Umrah
E27661
Umrah is a non-mandatory Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca that can be performed at any time of the year and involves a set of specific devotional rites.
All labels observed (10)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Umrah canonical | 33 |
| Umrah pilgrimage | 3 |
| UmrahPilgrimage | 2 |
| Umrah al-mufradah | 1 |
| Umrah al-tamattu’ | 1 |
| Umrah journeys | 1 |
| Umrah rituals | 1 |
| Umrah trips | 1 |
| UmrahPilgrims | 1 |
| عُمْرَة | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T213106 — 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: Umrah Context triple: [Masjid al-Haram, associatedWith, Umrah]
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A.
Hajj
Hajj is the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca that every able-bodied Muslim with sufficient means is religiously obligated to perform at least once in their lifetime.
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B.
Eid al-Adha
Eid al-Adha is an important Islamic festival commemorating Prophet Ibrahim’s willingness to sacrifice his son, marked by special prayers, charity, and the ritual sacrifice of animals.
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C.
Night Journey of Muhammad
The Night Journey of Muhammad is an Islamic tradition recounting the Prophet Muhammad’s miraculous nocturnal journey from Mecca to Jerusalem and his ascension through the heavens.
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D.
Masjid al-Haram
Masjid al-Haram is the Grand Mosque in Mecca that surrounds the Kaaba and serves as the holiest site in Islam and the focal point of the Hajj pilgrimage.
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E.
Kaaba
The Kaaba is a cube-shaped building at the center of Islam’s most important mosque in Mecca and the focal point of Muslim prayer and pilgrimage.
- 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: Umrah Target entity description: Umrah is a non-mandatory Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca that can be performed at any time of the year and involves a set of specific devotional rites.
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A.
Hajj
Hajj is the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca that every able-bodied Muslim with sufficient means is religiously obligated to perform at least once in their lifetime.
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B.
Eid al-Adha
Eid al-Adha is an important Islamic festival commemorating Prophet Ibrahim’s willingness to sacrifice his son, marked by special prayers, charity, and the ritual sacrifice of animals.
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C.
Night Journey of Muhammad
The Night Journey of Muhammad is an Islamic tradition recounting the Prophet Muhammad’s miraculous nocturnal journey from Mecca to Jerusalem and his ascension through the heavens.
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D.
Masjid al-Haram
Masjid al-Haram is the Grand Mosque in Mecca that surrounds the Kaaba and serves as the holiest site in Islam and the focal point of the Hajj pilgrimage.
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E.
Kaaba
The Kaaba is a cube-shaped building at the center of Islam’s most important mosque in Mecca and the focal point of Muslim prayer and pilgrimage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic pilgrimage
ⓘ
religious ritual ⓘ |
| ageEligibility |
adults
ⓘ
children with guardian ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
lesser pilgrimage
ⓘ
minor pilgrimage ⓘ |
| ArabicName |
Umrah
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
عُمْرَة
|
| associatedWith |
Kaaba
ⓘ
Marwa ⓘ al-Safa ⓘ
surface form:
Safa
Zamzam Well ⓘ |
| canBeCombinedWith | Hajj al-tamattu’ ⓘ |
| canBePerformed | any time of the year ⓘ |
| comparedTo | major pilgrimage (Hajj) ⓘ |
| differsFrom | Hajj ⓘ |
| genderEligibility |
men
ⓘ
women ⓘ |
| governedBy | Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah ⓘ |
| hasEconomicImpactOn |
Mecca
ⓘ
Saudi Arabia ⓘ |
| hasVariants |
Umrah
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Umrah al-mufradah
Umrah self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Umrah al-tamattu’
|
| includesRite |
circumambulation of the Kaaba
ⓘ
entering ihram from a miqat ⓘ shaving the head ⓘ trimming the hair ⓘ walking between Safa and Marwa ⓘ |
| jurisprudenceDiscussedIn | Islamic fiqh ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Arabic ⓘ |
| obligationStatus |
non-mandatory
ⓘ
recommended ⓘ |
| performedIn |
Masjid al-Haram
ⓘ
Mecca ⓘ |
| pilgrimsTypicallyWear |
modest Islamic dress for women
ⓘ
two white seamless cloths for men ⓘ |
| prohibitionsDuringIhram |
cutting hair
ⓘ
hunting land animals ⓘ sexual relations ⓘ using perfume ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| requires |
entry visa to Saudi Arabia for most foreigners
ⓘ
halq or taqsir ⓘ ihram ⓘ physical ability ⓘ sa’i ⓘ tawaf ⓘ valid travel documents where applicable ⓘ |
| spiritualPurpose |
renewal of faith
ⓘ
seeking closeness to Allah ⓘ seeking forgiveness of sins ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Umrah Description of subject: Umrah is a non-mandatory Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca that can be performed at any time of the year and involves a set of specific devotional rites.
Referenced by (45)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Umrah pilgrimage
this entity surface form:
عُمْرَة
this entity surface form:
Umrah al-mufradah
this entity surface form:
Umrah al-tamattu’
this entity surface form:
UmrahPilgrimage
this entity surface form:
UmrahPilgrimage
this entity surface form:
UmrahPilgrims
this entity surface form:
Umrah trips
this entity surface form:
Umrah pilgrimage
this entity surface form:
Umrah rituals
subject surface form:
Mecca
this entity surface form:
Umrah journeys
this entity surface form:
Umrah pilgrimage