Umdat al-Qari
E225056
Umdat al-Qari is a major classical Islamic commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, authored by the Hanafi scholar Badr al-Din al-Ayni.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Umdat al-Qari canonical | 4 |
| ʿUmdat al-Qari fi Sharh Sahih al-Bukhari | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1988071 — 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: Umdat al-Qari Context triple: [Sahih al-Bukhari, hasCommentary, Umdat al-Qari]
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A.
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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B.
Kitab al-Tafsir
Kitab al-Tafsir is the section of Sahih al-Bukhari devoted to explaining and interpreting the verses of the Qur’an through prophetic traditions.
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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.
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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E.
al-Kafi
al-Kafi is one of the most important Shia hadith compilations, widely regarded as a foundational source of theology, law, and ethics in Twelver Shia Islam.
- 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: Umdat al-Qari Target entity description: 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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A.
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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B.
Kitab al-Tafsir
Kitab al-Tafsir is the section of Sahih al-Bukhari devoted to explaining and interpreting the verses of the Qur’an through prophetic traditions.
-
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.
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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E.
al-Kafi
al-Kafi is one of the most important Shia hadith compilations, widely regarded as a foundational source of theology, law, and ethics in Twelver Shia Islam.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic hadith commentary
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Sharh of Sahih al-Bukhari ⓘ classical Arabic work ⓘ |
| author | Badr al-Din al-Ayni ⓘ |
| basedOn | Sahih al-Bukhari ⓘ |
| circulationRegion |
Arab lands
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Indian subcontinent ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| citedBy |
later Hanafi jurists
ⓘ
later Sunni hadith scholars ⓘ |
| commentaryType |
comprehensive
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explanatory and analytical ⓘ |
| completionCenturyGregorian | 15th century CE ⓘ |
| completionCenturyHijri | 9th century AH ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
explanation of chapter headings of al-Bukhari
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legal implications of hadith ⓘ reconciling apparently conflicting narrations ⓘ |
| genre |
Islamic scholarly work
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hadith commentary ⓘ |
| hasPart | multiple volumes ⓘ |
| influencedBy | earlier commentaries on Sahih al-Bukhari ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| madhhab |
Hanafi
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linked to:
Hanafi school
|
| notableFor |
comparative fiqh analysis
ⓘ
critical evaluation of hadith chains ⓘ detailed legal discussions from Hanafi perspective ⓘ discussion of variant narrations ⓘ extensive linguistic and grammatical analysis ⓘ |
| primaryAudience | advanced students of hadith and fiqh ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Fath al-Bari
ⓘ
Irshad al-Sari ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| scholarlyStatus |
authoritative reference in Hanafi hadith scholarship
ⓘ
major commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari ⓘ |
| schoolOrientation | Hanafi jurisprudence ⓘ |
| subject |
Islamic jurisprudence
ⓘ
Quranic exegesis related to hadith ⓘ biographical evaluation of narrators ⓘ hadith ⓘ hadith commentary ⓘ hadith methodology ⓘ |
| theologicalOrientation | Maturidi ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Mamluk era ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
| titleMeaning | The Support of the Reader ⓘ |
| usedIn |
advanced hadith studies
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traditional madrasah curricula ⓘ |
| workCommentaryOn | Sahih al-Bukhari ⓘ |
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