Abu Salih al-Samman
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Abu Salih al-Samman was a prominent early Muslim hadith transmitter and tabi‘i known for narrating traditions from leading Companions, contributing significantly to the preservation of prophetic reports.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Abu Salih al-Samman canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6531582 — 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: Abu Salih al-Samman Context triple: [Abu Hurayrah, narratedBy, Abu Salih al-Samman]
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A.
Salah al-Din al-Sabbagh
Salah al-Din al-Sabbagh was an Iraqi army officer and nationalist leader who played a key role in the pro-Axis coup and subsequent Anglo-Iraqi War of 1941.
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B.
Suleiman al-Halabi
Suleiman al-Halabi was a Syrian theology student and political assassin known for killing the French general Jean-Baptiste Kléber in Cairo in 1800.
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C.
Abu Salama ibn Abd al-Asad
Abu Salama ibn Abd al-Asad was an early companion of the Prophet Muhammad, among the first Muslims to emigrate for their faith and the first husband of Umm Salama.
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D.
Khalil al-Wazir
Khalil al-Wazir, better known as Abu Jihad, was a founding leader and chief military strategist of the Palestinian Fatah movement and a key architect of the Palestinian armed struggle against Israel.
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E.
Ayyub ibn Shadhi
Ayyub ibn Shadhi was a Kurdish nobleman and military leader whose lineage founded the Ayyubid dynasty, most famously represented by his son Saladin.
- 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: Abu Salih al-Samman Target entity description: Abu Salih al-Samman was a prominent early Muslim hadith transmitter and tabi‘i known for narrating traditions from leading Companions, contributing significantly to the preservation of prophetic reports.
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A.
Salah al-Din al-Sabbagh
Salah al-Din al-Sabbagh was an Iraqi army officer and nationalist leader who played a key role in the pro-Axis coup and subsequent Anglo-Iraqi War of 1941.
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B.
Suleiman al-Halabi
Suleiman al-Halabi was a Syrian theology student and political assassin known for killing the French general Jean-Baptiste Kléber in Cairo in 1800.
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C.
Abu Salama ibn Abd al-Asad
Abu Salama ibn Abd al-Asad was an early companion of the Prophet Muhammad, among the first Muslims to emigrate for their faith and the first husband of Umm Salama.
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D.
Khalil al-Wazir
Khalil al-Wazir, better known as Abu Jihad, was a founding leader and chief military strategist of the Palestinian Fatah movement and a key architect of the Palestinian armed struggle against Israel.
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E.
Ayyub ibn Shadhi
Ayyub ibn Shadhi was a Kurdish nobleman and military leader whose lineage founded the Ayyubid dynasty, most famously represented by his son Saladin.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Muslim scholar
ⓘ
hadith transmitter ⓘ tabi‘i ⓘ |
| associatedWith | preservation of Sunnah ⓘ |
| contributedTo | early hadith corpus ⓘ |
| era | early Islamic period ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Islamic scholarship
ⓘ
hadith ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hadithCategory | narrator in major hadith collections ⓘ |
| influenced | later hadith scholars ⓘ |
| knownFor |
contributing to preservation of prophetic reports
ⓘ
transmitting hadith from leading Companions ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| notableRole | link between Companions and later hadith transmitters ⓘ |
| occupation | hadith narrator ⓘ |
| partOf | early generations of Muslim community ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| roleInIsnad | middle link between Companions and later scholars ⓘ |
| sourceType | primary transmitter of prophetic traditions ⓘ |
| statusInHadith | reliable narrator ⓘ |
| timePeriod | generation after the Prophet’s Companions ⓘ |
| transmissionMethod | oral transmission of hadith ⓘ |
| transmittedFrom |
Companions of the Prophet Muhammad
ⓘ
linked to:
Companions of the Prophet
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Abu Salih al-Samman Description of subject: Abu Salih al-Samman was a prominent early Muslim hadith transmitter and tabi‘i known for narrating traditions from leading Companions, contributing significantly to the preservation of prophetic reports.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.