Dhuhr
E605928
Dhuhr is the midday Islamic prayer, one of the five obligatory daily prayers performed after the sun passes its zenith.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dhuhr canonical | 3 |
| Dhuhr prayer | 1 |
| Midday Prayer | 1 |
| Salat al-Asr | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6517879 — 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: Dhuhr Context triple: [Salah in Islam, dailyPrayerName, Dhuhr]
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A.
Al-Ghashiyah
Al-Ghashiyah is the 88th chapter of the Qur’an, a Meccan surah that vividly depicts scenes of the Day of Judgment and contrasts the fate of the believers and disbelievers.
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B.
Ash-Sharh
Ash-Sharh is the 94th chapter of the Qur’an, known for its message of spiritual relief and reassurance following hardship.
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C.
Subiyah
Subiyah is a sparsely populated area in northern Kuwait, located on the north shore of Kuwait Bay and known for its strategic position and development projects linked to major infrastructure like the Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah Causeway.
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D.
Al-Inshiqaq
Al-Inshiqaq is the 84th chapter of the Qur’an, a Meccan surah that vividly depicts the events of the Day of Judgment and the ultimate fate of human beings.
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E.
Shuah
Shuah is a lesser-known son of the biblical patriarch Abraham, mentioned among the children he had with Keturah.
- 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: Dhuhr Target entity description: Dhuhr is the midday Islamic prayer, one of the five obligatory daily prayers performed after the sun passes its zenith.
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A.
Al-Ghashiyah
Al-Ghashiyah is the 88th chapter of the Qur’an, a Meccan surah that vividly depicts scenes of the Day of Judgment and contrasts the fate of the believers and disbelievers.
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B.
Ash-Sharh
Ash-Sharh is the 94th chapter of the Qur’an, known for its message of spiritual relief and reassurance following hardship.
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C.
Subiyah
Subiyah is a sparsely populated area in northern Kuwait, located on the north shore of Kuwait Bay and known for its strategic position and development projects linked to major infrastructure like the Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah Causeway.
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D.
Al-Inshiqaq
Al-Inshiqaq is the 84th chapter of the Qur’an, a Meccan surah that vividly depicts the events of the Day of Judgment and the ultimate fate of human beings.
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E.
Shuah
Shuah is a lesser-known son of the biblical patriarch Abraham, mentioned among the children he had with Keturah.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Daily prayer in Islam
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Islamic prayer ⓘ Obligatory prayer ⓘ Salah ⓘ |
| arabicName | صلاة الظهر ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Midday ⓘ |
| canBeShortenedForTravelers | yes ⓘ |
| congregationalLocation | Mosque ⓘ |
| dailySequence | Fajr–Dhuhr–Asr–Maghrib–Isha ⓘ |
| exemptionsApplyTo |
Children
ⓘ
Menstruating women ⓘ Those without mental capacity ⓘ |
| hasAdhan | yes ⓘ |
| hasIqamah | yes ⓘ |
| includes |
Bowing (ruku)
ⓘ
Prostration (sujud) ⓘ Sitting (tashahhud) ⓘ Standing (qiyam) ⓘ |
| legalStatus | Fard (obligatory) ⓘ |
| mayBeCombinedWith | Asr in travel or specific circumstances (in some schools) ⓘ |
| meaningInArabic | noon prayer ⓘ |
| numberOfDailyPrayersGroup | five daily prayers ⓘ |
| obligationBasis | Consensus of Muslim scholars (ijma‘) ⓘ |
| obligatoryFor |
Adult Muslims
ⓘ
Non-traveling Muslims in normal circumstances ⓘ Sane Muslims ⓘ |
| obligatoryOnWomen | yes ⓘ |
| performedAfter |
Fajr
ⓘ
linked to:
Al-Fajr
Sun passes its zenith ⓘ |
| performedBefore | Asr ⓘ |
| performedFacing | Qibla ⓘ |
| performedIndividuallyOrInCongregation | both ⓘ |
| positionInFiveDailyPrayers | second prayer ⓘ |
| prayerType | Silent prayer in congregation ⓘ |
| rakahCount | 4 ⓘ |
| recitationStyle | Qur’an recited quietly in congregation ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Islam ⓘ |
| requires |
Correct time entry
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Covering of awrah ⓘ Intention (niyyah) ⓘ Ritual purity (wudu or ghusl) ⓘ |
| scripturalSource |
Hadith
ⓘ
Qur’an ⓘ
linked to:
Quran
|
| shortenedRakahCountForTravelers | 2 ⓘ |
| timeBegins | When the sun passes the meridian ⓘ |
| timeEnds | When an object's shadow equals its length plus its noon shadow (in most schools) ⓘ |
| transliteration | Ṣalāt al-Ẓuhr ⓘ |
| typicalSunnahAfter | 2 rakahs of Sunnah (in many schools) ⓘ |
| typicalSunnahBefore | 2 or 4 rakahs of Sunnah (depending on school) ⓘ |
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: Dhuhr Description of subject: Dhuhr is the midday Islamic prayer, one of the five obligatory daily prayers performed after the sun passes its zenith.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: Dhuhr