Kitab al-Marasil
E795326
Kitab al-Marasil is a hadith collection by the 9th-century scholar Abu Dawud al-Sijistani, focusing on mursal (incompletely transmitted) narrations and their legal implications.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kitab al-Marasil canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9365662 — 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: Kitab al-Marasil Context triple: [Abu Dawud Sulayman ibn al-Ashʿath al-Sijistani, notableWork, Kitab al-Marasil]
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A.
Al-Risala
Al-Risala is a foundational Islamic legal treatise by Imam al-Shafi'i that systematically outlines the principles and methodology of Sunni jurisprudence (usul al-fiqh).
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B.
Kitab al-Wasaya
Kitab al-Wasaya is a seminal early Sufi treatise by al-Harith al-Muhasibi that offers ethical and spiritual guidance on self-discipline, piety, and inner purification.
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C.
Kitab al-Tawasin
Kitab al-Tawasin is a seminal mystical and poetic work of Islamic Sufism, attributed to the famed mystic al-Hallaj and known for its esoteric reflections on divine love, unity, and martyrdom.
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D.
Kitab al-Ibar
Kitab al-Ibar is a monumental 14th-century universal history by Ibn Khaldun, best known for its pioneering introduction, the Muqaddimah, which laid the foundations of modern historiography and sociology.
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E.
Madarij al-Sālikīn
Madarij al-Sālikīn is a seminal Islamic spiritual and theological work by Ibn al-Qayyim that systematically explains and expands upon the classic Sufi text Manāzil al-Sā’irīn, detailing the stages of the believer’s path to God.
- 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: Kitab al-Marasil Target entity description: Kitab al-Marasil is a hadith collection by the 9th-century scholar Abu Dawud al-Sijistani, focusing on mursal (incompletely transmitted) narrations and their legal implications.
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A.
Al-Risala
Al-Risala is a foundational Islamic legal treatise by Imam al-Shafi'i that systematically outlines the principles and methodology of Sunni jurisprudence (usul al-fiqh).
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B.
Kitab al-Wasaya
Kitab al-Wasaya is a seminal early Sufi treatise by al-Harith al-Muhasibi that offers ethical and spiritual guidance on self-discipline, piety, and inner purification.
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C.
Kitab al-Tawasin
Kitab al-Tawasin is a seminal mystical and poetic work of Islamic Sufism, attributed to the famed mystic al-Hallaj and known for its esoteric reflections on divine love, unity, and martyrdom.
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D.
Kitab al-Ibar
Kitab al-Ibar is a monumental 14th-century universal history by Ibn Khaldun, best known for its pioneering introduction, the Muqaddimah, which laid the foundations of modern historiography and sociology.
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E.
Madarij al-Sālikīn
Madarij al-Sālikīn is a seminal Islamic spiritual and theological work by Ibn al-Qayyim that systematically explains and expands upon the classic Sufi text Manāzil al-Sā’irīn, detailing the stages of the believer’s path to God.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic religious book
ⓘ
hadith collection ⓘ |
| aimsTo | clarify status of mursal reports in law ⓘ |
| analyzes |
chains of transmission
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juridical value of mursal reports ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Sunni Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Abu Dawud al-Sijistani NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| evaluates | acceptability of mursal narrations ⓘ |
| field |
Islamic jurisprudence
ⓘ
hadith studies ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
incompletely transmitted narrations
ⓘ
legal implications of mursal hadiths ⓘ |
| genre | hadith ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Abbasid era ⓘ |
| influenced | later hadith scholarship ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| mainSubject | mursal hadiths ⓘ |
| provides | examples of mursal hadiths ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Sunan Abi Dawud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 9th century ⓘ |
| usedBy | Sunni jurists ⓘ |
| usedIn | usul al-fiqh discussions ⓘ |
| usesMethodology | hadith criticism ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Abu Dawud Sulayman ibn al-Ashʿath al-Sijistani NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Kitab al-Marasil Description of subject: Kitab al-Marasil is a hadith collection by the 9th-century scholar Abu Dawud al-Sijistani, focusing on mursal (incompletely transmitted) narrations and their legal implications.
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