al-Isti‘ab fi Ma‘rifat al-Ashab
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al-Isti‘ab fi Ma‘rifat al-Ashab is a major biographical compendium of the companions of the Prophet Muhammad, authored by the Andalusian scholar Ibn Abd al-Barr.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| al-Isti‘ab fi Ma‘rifat al-Ashab canonical | 1 |
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: al-Isti‘ab fi Ma‘rifat al-Ashab Context triple: [Ibn Abd al-Barr, notableWork, al-Isti‘ab fi Ma‘rifat al-Ashab]
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Awarif al-Ma'arif
Awarif al-Ma'arif is a seminal Sufi manual by Shihab al-Din Umar al-Suhrawardi that systematically outlines Sufi doctrine, ethics, and spiritual practice.
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B.
Ijaz al-Bayan
Ijaz al-Bayan is a significant mystical-philosophical treatise by the Sufi thinker Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi, exploring advanced themes in Islamic metaphysics and spiritual realization.
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C.
Izalat al-Khafa ‘an Khilafat al-Khulafa
Izalat al-Khafa ‘an Khilafat al-Khulafa is a seminal Islamic treatise by Shah Waliullah Dehlawi that examines the historical and theological foundations of the caliphate and early Muslim leadership.
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D.
Al-Insaf fi Bayan Sabab al-Ikhtilaf
Al-Insaf fi Bayan Sabab al-Ikhtilaf is a scholarly Islamic treatise by Shah Waliullah Dehlawi that analyzes the reasons behind juristic disagreements among Muslim legal schools.
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E.
Tajarib al-Umam
Tajarib al-Umam is a major 11th-century Arabic historical chronicle by the Persian philosopher-historian Ibn Miskawayh, covering political and moral lessons drawn from earlier Islamic and pre-Islamic events.
- 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-Isti‘ab fi Ma‘rifat al-Ashab Target entity description: al-Isti‘ab fi Ma‘rifat al-Ashab is a major biographical compendium of the companions of the Prophet Muhammad, authored by the Andalusian scholar Ibn Abd al-Barr.
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A.
Awarif al-Ma'arif
Awarif al-Ma'arif is a seminal Sufi manual by Shihab al-Din Umar al-Suhrawardi that systematically outlines Sufi doctrine, ethics, and spiritual practice.
-
B.
Ijaz al-Bayan
Ijaz al-Bayan is a significant mystical-philosophical treatise by the Sufi thinker Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi, exploring advanced themes in Islamic metaphysics and spiritual realization.
-
C.
Izalat al-Khafa ‘an Khilafat al-Khulafa
Izalat al-Khafa ‘an Khilafat al-Khulafa is a seminal Islamic treatise by Shah Waliullah Dehlawi that examines the historical and theological foundations of the caliphate and early Muslim leadership.
-
D.
Al-Insaf fi Bayan Sabab al-Ikhtilaf
Al-Insaf fi Bayan Sabab al-Ikhtilaf is a scholarly Islamic treatise by Shah Waliullah Dehlawi that analyzes the reasons behind juristic disagreements among Muslim legal schools.
-
E.
Tajarib al-Umam
Tajarib al-Umam is a major 11th-century Arabic historical chronicle by the Persian philosopher-historian Ibn Miskawayh, covering political and moral lessons drawn from earlier Islamic and pre-Islamic events.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic scholarly work
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biographical compendium ⓘ book on the Companions of the Prophet ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
document the identities of the Companions
ⓘ
preserve historical information about the Companions ⓘ |
| alternativeTitle | al-Isti‘ab fi Ma‘rifat al-Sahabah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Ibn Abd al-Barr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorCenturyGregorian | 11th century CE ⓘ |
| authorCenturyHijri | 5th century AH ⓘ |
| citedBy |
Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
al-Dhahabi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
entries on female Companions
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entries on male Companions ⓘ narrations about the Companions ⓘ reports of virtues and merits (fada’il) ⓘ |
| field |
Islamic history
ⓘ
hadith studies ⓘ prosopography ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
genealogies of the Companions
ⓘ
hadith transmitters among the Companions ⓘ lives of the Prophet’s Companions ⓘ names and kunyas of the Companions ⓘ virtues of the Companions ⓘ |
| genre |
biographical dictionary
ⓘ
rijal al-hadith ⓘ |
| importance |
considered one of the earliest comprehensive works on the Companions
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major source for later compilers of Sahaba biographies ⓘ |
| influenced | later biographical works on the Companions ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Sahaba
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
biographies of the Companions of Muhammad ⓘ |
| religiousPerspective | Sunni NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousStatus | classical Sunni reference ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Sunni Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | organized alphabetically by name of Companion ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
departments of Islamic studies
ⓘ
traditional Islamic seminaries ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed |
early Islamic period
ⓘ
era of the Rightly Guided Caliphs ⓘ lifetime of Prophet Muhammad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleInArabicScript | الاستيعاب في معرفة الأصحاب NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAs |
reference work in biographical evaluation
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reference work in hadith sciences ⓘ source for early Islamic history ⓘ |
| writtenInRegion | al-Andalus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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