mutawatir hadith
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A mutawatir hadith is a Prophetic report transmitted through so many independent and reliable chains of narrators that its authenticity is considered certain in Islamic scholarship.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| mutawatir hadith canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2185478 — 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: mutawatir hadith Context triple: [Hadith literature, includesConcept, mutawatir hadith]
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A.
Hadith literature
Hadith literature is the body of traditional Islamic texts that record the sayings, actions, and approvals of the Prophet Muhammad, serving as a primary source for Islamic law, theology, and ethics.
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B.
Sunan al-Nasa’i
Sunan al-Nasa’i is one of the six major Sunni hadith collections, compiled by the scholar Ahmad ibn Shu'ayb al-Nasa’i and renowned for its relative rigor in authenticating prophetic traditions.
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C.
Sunnah
The Sunnah is the body of traditions, practices, and sayings of the Prophet Muhammad that serves as a primary source of Islamic law and guidance alongside the Qur’an.
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D.
Sahih Muslim
Sahih Muslim is one of the most authentic and widely respected collections of hadith in Sunni Islam, compiled by the scholar Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj.
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E.
Al-Muwatta
Al-Muwatta is a foundational early Islamic legal and hadith compilation by Imam Malik ibn Anas that serves as a primary source for Maliki jurisprudence.
- 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: mutawatir hadith Target entity description: A mutawatir hadith is a Prophetic report transmitted through so many independent and reliable chains of narrators that its authenticity is considered certain in Islamic scholarship.
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A.
Hadith literature
Hadith literature is the body of traditional Islamic texts that record the sayings, actions, and approvals of the Prophet Muhammad, serving as a primary source for Islamic law, theology, and ethics.
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B.
Sunan al-Nasa’i
Sunan al-Nasa’i is one of the six major Sunni hadith collections, compiled by the scholar Ahmad ibn Shu'ayb al-Nasa’i and renowned for its relative rigor in authenticating prophetic traditions.
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C.
Sunnah
The Sunnah is the body of traditions, practices, and sayings of the Prophet Muhammad that serves as a primary source of Islamic law and guidance alongside the Qur’an.
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D.
Sahih Muslim
Sahih Muslim is one of the most authentic and widely respected collections of hadith in Sunni Islam, compiled by the scholar Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj.
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E.
Al-Muwatta
Al-Muwatta is a foundational early Islamic legal and hadith compilation by Imam Malik ibn Anas that serves as a primary source for Maliki jurisprudence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic legal concept
ⓘ
hadith classification ⓘ source of Islamic law ⓘ |
| hasArabicName | حديث متواتر ⓘ |
| hasAuthorityLevel | equal to that of the Qur’an in terms of certainty of attribution ⓘ |
| hasCondition |
agreement of narrators on the core content of the report
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independence of narrators from each other ⓘ large number of narrators in every generation of the chain ⓘ |
| hasDefinition | a Prophetic report transmitted through so many independent and reliable chains that its authenticity is considered certain ⓘ |
| hasDegreeOfCertainty |
definitive
ⓘ
qat‘i ⓘ |
| hasEpistemicStatus | yields certain knowledge ⓘ |
| hasExample |
hadith about the Prophet raising his hands in supplication
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hadith about the Prophet’s splitting of the moon (according to some scholars) ⓘ hadith about the number of daily prayers being five ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfTerm | Arabic ⓘ |
| hasLiteralMeaning |
consecutive
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successive ⓘ |
| hasSubcategory |
meaning-based mutawatir
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mutawatir lafzi ⓘ mutawatir ma‘nawi ⓘ verbal mutawatir ⓘ |
| hasTransmissionType |
oral transmission
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written transmission ⓘ |
| isAcceptedBy |
Hanafi school
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Hanbali school ⓘ Maliki school ⓘ Shafi'i school ⓘ
surface form:
Shafi‘i school
all major Sunni legal schools ⓘ |
| isCharacterizedBy |
continuity of transmission from the Prophet
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impossibility of collusion on a lie ⓘ large number of narrators in each generation ⓘ multiple independent chains of transmission ⓘ |
| isConsideredBy | Sunni scholars as yielding certain knowledge ⓘ |
| isContrastedWith |
ahad hadith
ⓘ
khabar al-wahid ⓘ |
| isDefinedIn | usul al-hadith literature ⓘ |
| isDiscussedBy |
Ibn al-Salah
ⓘ
al‑Ghazali ⓘ
surface form:
al-Ghazali
Al-Juwayni ⓘ
surface form:
al-Juwayni
Al-Suyuti ⓘ
surface form:
al-Suyuti
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| isPartOf | Sunni hadith sciences classification system ⓘ |
| isUsedIn |
Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh)
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surface form:
Islamic jurisprudence
Islamic kalam ⓘ
surface form:
Islamic theology
Usul al-fiqh ⓘ
surface form:
usul al-fiqh
‘aqidah ⓘ |
| isUsedToEstablish |
creedal matters in Sunni Islam
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legal rulings in Islamic law ⓘ |
| isUsedToRefute | denial of well-known Prophetic practices ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: mutawatir hadith Description of subject: A mutawatir hadith is a Prophetic report transmitted through so many independent and reliable chains of narrators that its authenticity is considered certain in Islamic scholarship.
Referenced by (1)
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