Rawdat al-Talibin
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Rawdat al-Talibin is a major Shafi'i Islamic jurisprudence manual by the medieval Syrian scholar Al-Nawawi, widely studied as an authoritative reference in Sunni legal scholarship.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Rawdat al-Talibin canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7194664 — 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: Rawdat al-Talibin Context triple: [Al-Nawawi, notableWork, Rawdat al-Talibin]
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A.
Maktab al-Khidamat
Maktab al-Khidamat was an Islamist organization founded in the 1980s to recruit, fund, and support foreign fighters for the Afghan jihad against the Soviet Union, and it later served as a precursor to al-Qaeda.
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B.
adh-Dhakhira
adh-Dhakhira is a major encyclopedic work of Maliki Islamic jurisprudence by the medieval scholar Al-Qarafi, noted for its detailed legal analysis and comparative fiqh discussions.
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C.
Saffarin Madrasa
Saffarin Madrasa is a historic Islamic educational institution in Fez, Morocco, renowned as one of the city’s oldest madrasas and an important example of Marinid-era architecture.
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D.
Mir-i-Arab Madrasa
Mir-i-Arab Madrasa is a prominent 16th-century Islamic religious school and architectural landmark located in the historic city of Bukhara, Uzbekistan.
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E.
Khaldiya campus
Khaldiya campus is one of Kuwait University's main campuses, housing several of its academic faculties and facilities in the Khaldiya district of Kuwait.
- 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: Rawdat al-Talibin Target entity description: Rawdat al-Talibin is a major Shafi'i Islamic jurisprudence manual by the medieval Syrian scholar Al-Nawawi, widely studied as an authoritative reference in Sunni legal scholarship.
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A.
Maktab al-Khidamat
Maktab al-Khidamat was an Islamist organization founded in the 1980s to recruit, fund, and support foreign fighters for the Afghan jihad against the Soviet Union, and it later served as a precursor to al-Qaeda.
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B.
adh-Dhakhira
adh-Dhakhira is a major encyclopedic work of Maliki Islamic jurisprudence by the medieval scholar Al-Qarafi, noted for its detailed legal analysis and comparative fiqh discussions.
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C.
Saffarin Madrasa
Saffarin Madrasa is a historic Islamic educational institution in Fez, Morocco, renowned as one of the city’s oldest madrasas and an important example of Marinid-era architecture.
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D.
Mir-i-Arab Madrasa
Mir-i-Arab Madrasa is a prominent 16th-century Islamic religious school and architectural landmark located in the historic city of Bukhara, Uzbekistan.
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E.
Khaldiya campus
Khaldiya campus is one of Kuwait University's main campuses, housing several of its academic faculties and facilities in the Khaldiya district of Kuwait.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic jurisprudence manual
ⓘ
Shafi'i legal manual ⓘ Sunni legal reference ⓘ |
| author |
Al-Nawawi
ⓘ
Yahya ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi ⓘ
linked to:
Al-Nawawi
|
| basedOn |
al-Wajiz
ⓘ
works of al-Ghazali ⓘ
linked to:
Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din
|
| canonicalStatus | standard reference in Shafi'i madhhab ⓘ |
| circulation |
printed in multiple editions
ⓘ
widely copied in manuscript form ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Syria ⓘ |
| doctrinalOrientation | Ash'ari-influenced Shafi'i tradition ⓘ |
| field | Islamic jurisprudence ⓘ |
| genre | fiqh ⓘ |
| hasPart |
chapters on acts of worship
ⓘ
chapters on criminal law ⓘ chapters on inheritance ⓘ chapters on jihad ⓘ chapters on judicial procedure ⓘ chapters on marriage and family law ⓘ chapters on oaths and vows ⓘ chapters on public law ⓘ chapters on transactions ⓘ |
| influenced |
Shafi'i legal curricula in madrasas
ⓘ
later Shafi'i jurists ⓘ |
| influencedBy | earlier Shafi'i jurists ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| legalSchool | Shafi'i school ⓘ |
| madhhab |
Shafi'i
ⓘ
linked to:
Shafi'i school
|
| regionOfOrigin |
Levant
ⓘ
linked to:
Levant region
|
| religiousDiscipline | Islamic law ⓘ |
| religiousLaw | Sharia ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| religiousViewpoint |
Sunni
ⓘ
linked to:
Sunni Islam
|
| scholarlyStatus |
authoritative reference in Shafi'i fiqh
ⓘ
widely studied in Sunni legal scholarship ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Shafi'i madrasas
ⓘ
traditional Islamic seminaries ⓘ |
| subject |
Islamic commercial law
ⓘ
Islamic ritual law ⓘ family law in Islam ⓘ judicial procedures in Islamic law ⓘ penal provisions in Islamic law ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 13th century ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
| usedFor |
issuing legal opinions (fatwas)
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teaching Shafi'i jurisprudence ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Rawdat al-Talibin Description of subject: Rawdat al-Talibin is a major Shafi'i Islamic jurisprudence manual by the medieval Syrian scholar Al-Nawawi, widely studied as an authoritative reference in Sunni legal scholarship.
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