Kitab al-Sunnah
E260177
Kitab al-Sunnah is a major thematic section within the hadith collection Sunan Ibn Majah that focuses on narrations about Islamic creed and foundational beliefs.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kitab al-Sunnah canonical | 1 |
| Kutub al-Sittah collection via Sunan Ibn Majah | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2380253 — 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: Kitab al-Sunnah Context triple: [Sunan Ibn Majah, hasPart, Kitab al-Sunnah]
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A.
Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari is one of the most authoritative and widely respected collections of hadith in Sunni Islam, compiled by the scholar Muhammad al-Bukhari in the 9th century.
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B.
al-Sunan al-Kubra
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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C.
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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D.
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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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: Kitab al-Sunnah Target entity description: Kitab al-Sunnah is a major thematic section within the hadith collection Sunan Ibn Majah that focuses on narrations about Islamic creed and foundational beliefs.
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A.
Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari is one of the most authoritative and widely respected collections of hadith in Sunni Islam, compiled by the scholar Muhammad al-Bukhari in the 9th century.
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B.
al-Sunan al-Kubra
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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C.
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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D.
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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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 (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic religious text
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section of hadith collection ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
clarify orthodox Islamic belief
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preserve prophetic teachings on creed ⓘ |
| associatedWithScholar | Ibn Majah ⓘ |
| audience |
Muslim scholars
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general Muslims seeking knowledge of creed ⓘ students of knowledge ⓘ |
| category | hadith on creed (ahadith al-ʿaqīdah) ⓘ |
| citedIn |
classical Islamic theological literature
ⓘ
modern Sunni creed manuals ⓘ |
| contains | hadith narrations ⓘ |
| containsNarrationsFrom |
Companions of the Prophet
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Muhammad ⓘ
surface form:
Prophet Muhammad
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| dealsWith |
Sunni theological positions
ⓘ
belief in Allah ⓘ belief in divine decree (qadar) ⓘ belief in the Last Day ⓘ belief in the angels ⓘ belief in the messengers ⓘ belief in the revealed books ⓘ refutation of deviant beliefs ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Islamic creed
ⓘ
foundational Islamic beliefs ⓘ ʿaqīdah ⓘ |
| genre | hadith ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
| hasOriginalScript | Arabic script ⓘ |
| hasReligiousStatus | authoritative source for Sunni creed discussions ⓘ |
| influenced | later Sunni creed works ⓘ |
| isSectionOf |
Kitab al-Sunnah
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Kutub al-Sittah collection via Sunan Ibn Majah
|
| method | arrangement of hadiths by creed topics ⓘ |
| partOf | Sunan Ibn Majah ⓘ |
| preservedIn | manuscripts of Sunan Ibn Majah ⓘ |
| relatedTo | other creed sections in Kutub al-Sittah ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| sourceFor | classical Sunni creed formulations ⓘ |
| structureWithin | topical book (kitab) in Sunan Ibn Majah ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
hadith curricula
ⓘ
traditional Islamic seminaries (madrasas) ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 9th century compilation context via Sunan Ibn Majah ⓘ |
| tradition | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| typeOf | kitab (book) within a hadith compilation ⓘ |
| usedBy |
hadith scholars
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students of Islamic theology ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Islamic creed studies
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Sunni theology ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kitab al-Sunnah Description of subject: Kitab al-Sunnah is a major thematic section within the hadith collection Sunan Ibn Majah that focuses on narrations about Islamic creed and foundational beliefs.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Kutub al-Sittah collection via Sunan Ibn Majah