Abu Dawud al-Sijistani
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Abu Dawud al-Sijistani was a 9th-century Islamic scholar and hadith compiler best known for authoring one of the six major Sunni hadith collections, Sunan Abu Dawud.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Abu Dawud al-Sijistani canonical | 3 |
| Abu Dawud | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2030712 — 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: Abu Dawud al-Sijistani Context triple: [Sunan Abu Dawud, author, Abu Dawud al-Sijistani]
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Abu Musa al-Ashari
Abu Musa al-Ashari was a prominent companion of the Prophet Muhammad, renowned for his piety, knowledge of Islamic jurisprudence, and role as a governor and military leader in the early Islamic state.
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Muhammad al-Bukhari
Muhammad al-Bukhari was a 9th-century Persian Islamic scholar and hadith compiler renowned for producing Sahih al-Bukhari, one of the most authoritative collections of hadith in Sunni Islam.
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Ibn Hajar al-Haytami
Ibn Hajar al-Haytami was a prominent 16th-century Sunni jurist and theologian renowned for his influential legal writings and fatwas within the Shafi'i school of Islamic law.
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Al-Nawawi
Al-Nawawi was a prominent 13th-century Islamic scholar and jurist renowned for his works in hadith, jurisprudence, and ethics, including "Riyadh al-Salihin" and "Al-Arba'in al-Nawawiyya."
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Ahmad ibn Hanbal
Ahmad ibn Hanbal was a prominent 9th-century Muslim theologian, jurist, and hadith scholar whose teachings formed the basis of the Hanbali school of Sunni Islamic law.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Abu Dawud al-Sijistani Target entity description: Abu Dawud al-Sijistani was a 9th-century Islamic scholar and hadith compiler best known for authoring one of the six major Sunni hadith collections, Sunan Abu Dawud.
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A.
Abu Musa al-Ashari
Abu Musa al-Ashari was a prominent companion of the Prophet Muhammad, renowned for his piety, knowledge of Islamic jurisprudence, and role as a governor and military leader in the early Islamic state.
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B.
Muhammad al-Bukhari
Muhammad al-Bukhari was a 9th-century Persian Islamic scholar and hadith compiler renowned for producing Sahih al-Bukhari, one of the most authoritative collections of hadith in Sunni Islam.
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C.
Ibn Hajar al-Haytami
Ibn Hajar al-Haytami was a prominent 16th-century Sunni jurist and theologian renowned for his influential legal writings and fatwas within the Shafi'i school of Islamic law.
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D.
Al-Nawawi
Al-Nawawi was a prominent 13th-century Islamic scholar and jurist renowned for his works in hadith, jurisprudence, and ethics, including "Riyadh al-Salihin" and "Al-Arba'in al-Nawawiyya."
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E.
Ahmad ibn Hanbal
Ahmad ibn Hanbal was a prominent 9th-century Muslim theologian, jurist, and hadith scholar whose teachings formed the basis of the Hanbali school of Sunni Islamic law.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic scholar
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Sunni Muslim ⓘ hadith scholar ⓘ muhaddith ⓘ |
| approximateNumberOfHadithInSunan | about 4,800 ⓘ |
| authorOf | Sunan Abu Dawud ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Sijistan
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Sistan ⓘ |
| birthYear | c. 817 ⓘ |
| collectionStatus |
Sunan Abu Dawud
ⓘ
surface form:
Sunan Abu Dawud is one of the six major Sunni hadith collections
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| contributedTo | Kutub al-Sittah ⓘ |
| deathYear | 889 ⓘ |
| deathYearHijri | 275 AH ⓘ |
| denomination |
Sunni Islam
ⓘ
surface form:
Sunni
|
| diedIn | Basra ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Arabs
ⓘ
surface form:
Arab
|
| field |
Islamic jurisprudence
ⓘ
hadith criticism ⓘ |
| fullName |
Abu Dawud Sulayman ibn al-Ashʿath al-Sijistani
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surface form:
Sulayman ibn al-Ashʿath ibn Ishaq ibn Bashir ibn Shaddad al-Azdi al-Sijistani
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| hasPart | Sunan Abu Dawud contains books on ritual, transactions, marriage, and other legal topics ⓘ |
| honorific |
Hafiz al-Hadith
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Imam ⓘ |
| influence |
Sunni fiqh
ⓘ
Sunni hadith canon ⓘ |
| knownAs |
Abu Dawud al-Sijistani
ⓘ
surface form:
Abu Dawud
Abu Dawud al-Sijistani ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| legalSchool |
Shafi'i school
ⓘ
surface form:
Shafiʿi
|
| mainInterest |
fiqh
ⓘ
hadith ⓘ |
| methodology | selected hadiths with legal relevance ⓘ |
| notableWork | Sunan Abu Dawud ⓘ |
| region | Khorasan ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| residence | Basra ⓘ |
| studiedUnder |
Ahmad ibn Hanbal
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Qutaybah ibn Saʿid ⓘ Yahya ibn Ma'in ⓘ
surface form:
Yahya ibn Maʿin
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| teacherOf |
Abu Bakr ibn Abi Dawud
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Abu ʿIsa al-Tirmidhi ⓘ Ibn Arabi ⓘ
surface form:
Ibn al-Aʿrabi
Sunan al-Nasa’i ⓘ
surface form:
al-Nasaʾi
Jami al-Tirmidhi ⓘ
surface form:
al-Tirmidhi
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| traveledFor | hadith collection ⓘ |
| traveledTo |
Egypt
ⓘ
Hejaz ⓘ
surface form:
Hijaz
Iraq ⓘ Khorasan ⓘ
surface form:
Khurasan
Syria ⓘ |
| tribe | Azd ⓘ |
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Subject: Abu Dawud al-Sijistani Description of subject: Abu Dawud al-Sijistani was a 9th-century Islamic scholar and hadith compiler best known for authoring one of the six major Sunni hadith collections, Sunan Abu Dawud.
Referenced by (5)
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