Ramadan
E28290
Ramadan is the Islamic holy month of fasting, prayer, reflection, and community observed annually by Muslims worldwide.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ramadan canonical | 26 |
| Ramadan fasting | 5 |
| Ramadan in Islam | 1 |
| Ramadan observances | 1 |
| RamadanIftarMeals | 1 |
| the fasting month of Ramadan | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T213030 — 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: Ramadan Context triple: [Eid al-Fitr, marksEndOf, Ramadan]
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A.
Eid al-Fitr
Eid al-Fitr is a major Islamic festival that marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan with communal prayers, feasting, charity, and celebration.
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B.
Eid al-Adha
Eid al-Adha is an important Islamic festival commemorating Prophet Ibrahim’s willingness to sacrifice his son, marked by special prayers, charity, and the ritual sacrifice of animals.
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C.
Dhu al-Hijjah
Dhu al-Hijjah is the twelfth and final month of the Islamic lunar calendar, known for encompassing the major pilgrimage rites and the festival of Eid al-Adha.
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D.
Hajj
Hajj is the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca that every able-bodied Muslim with sufficient means is religiously obligated to perform at least once in their lifetime.
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E.
Al-Ahad
Al-Ahad is an Islamic divine name of Allah emphasizing His absolute oneness and uniqueness without any partner or equal.
- 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: Ramadan Target entity description: Ramadan is the Islamic holy month of fasting, prayer, reflection, and community observed annually by Muslims worldwide.
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A.
Eid al-Fitr
Eid al-Fitr is a major Islamic festival that marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan with communal prayers, feasting, charity, and celebration.
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B.
Eid al-Adha
Eid al-Adha is an important Islamic festival commemorating Prophet Ibrahim’s willingness to sacrifice his son, marked by special prayers, charity, and the ritual sacrifice of animals.
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C.
Dhu al-Hijjah
Dhu al-Hijjah is the twelfth and final month of the Islamic lunar calendar, known for encompassing the major pilgrimage rites and the festival of Eid al-Adha.
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D.
Hajj
Hajj is the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca that every able-bodied Muslim with sufficient means is religiously obligated to perform at least once in their lifetime.
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E.
Al-Ahad
Al-Ahad is an Islamic divine name of Allah emphasizing His absolute oneness and uniqueness without any partner or equal.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic holy month
ⓘ
fasting period ⓘ religious observance ⓘ |
| associatedEvent | revelation of the Quran ⓘ |
| associatedNight | Laylat al-Qadr ⓘ |
| associatedNightMeaning |
Night of Decree
ⓘ
Night of Power ⓘ |
| associatedNightTiming |
often believed to be the 27th night
ⓘ
one of the last ten nights ⓘ |
| calendar | Islamic lunar calendar ⓘ |
| charityObligation |
Zakat al-Fitr
ⓘ
linked to:
Zakat
|
| corePractice |
charity
ⓘ
community gatherings ⓘ fasting from dawn to sunset ⓘ increased prayer ⓘ recitation of the Quran ⓘ spiritual reflection ⓘ |
| duration | 29 or 30 days ⓘ |
| effectOnSchedule | changes in work and school hours in some Muslim-majority countries ⓘ |
| endsWith | Eid al-Fitr ⓘ |
| eveningMeal | iftar ⓘ |
| exemption |
breastfeeding women
ⓘ
children ⓘ elderly unable to fast ⓘ pregnant women ⓘ the sick ⓘ travelers ⓘ |
| fastingIncludes |
abstaining from drink
ⓘ
abstaining from food ⓘ abstaining from sexual relations ⓘ abstaining from smoking ⓘ |
| fastingTimeframe | from true dawn (fajr) to sunset (maghrib) ⓘ |
| follows | Sha'ban ⓘ |
| frequency | annually ⓘ |
| greeting |
Ramadan Kareem
ⓘ
Ramadan Mubarak ⓘ |
| legalStatus | officially recognized in many Muslim-majority states ⓘ |
| monthNumber | 9 ⓘ |
| observedBy |
Ahmadi Muslims
ⓘ
linked to:
Ahmadiyya
Ibadi Muslims ⓘ
linked to:
Ibadi Islam
Muslims ⓘ Shia Muslims ⓘ
linked to:
Shia Islam
Sunni Muslims ⓘ
linked to:
Sunni Islam
|
| precedes | Shawwal ⓘ |
| preDawnMeal | suhoor ⓘ |
| purpose |
developing taqwa (God-consciousness)
ⓘ
empathy for the poor ⓘ self-discipline ⓘ |
| recommendedPrayer |
Qiyam al-Layl
ⓘ
Taraweeh ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| socialAspect | communal iftar meals ⓘ |
| startDeterminedBy |
astronomical calculations
ⓘ
sighting of the new moon ⓘ |
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: Ramadan Description of subject: Ramadan is the Islamic holy month of fasting, prayer, reflection, and community observed annually by Muslims worldwide.
Referenced by (35)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ramadan
linked to: Ramadan
linked to: Ramadan
linked to: Ramadan
linked to: Ramadan
linked to: Ramadan
linked to: Ramadan
linked to: Ramadan
linked to: Ramadan