Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri
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Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri was an early eminent Muslim scholar and hadith transmitter of the Tabi'un generation, renowned for helping systematize and preserve prophetic traditions in the formative period of Islamic jurisprudence.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri canonical | 4 |
| Abu Bakr al-Zuhri | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7128592 — 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: Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri Context triple: [Malik ibn Anas, influencedBy, Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri]
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Sa'id ibn al-Musayyib
Sa'id ibn al-Musayyib was a leading early Muslim jurist and hadith scholar of Medina, regarded as one of the foremost figures of the Tabi'un generation.
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B.
Sufyan al-Thawri
Sufyan al-Thawri was an 8th-century Muslim scholar, hadith expert, and founder of the now-defunct Thawri school of Islamic jurisprudence, renowned for his piety and asceticism.
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C.
Qatada ibn Idris
Qatada ibn Idris was a 13th-century ruler from the Hawashim dynasty who established a long-lasting hereditary sharifian rule over Mecca.
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D.
Ibn Juzayy
Ibn Juzayy was a 14th-century Andalusian scholar and writer best known for compiling and editing the famous travel account of the explorer Ibn Battuta.
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Ghatafan ibn Saʿd
Ghatafan ibn Saʿd is regarded as the eponymous ancestor and progenitor of the Arab tribal confederation known as Banu Ghatafan.
- 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: Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri Target entity description: Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri was an early eminent Muslim scholar and hadith transmitter of the Tabi'un generation, renowned for helping systematize and preserve prophetic traditions in the formative period of Islamic jurisprudence.
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A.
Sa'id ibn al-Musayyib
Sa'id ibn al-Musayyib was a leading early Muslim jurist and hadith scholar of Medina, regarded as one of the foremost figures of the Tabi'un generation.
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B.
Sufyan al-Thawri
Sufyan al-Thawri was an 8th-century Muslim scholar, hadith expert, and founder of the now-defunct Thawri school of Islamic jurisprudence, renowned for his piety and asceticism.
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C.
Qatada ibn Idris
Qatada ibn Idris was a 13th-century ruler from the Hawashim dynasty who established a long-lasting hereditary sharifian rule over Mecca.
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D.
Ibn Juzayy
Ibn Juzayy was a 14th-century Andalusian scholar and writer best known for compiling and editing the famous travel account of the explorer Ibn Battuta.
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E.
Ghatafan ibn Saʿd
Ghatafan ibn Saʿd is regarded as the eponymous ancestor and progenitor of the Arab tribal confederation known as Banu Ghatafan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic jurist
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Muslim scholar ⓘ Tabi'un ⓘ hadith transmitter ⓘ historian ⓘ |
| birthYear | c. 672 ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
early compilation of hadith collections
ⓘ
formation of Medinan legal tradition ⓘ |
| deathYear | c. 741 ⓘ |
| deathYearHijri | 124 AH ⓘ |
| denomination | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| era | Umayyad Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Arab ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
fiqh
ⓘ
hadith ⓘ sira ⓘ |
| fullName | Muhammad ibn Muslim ibn Ubayd Allah ibn Shihab al-Zuhri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| generation | Tabi'un NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Muhammad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
canonical Sunni hadith collections
ⓘ
early Islamic historiography ⓘ |
| knownFor |
early development of Islamic jurisprudence
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preserving prophetic traditions ⓘ systematizing hadith transmission ⓘ use of written hadith records ⓘ |
| kunya | Abu Bakr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| occupation |
court scholar
ⓘ
faqih ⓘ traditionist ⓘ |
| region | Hijaz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| servedUnder |
Umayyad Caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan
NERFINISHED
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Umayyad Caliph Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik NERFINISHED ⓘ Umayyad Caliph Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik NERFINISHED ⓘ Umayyad Caliph Umar II NERFINISHED ⓘ Umayyad Caliph al-Walid I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studentOf |
Abu Idris al-Khawlani
NERFINISHED
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Abu Salama ibn Abd al-Rahman NERFINISHED ⓘ Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin NERFINISHED ⓘ Anas ibn Malik NERFINISHED ⓘ Sa'id ibn al-Musayyib NERFINISHED ⓘ Urwa ibn al-Zubayr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| teacherOf |
Ibn Jurayj
NERFINISHED
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Ma'mar ibn Rashid NERFINISHED ⓘ Malik ibn Anas NERFINISHED ⓘ Sufyan ibn Uyayna NERFINISHED ⓘ Yunus ibn Yazid al-Ayli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tribe | Banu Zuhra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| viewedAs | reliable hadith authority by later Sunni scholars ⓘ |
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Subject: Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri Description of subject: Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri was an early eminent Muslim scholar and hadith transmitter of the Tabi'un generation, renowned for helping systematize and preserve prophetic traditions in the formative period of Islamic jurisprudence.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Abu Bakr al-Zuhri