ⓘ hadith transmitter ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| ancestor |
Ali ibn Abi Talib
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Fatimah bint Muhammad ⓘ Muhammad ⓘ
surface form:
Prophet Muhammad
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| associatedWith |
Ismaili Shia
ⓘ
surface form:
Isma'ilism
Twelver Shia Islam ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Medina ⓘ |
| birthYear | 702 ⓘ |
| birthYearHijri | 83 AH ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Jannat al-Baqi cemetery ⓘ |
| commemoratedOn | 25 Shawwal (death anniversary in many Shia communities) ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Medina ⓘ |
| deathYear | 765 ⓘ |
| deathYearHijri | 148 AH ⓘ |
| denomination | Shia Islam ⓘ |
| era |
Abbasid Caliphate
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Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ |
| father | Muhammad al-Baqir ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh)
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surface form:
Islamic law
Quranic exegesis ⓘ hadith ⓘ kalam ⓘ |
| fullName |
Ja'far al-Sadiq
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Ja'far ibn Muhammad al-Sadiq
|
| honorificTitle | al-Sadiq ⓘ |
| house | Ahl al-Bayt ⓘ |
| influenced |
Isma'ili theology
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Sunni legal thought ⓘ Twelver Shia jurisprudence ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Ja'fari school
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surface form:
Ja'fari school of jurisprudence
contributions to Islamic jurisprudence ⓘ contributions to Islamic theology ⓘ teaching many students ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| legalSchool |
Ja'fari school
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surface form:
Ja'fari fiqh
|
| mother | Umm Farwa bint al-Qasim ⓘ |
| paternalGrandfather | Ali Zayn al-Abidin ⓘ |
| paternalGreatGrandfather | Husayn ibn Ali ⓘ |
| position |
Imam of Isma'ili Shia Islam
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Imam of Twelver Shia Islam ⓘ sixth Shia Imam ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| teacherOf |
Abu Hanifa
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Hisham ibn al-Hakam ⓘ Jabir ibn Hayyan ⓘ
surface form:
Jabir ibn Hayyan (traditional attribution)
Malik ibn Anas ⓘ |
| tribe | Banu Hashim ⓘ |
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Subject: Ja'far al-Sadiq Description of subject: Ja'far al-Sadiq was an 8th-century Muslim scholar and the sixth Shia Imam, renowned for his foundational contributions to Islamic theology, jurisprudence, and the Ja'fari legal tradition.
Referenced by (20)
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