Dawud al-Zahiri
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Dawud al-Zahiri was a 9th-century Islamic jurist and theologian who founded the literalist Zahiri school of Sunni jurisprudence, known for its strict reliance on the Qur’an and Hadith while rejecting analogical reasoning.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dawud al-Zahiri canonical | 4 |
| Dāwūd ibn ʿAlī al-Isfahānī al-Zāhirī | 1 |
| داود الظاهري | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2141765 — 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: Dawud al-Zahiri Context triple: [Zahiri school of law, associatedWith, Dawud al-Zahiri]
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Zaki al-Arsuzi
Zaki al-Arsuzi was a Syrian philosopher and political thinker regarded as one of the principal early ideologues of Arab nationalism and a formative influence on Ba'athist thought.
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B.
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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C.
Ayat Al-Qurmezi
Ayat Al-Qurmezi is a Bahraini poet and activist known for her role in the 2011 pro-democracy protests, during which she was imprisoned for reciting poems critical of the government.
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D.
Mukhtar al-Thaqafi
Mukhtar al-Thaqafi was a 7th-century Islamic revolutionary leader in Kufa who led an uprising to avenge the death of Husayn ibn Ali and played a notable role in the turbulent events of the Second Fitna.
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E.
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.
- 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: Dawud al-Zahiri Target entity description: Dawud al-Zahiri was a 9th-century Islamic jurist and theologian who founded the literalist Zahiri school of Sunni jurisprudence, known for its strict reliance on the Qur’an and Hadith while rejecting analogical reasoning.
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A.
Zaki al-Arsuzi
Zaki al-Arsuzi was a Syrian philosopher and political thinker regarded as one of the principal early ideologues of Arab nationalism and a formative influence on Ba'athist thought.
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B.
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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C.
Ayat Al-Qurmezi
Ayat Al-Qurmezi is a Bahraini poet and activist known for her role in the 2011 pro-democracy protests, during which she was imprisoned for reciting poems critical of the government.
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D.
Mukhtar al-Thaqafi
Mukhtar al-Thaqafi was a 7th-century Islamic revolutionary leader in Kufa who led an uprising to avenge the death of Husayn ibn Ali and played a notable role in the turbulent events of the Second Fitna.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic jurist
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Muslim theologian ⓘ Sunni Muslim ⓘ Zahiri scholar ⓘ founder of an Islamic school of law ⓘ |
| centuryActive | 9th century ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | early 9th century ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | late 9th century ⓘ |
| denomination | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| era | Islamic Golden Age ⓘ |
| field |
Hadith studies
ⓘ
Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) ⓘ Islamic theology (kalam) ⓘ |
| founded |
Zahiri school of law
ⓘ
surface form:
Zahiri school of Islamic jurisprudence
|
| fullName |
Dawud al-Zahiri
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Dāwūd ibn ʿAlī al-Isfahānī al-Zāhirī
|
| influenced |
Ibn Hazm
ⓘ
later Zahiri jurists ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Ahmad ibn Hanbal
ⓘ
Shafi‘i legal methodology ⓘ |
| knownAs |
Abu Sulayman al-Dawudi
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Dawud al-Zahiri ⓘ |
| knownFor |
emphasis on apparent (zahir) meaning of texts
ⓘ
founding the Zahiri madhhab ⓘ literalist interpretation of scriptural texts ⓘ opposition to analogical reasoning in fiqh ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| legalMethodology |
literalism in jurisprudence
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strict reliance on Qur’an and Hadith ⓘ |
| legalSchoolFounded |
Zahiri school of law
ⓘ
surface form:
Zahiri madhhab
|
| nameInArabic |
Dawud al-Zahiri
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
داود الظاهري
|
| origin | Iraq ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Kufa ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Baghdad ⓘ |
| profession |
faqih (jurist)
ⓘ
muhaddith (hadith scholar) ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Baghdad
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Iraq ⓘ |
| rejected |
analogical reasoning (qiyas) in Islamic law
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istihsan (juristic preference) ⓘ taqlid of earlier jurists as binding ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| schoolOfThought |
Zahiri school of law
ⓘ
surface form:
Zahiri
|
| studiedUnder |
Ahmad ibn Hanbal
ⓘ
Ishaq ibn Rahwayh ⓘ |
| supported |
direct textual evidence from Hadith
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direct textual evidence from Qur’an ⓘ ijma (consensus) of the Companions ⓘ |
| viewOnConsensus | restricted binding consensus to the Companions ⓘ |
| viewOnQiyas | considered qiyas an invalid source of law ⓘ |
| viewOnTaqlid | rejected blind following of jurists ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Dawud al-Zahiri Description of subject: Dawud al-Zahiri was a 9th-century Islamic jurist and theologian who founded the literalist Zahiri school of Sunni jurisprudence, known for its strict reliance on the Qur’an and Hadith while rejecting analogical reasoning.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
داود الظاهري
this entity surface form:
Dāwūd ibn ʿAlī al-Isfahānī al-Zāhirī