Masruq ibn al-Ajda
E184724
Masruq ibn al-Ajda was a prominent early Muslim scholar and jurist of Kufa, renowned as a leading Tabi‘i and transmitter of hadith.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Masruq ibn al-Ajda canonical | 2 |
| Masruq ibn al-Ajdaʿ | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1324156 — 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: Masruq ibn al-Ajda Context triple: [Aisha bint Abi Bakr, teacherOf, Masruq ibn al-Ajda]
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A.
Khalil ibn Ishaq
Khalil ibn Ishaq was a prominent medieval Maliki jurist best known for his influential legal manual "Mukhtasar Khalil," which became a central reference in Maliki Islamic jurisprudence.
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B.
Abu Musa al-Ashari
Abu Musa al-Ashari was a prominent companion of the Prophet Muhammad, renowned for his piety, knowledge of Islamic jurisprudence, and role as a governor and military leader in the early Islamic state.
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C.
Zufar ibn al-Hudhayl
Zufar ibn al-Hudhayl was an early Islamic jurist and prominent disciple of Abu Hanifa, known for his influential role in shaping Hanafi legal thought.
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D.
Bilal ibn Rabah
Bilal ibn Rabah was a prominent early companion of the Prophet Muhammad, renowned as Islam’s first muezzin and a symbol of faith and perseverance, especially noted for giving the call to prayer at the Kaaba after the Muslim conquest of Mecca.
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E.
Ibn al-Qasim
Ibn al-Qasim was a prominent early Maliki jurist and key transmitter of Imam Malik’s legal opinions, whose teachings greatly shaped the development of Maliki Islamic jurisprudence.
- 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: Masruq ibn al-Ajda Target entity description: Masruq ibn al-Ajda was a prominent early Muslim scholar and jurist of Kufa, renowned as a leading Tabi‘i and transmitter of hadith.
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A.
Khalil ibn Ishaq
Khalil ibn Ishaq was a prominent medieval Maliki jurist best known for his influential legal manual "Mukhtasar Khalil," which became a central reference in Maliki Islamic jurisprudence.
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B.
Abu Musa al-Ashari
Abu Musa al-Ashari was a prominent companion of the Prophet Muhammad, renowned for his piety, knowledge of Islamic jurisprudence, and role as a governor and military leader in the early Islamic state.
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C.
Zufar ibn al-Hudhayl
Zufar ibn al-Hudhayl was an early Islamic jurist and prominent disciple of Abu Hanifa, known for his influential role in shaping Hanafi legal thought.
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D.
Bilal ibn Rabah
Bilal ibn Rabah was a prominent early companion of the Prophet Muhammad, renowned as Islam’s first muezzin and a symbol of faith and perseverance, especially noted for giving the call to prayer at the Kaaba after the Muslim conquest of Mecca.
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E.
Ibn al-Qasim
Ibn al-Qasim was a prominent early Maliki jurist and key transmitter of Imam Malik’s legal opinions, whose teachings greatly shaped the development of Maliki Islamic jurisprudence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Muslim scholar
ⓘ
Tabi‘i ⓘ hadith transmitter ⓘ jurist ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Kufa ⓘ |
| category | Tabi‘un of Kufa ⓘ |
| era | early Islamic period ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Arab
ⓘ
linked to:
Arabs
|
| generation | second generation of Muslims ⓘ |
| influenced |
later Kufan jurists
ⓘ
later hadith scholars ⓘ |
| knownFor |
knowledge of fiqh
ⓘ
knowledge of hadith ⓘ piety ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| notableAs |
leading Tabi‘i
ⓘ
prominent early Muslim scholar of Kufa ⓘ renowned transmitter of hadith ⓘ |
| region | Iraq ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| residence | Kufa ⓘ |
| roleInHadith | transmitter from Companions of Muhammad ⓘ |
| studiedField |
Islamic jurisprudence
ⓘ
hadith ⓘ |
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
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Masruq ibn al-Ajda Description of subject: Masruq ibn al-Ajda was a prominent early Muslim scholar and jurist of Kufa, renowned as a leading Tabi‘i and transmitter of hadith.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Masruq ibn al-Ajda