al-Sunan al-Kubra
E241767
al-Sunan al-Kubra is an expanded, more detailed version of Imam al-Nasa’i’s hadith collection, renowned for its comprehensive coverage and rigorous authentication of prophetic traditions.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| al-Sunan al-Kabir | 1 |
| al-Sunan al-Kubra canonical | 1 |
| al-Sunan al-Sughra | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2047802 — 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-Sunan al-Kubra Context triple: [Sunan al-Nasa’i, hasVersion, al-Sunan al-Kubra]
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A.
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.
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B.
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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C.
Kitab al-Tawasin
Kitab al-Tawasin is a seminal mystical and poetic work of Islamic Sufism, attributed to the famed mystic al-Hallaj and known for its esoteric reflections on divine love, unity, and martyrdom.
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D.
al-Kafi
al-Kafi is one of the most important Shia hadith compilations, widely regarded as a foundational source of theology, law, and ethics in Twelver Shia Islam.
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E.
al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya
al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya is Ibn Arabi’s monumental multi-volume Sufi work that systematically explores Islamic mysticism, metaphysics, and spiritual practice.
- 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-Sunan al-Kubra Target entity description: al-Sunan al-Kubra is an expanded, more detailed version of Imam al-Nasa’i’s hadith collection, renowned for its comprehensive coverage and rigorous authentication of prophetic traditions.
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A.
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.
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B.
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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C.
Kitab al-Tawasin
Kitab al-Tawasin is a seminal mystical and poetic work of Islamic Sufism, attributed to the famed mystic al-Hallaj and known for its esoteric reflections on divine love, unity, and martyrdom.
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D.
al-Kafi
al-Kafi is one of the most important Shia hadith compilations, widely regarded as a foundational source of theology, law, and ethics in Twelver Shia Islam.
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E.
al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya
al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya is Ibn Arabi’s monumental multi-volume Sufi work that systematically explores Islamic mysticism, metaphysics, and spiritual practice.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic religious text
ⓘ
hadith collection ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
al-Sunan al-Kubra
ⓘ
surface form:
al-Sunan al-Kabir
al-Sunan al-Kubrā li-l-Nasaʾi ⓘ |
| associatedWithScholar |
Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani
ⓘ
surface form:
Ibn Hajar al-ʿAsqalani
Al-Dhahabi ⓘ
surface form:
al-Dhahabi
|
| author | Ahmad ibn Shuʿayb al-Nasaʾi ⓘ |
| citedIn |
classical Sunni fiqh works
ⓘ
classical Sunni hadith commentaries ⓘ |
| compiler | Ahmad ibn Shuʿayb al-Nasaʾi ⓘ |
| contains |
maqtuʿ reports
ⓘ
marfuʿ hadith ⓘ mawquf reports ⓘ |
| denomination | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
chains of transmission (isnad)
ⓘ
legal rulings ⓘ |
| genre | hadith ⓘ |
| hasAuthorRole | muhaddith ⓘ |
| hasManuscriptsIn | Middle Eastern libraries ⓘ |
| hasModernEdition | printed critical editions in multiple volumes ⓘ |
| hasPart | books ⓘ |
| hasReputation |
highly reliable among Sunni scholars
ⓘ
one of the important hadith collections beyond the six canonical books ⓘ |
| hasStructure | arranged by legal topics ⓘ |
| influenced |
later Sunni hadith scholarship
ⓘ
later fiqh compendia ⓘ |
| isExpandedVersionOf |
Sunan al-Nasa’i
ⓘ
surface form:
Sunan al-Nasaʾi
al-Sunan al-Kubra self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
al-Sunan al-Sughra
|
| isSourceFor |
Islamic legal rulings
ⓘ
biographical evaluation of narrators ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| notableFor |
comprehensive coverage of hadith
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detailed legal classification of hadith ⓘ rigorous authentication of narrations ⓘ |
| regionOfOrigin |
Greater Syria
ⓘ
surface form:
Greater Syria and Egypt
|
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| schoolOfLawContext | Shafiʿi jurisprudence ⓘ |
| subject |
Islamic jurisprudence
ⓘ
Sunni hadith ⓘ fiqh ⓘ prophetic traditions ⓘ |
| timeOfCompilation |
3rd century AH
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9th century CE ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Islamic legal theory
ⓘ
fiqh derivation ⓘ hadith studies ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: al-Sunan al-Kubra Description of subject: al-Sunan al-Kubra is an expanded, more detailed version of Imam al-Nasa’i’s hadith collection, renowned for its comprehensive coverage and rigorous authentication of prophetic traditions.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
al-Sunan al-Sughra
this entity surface form:
al-Sunan al-Kabir