Al-Mudawwana al-Kubra
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Al-Mudawwana al-Kubra is a foundational compendium of Maliki Islamic jurisprudence that systematically records and organizes early legal opinions and rulings of the school.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| al-Mudawwana | 2 |
| Al-Mudawwana al-Kubra canonical | 1 |
| al-Mudawwana al-Kubra | 1 |
| al-Mudawwana al-Kubrā | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2961869 — 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-Mudawwana al-Kubra Context triple: [Maliki, legalText, Al-Mudawwana al-Kubra]
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A.
Kitab al-Hudud
Kitab al-Hudud is a section of the hadith collection Sunan Ibn Majah that deals with Islamic legal punishments and penal laws.
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B.
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Kitab al-Diyat
Kitab al-Diyat is a section of Islamic hadith literature that deals with legal rulings and compensations related to bodily injury and homicide.
- 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-Mudawwana al-Kubra Target entity description: Al-Mudawwana al-Kubra is a foundational compendium of Maliki Islamic jurisprudence that systematically records and organizes early legal opinions and rulings of the school.
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A.
Kitab al-Hudud
Kitab al-Hudud is a section of the hadith collection Sunan Ibn Majah that deals with Islamic legal punishments and penal laws.
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B.
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Kitab al-Diyat
Kitab al-Diyat is a section of Islamic hadith literature that deals with legal rulings and compensations related to bodily injury and homicide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic legal text
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Maliki jurisprudence manual ⓘ classical Arabic work ⓘ fiqh compendium ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Al-Mudawwana al-Kubra
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surface form:
al-Mudawwana
|
| alternativeTransliteration |
Al-Mudawwana al-Kubra
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
al-Mudawwana al-Kubrā
|
| approximateCenturyOfCompilation | 9th century CE ⓘ |
| approximateCenturyOfCompilationHijri | 3rd century AH ⓘ |
| authorityLevel | highly authoritative in classical Maliki jurisprudence ⓘ |
| basedOnTeachingsOf | Malik ibn Anas ⓘ |
| compiledBy |
Sahnun ibn Saʿid
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surface form:
Sahnun ibn Saʿid at-Tanukhi
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| contains |
legal questions and answers (masāʾil)
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legal rulings (ahkam) ⓘ opinions of Malik and his companions ⓘ |
| coversTopic |
acts of worship (ʿibādāt)
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commercial contracts ⓘ criminal law and penalties ⓘ endowments (awqāf) ⓘ inheritance law (farāʾiḍ) ⓘ judicial procedure and testimony ⓘ marriage and family law ⓘ oaths and vows ⓘ transactions (muʿāmalāt) ⓘ |
| genre | masāʾil-and-ajwiba (question-and-answer) fiqh collection ⓘ |
| hasModernEdition | printed critical editions in multiple volumes ⓘ |
| influenced |
Andalusian Maliki tradition
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North African legal practice ⓘ later Maliki legal manuals ⓘ |
| juristicMethod | fiqh al-raʾy and hadith-based reasoning in the Maliki school ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| legalSchool | Maliki ⓘ |
| legalSourceType | secondary source after Qurʾan and Sunnah in Maliki methodology ⓘ |
| legalStatusInSchool | foundational reference for the Maliki school ⓘ |
| preservedIn | manuscript form ⓘ |
| primarySubject |
Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh)
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Maliki legal doctrine ⓘ |
| recordsOpinionsOf |
Malik ibn Anas
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early Maliki jurists ⓘ |
| regionOfInfluence |
North Africa
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surface form:
Ifriqiya
North Africa ⓘ Andalusia ⓘ
surface form:
al-Andalus
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| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| structure | multi-volume compendium ⓘ |
| timeOfCompilation | early Abbasid period ⓘ |
| transmissionForm | based on oral transmissions of Malik’s students ⓘ |
| usedBy | Maliki jurists and muftis ⓘ |
| usedIn | traditional Maliki madrasas ⓘ |
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Subject: Al-Mudawwana al-Kubra Description of subject: Al-Mudawwana al-Kubra is a foundational compendium of Maliki Islamic jurisprudence that systematically records and organizes early legal opinions and rulings of the school.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
al-Mudawwana
this entity surface form:
al-Mudawwana al-Kubra
Al-Mudawwana al-Kubra
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alternativeTransliteration
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Al-Mudawwana al-Kubra
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
al-Mudawwana al-Kubrā
this entity surface form:
al-Mudawwana