Al-Minhaj bi Sharh Sahih Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj
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Al-Minhaj bi Sharh Sahih Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj is Imam al-Nawawi’s renowned and widely studied commentary on Sahih Muslim, offering detailed explanations of its hadiths and their legal and theological implications.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Al-Minhaj bi Sharh Sahih Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Al-Minhaj bi Sharh Sahih Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj Context triple: [Al-Nawawi, notableWork, Al-Minhaj bi Sharh Sahih Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj]
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A.
Al-Kafi by Ibn Abd al-Barr
Al-Kafi by Ibn Abd al-Barr is a foundational Maliki jurisprudence manual that systematically presents and explains the school’s legal rulings and methodology.
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B.
al-Mughni by Ibn Qudamah
Al-Mughni by Ibn Qudamah is a monumental medieval Islamic legal encyclopedia that systematically presents and analyzes Hanbali jurisprudence alongside the opinions of other major Sunni schools.
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C.
Umdat al-Qari
Umdat al-Qari is a major classical Islamic commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, authored by the Hanafi scholar Badr al-Din al-Ayni.
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D.
Fath al-Bari
Fath al-Bari is a renowned multi-volume scholarly commentary on the hadith collection Sahih al-Bukhari, widely regarded as one of the most important works in Sunni Islamic scholarship.
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E.
Umdat ul-Umara
Umdat ul-Umara was an 18th-century Indian noble who served as a prominent Nawab in the Carnatic region under the weakening Mughal and rising British influence.
- 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-Minhaj bi Sharh Sahih Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj Target entity description: Al-Minhaj bi Sharh Sahih Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj is Imam al-Nawawi’s renowned and widely studied commentary on Sahih Muslim, offering detailed explanations of its hadiths and their legal and theological implications.
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A.
Al-Kafi by Ibn Abd al-Barr
Al-Kafi by Ibn Abd al-Barr is a foundational Maliki jurisprudence manual that systematically presents and explains the school’s legal rulings and methodology.
-
B.
al-Mughni by Ibn Qudamah
Al-Mughni by Ibn Qudamah is a monumental medieval Islamic legal encyclopedia that systematically presents and analyzes Hanbali jurisprudence alongside the opinions of other major Sunni schools.
-
C.
Umdat al-Qari
Umdat al-Qari is a major classical Islamic commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, authored by the Hanafi scholar Badr al-Din al-Ayni.
-
D.
Fath al-Bari
Fath al-Bari is a renowned multi-volume scholarly commentary on the hadith collection Sahih al-Bukhari, widely regarded as one of the most important works in Sunni Islamic scholarship.
-
E.
Umdat ul-Umara
Umdat ul-Umara was an 18th-century Indian noble who served as a prominent Nawab in the Carnatic region under the weakening Mughal and rising British influence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic religious book
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Sunni hadith commentary ⓘ hadith commentary ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
clarify meanings of Sahih Muslim hadiths
ⓘ
derive fiqh rulings from hadith ⓘ reconcile apparently conflicting narrations ⓘ |
| author | Yahya ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnCollectionBy | Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citedBy | later Sunni hadith scholars ⓘ |
| citedFor |
interpretation of difficult hadith passages
ⓘ
juristic opinions based on hadith ⓘ |
| commmentaryOn | Sahih Muslim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
biographical notes on narrators
ⓘ
discussion of hadith authenticity issues ⓘ explanations of key Arabic terms in hadith ⓘ |
| denomination | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Islamic jurisprudence
ⓘ
Islamic theology ⓘ hadith explanation ⓘ |
| genre |
fiqh commentary
ⓘ
hadith studies ⓘ theological commentary ⓘ |
| influence |
Sunni hadith pedagogy
ⓘ
Sunni legal theory ⓘ later commentaries on Sahih Muslim ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| methodology |
Shafi‘i usul al-fiqh
ⓘ
comparison of variant narrations ⓘ linguistic analysis of hadith wording ⓘ |
| provides |
detailed commentary on hadith chains
ⓘ
explanations of hadith texts ⓘ legal inferences from hadith ⓘ theological inferences from hadith ⓘ |
| region | Greater Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWorkOfAuthor |
Riyad al-Salihin
NERFINISHED
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al-Majmu‘ Sharh al-Muhadhdhab NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| schoolOfLawContext | Shafi‘i NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| statusInTradition |
considered an authoritative commentary on Sahih Muslim
ⓘ
widely studied in Sunni scholarship ⓘ |
| structure | organized according to books and chapters of Sahih Muslim ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 13th century ⓘ |
| titleTranslation | The Methodology in Explaining Sahih Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Sunni hadith curricula
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traditional Islamic seminaries ⓘ |
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