Al-Ahkam al-Kabir
E1035640
Al-Ahkam al-Kabir is a major Islamic jurisprudential work by the renowned medieval scholar Ibn Kathir, focusing on detailed legal rulings derived from the Qur’an and Sunnah.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Al-Ahkam al-Kabir canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13344827 — 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-Ahkam al-Kabir Context triple: [Ibn Kathir, notableWork, Al-Ahkam al-Kabir]
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A.
Al-Mudawwana al-Kubra
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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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.
Tahdhib al-Ahkam
Tahdhib al-Ahkam is a major Shi'a hadith and jurisprudential compilation by Shaykh al-Tusi, regarded as one of the Four Books of Twelver Shi'ism.
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D.
Al-Jami al-Kabir
Al-Jami al-Kabir is the Great Omari Mosque, a historic and prominent Islamic place of worship.
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E.
Kitab al-Maliki
Kitab al-Maliki is a comprehensive 10th-century medical encyclopedia that became one of the most influential works in medieval Islamic and European medicine.
- 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-Ahkam al-Kabir Target entity description: Al-Ahkam al-Kabir is a major Islamic jurisprudential work by the renowned medieval scholar Ibn Kathir, focusing on detailed legal rulings derived from the Qur’an and Sunnah.
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A.
Al-Mudawwana al-Kubra
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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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.
Tahdhib al-Ahkam
Tahdhib al-Ahkam is a major Shi'a hadith and jurisprudential compilation by Shaykh al-Tusi, regarded as one of the Four Books of Twelver Shi'ism.
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D.
Al-Jami al-Kabir
Al-Jami al-Kabir is the Great Omari Mosque, a historic and prominent Islamic place of worship.
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E.
Kitab al-Maliki
Kitab al-Maliki is a comprehensive 10th-century medical encyclopedia that became one of the most influential works in medieval Islamic and European medicine.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic jurisprudential work
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Islamic legal text ⓘ fiqh book ⓘ |
| associatedWithScholar | Ibn Kathir ⓘ |
| author | Ibn Kathir ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Qur’an
ⓘ
linked to:
Quran
Sunnah ⓘ |
| concerns | practical legal issues in Islam ⓘ |
| describedAs | major Islamic jurisprudential work ⓘ |
| era | medieval Islamic period ⓘ |
| field | Islamic law ⓘ |
| focusesOn | detailed legal rulings ⓘ |
| genre | fiqh ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
Islamic jurists
ⓘ
students of Islamic law ⓘ |
| jurisprudentialApproach | text-based derivation of rulings ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| legalMethod | derivation of rulings from Qur’an and Sunnah ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Islamic jurisprudence ⓘ |
| religiousDiscipline | Sharia rulings ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| scholarlyImportance | considered a significant reference in fiqh literature ⓘ |
| usesSources |
Prophetic hadiths
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Qur’anic verses ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Al-Ahkam al-Kabir Description of subject: Al-Ahkam al-Kabir is a major Islamic jurisprudential work by the renowned medieval scholar Ibn Kathir, focusing on detailed legal rulings derived from the Qur’an and Sunnah.
Referenced by (1)
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