Al-Mudawwana al-Kubra

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Islamic legal text Maliki jurisprudence manual classical Arabic work fiqh compendium

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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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
al-Mudawwana	4
al-Mudawwana al-Kubra	3
al-Mudawwana al-Kubrā	2
Al-Mudawwana al-Kubra canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

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NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Al-Mudawwana al-Kubra
Context triple: [Maliki, legalText, Al-Mudawwana al-Kubra]

A. Kitab al-Hudud
Kitab al-Hudud is a section of the hadith collection Sunan Ibn Majah that deals with Islamic legal punishments and penal laws.
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.
C. al-Sunan al-Kubra
al-Sunan al-Kubra is an expanded, more detailed version of Imam al-Nasa’i’s hadith collection, renowned for its comprehensive coverage and rigorous authentication of prophetic traditions.
D. Al-Jamiʿ al-Kabir
Al-Jamiʿ al-Kabir is a major Sunni hadith collection compiled by the 9th-century scholar Imam al-Tirmidhi, widely regarded as one of the six canonical books of hadith in Islam.
E. Kitab al-Diyat
Kitab al-Diyat is a section of Islamic hadith literature that deals with legal rulings and compensations related to bodily injury and homicide.
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-Mudawwana al-Kubra
Target entity description: 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.

A. Kitab al-Hudud
Kitab al-Hudud is a section of the hadith collection Sunan Ibn Majah that deals with Islamic legal punishments and penal laws.
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.
C. al-Sunan al-Kubra
al-Sunan al-Kubra is an expanded, more detailed version of Imam al-Nasa’i’s hadith collection, renowned for its comprehensive coverage and rigorous authentication of prophetic traditions.
D. Al-Jamiʿ al-Kabir
Al-Jamiʿ al-Kabir is a major Sunni hadith collection compiled by the 9th-century scholar Imam al-Tirmidhi, widely regarded as one of the six canonical books of hadith in Islam.
E. Kitab al-Diyat
Kitab al-Diyat is a section of Islamic hadith literature that deals with legal rulings and compensations related to bodily injury and homicide.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamic legal text ⓘ Maliki jurisprudence manual ⓘ classical Arabic work ⓘ fiqh compendium ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	al-Mudawwana ⓘ linked to: Al-Mudawwana al-Kubra
alternativeTransliteration	al-Mudawwana al-Kubrā ⓘ linked to: Al-Mudawwana al-Kubra
approximateCenturyOfCompilation	9th century CE ⓘ
approximateCenturyOfCompilationHijri	3rd century AH ⓘ
authorityLevel	highly authoritative in classical Maliki jurisprudence ⓘ
basedOnTeachingsOf	Malik ibn Anas ⓘ
compiledBy	Sahnun ibn Saʿid at-Tanukhi ⓘ linked to: Sahnun ibn Saʿid
contains	legal questions and answers (masāʾil) ⓘ legal rulings (ahkam) ⓘ opinions of Malik and his companions ⓘ
coversTopic	acts of worship (ʿibādāt) ⓘ commercial contracts ⓘ criminal law and penalties ⓘ endowments (awqāf) ⓘ inheritance law (farāʾiḍ) ⓘ judicial procedure and testimony ⓘ marriage and family law ⓘ oaths and vows ⓘ transactions (muʿāmalāt) ⓘ
genre	masāʾil-and-ajwiba (question-and-answer) fiqh collection ⓘ
hasModernEdition	printed critical editions in multiple volumes ⓘ
influenced	Andalusian Maliki tradition ⓘ North African legal practice ⓘ later Maliki legal manuals ⓘ
juristicMethod	fiqh al-raʾy and hadith-based reasoning in the Maliki school ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ
legalSchool	Maliki ⓘ
legalSourceType	secondary source after Qurʾan and Sunnah in Maliki methodology ⓘ
legalStatusInSchool	foundational reference for the Maliki school ⓘ
preservedIn	manuscript form ⓘ
primarySubject	Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) ⓘ Maliki legal doctrine ⓘ
recordsOpinionsOf	Malik ibn Anas ⓘ early Maliki jurists ⓘ
regionOfInfluence	Ifriqiya ⓘ linked to: North Africa North Africa ⓘ al-Andalus ⓘ linked to: Andalusia
religion	Islam ⓘ
structure	multi-volume compendium ⓘ
timeOfCompilation	early Abbasid period ⓘ
transmissionForm	based on oral transmissions of Malik’s students ⓘ
usedBy	Maliki jurists and muftis ⓘ
usedIn	traditional Maliki madrasas ⓘ

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