Jami‘ Bayan al-‘Ilm wa Fadlihi
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Jami‘ Bayan al-‘Ilm wa Fadlihi is a classical Islamic work that extensively discusses the virtues, etiquette, and transmission of knowledge, drawing on Qur’anic verses, hadiths, and sayings of early scholars.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jami‘ Bayan al-‘Ilm wa Fadlihi canonical | 1 |
| Jami‘ al-‘Ulum wa-l-Hikam | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7260514 — 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: Jami‘ Bayan al-‘Ilm wa Fadlihi Context triple: [Ibn Abd al-Barr, notableWork, Jami‘ Bayan al-‘Ilm wa Fadlihi]
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A.
Ihsa al-Ulum
Ihsa al-Ulum is a seminal philosophical and scientific treatise by Al-Farabi that systematically classifies and surveys the various branches of knowledge in the Islamic intellectual tradition.
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B.
Kitab al-Iman
Kitab al-Iman is the Book of Faith section in Sahih al-Bukhari, compiling prophetic traditions that define and explain the concept and components of Islamic faith (iman).
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C.
Ijaz al-Bayan
Ijaz al-Bayan is a significant mystical-philosophical treatise by the Sufi thinker Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi, exploring advanced themes in Islamic metaphysics and spiritual realization.
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D.
Kitab al-Ilm
Kitab al-Ilm is the section of Sahih al-Bukhari devoted to prophetic teachings and rulings about knowledge, its virtues, and its proper transmission in Islam.
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E.
Awarif al-Ma'arif
Awarif al-Ma'arif is a seminal Sufi manual by Shihab al-Din Umar al-Suhrawardi that systematically outlines Sufi doctrine, ethics, and spiritual practice.
- 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: Jami‘ Bayan al-‘Ilm wa Fadlihi Target entity description: Jami‘ Bayan al-‘Ilm wa Fadlihi is a classical Islamic work that extensively discusses the virtues, etiquette, and transmission of knowledge, drawing on Qur’anic verses, hadiths, and sayings of early scholars.
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A.
Ihsa al-Ulum
Ihsa al-Ulum is a seminal philosophical and scientific treatise by Al-Farabi that systematically classifies and surveys the various branches of knowledge in the Islamic intellectual tradition.
-
B.
Kitab al-Iman
Kitab al-Iman is the Book of Faith section in Sahih al-Bukhari, compiling prophetic traditions that define and explain the concept and components of Islamic faith (iman).
-
C.
Ijaz al-Bayan
Ijaz al-Bayan is a significant mystical-philosophical treatise by the Sufi thinker Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi, exploring advanced themes in Islamic metaphysics and spiritual realization.
-
D.
Kitab al-Ilm
Kitab al-Ilm is the section of Sahih al-Bukhari devoted to prophetic teachings and rulings about knowledge, its virtues, and its proper transmission in Islam.
-
E.
Awarif al-Ma'arif
Awarif al-Ma'arif is a seminal Sufi manual by Shihab al-Din Umar al-Suhrawardi that systematically outlines Sufi doctrine, ethics, and spiritual practice.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic religious book
ⓘ
classical Arabic text ⓘ hadith-based work ⓘ |
| aim |
to clarify the virtues of knowledge in Islam
ⓘ
to document evidences for the importance of knowledge ⓘ to outline proper etiquette for scholars and students ⓘ |
| author |
Ibn ‘Abd al-Barr
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linked to:
Ibn Abd al-Barr
|
| authorName |
Abu ‘Umar Yusuf ibn ‘Abd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Barr al-Namari al-Qurtubi
ⓘ
linked to:
Ibn Abd al-Barr
|
| citedBy |
Ibn Taymiyya
ⓘ
linked to:
Ibn Taymiyyah
Ibn al-Qayyim ⓘ
linked to:
Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah
later Maliki jurists ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
acting upon knowledge
ⓘ
adab of the student ⓘ adab of the teacher ⓘ chains of transmission (isnad) ⓘ condemnation of ignorance ⓘ criticizing and praising narrators ⓘ disputes and differences among scholars ⓘ fiqh of knowledge ⓘ following evidence versus blind following (taqlid) ⓘ forgetting knowledge ⓘ memorization of knowledge ⓘ obligation of seeking knowledge ⓘ sincerity in seeking knowledge ⓘ status of scholars in Islam ⓘ teaching and spreading knowledge ⓘ traveling for knowledge ⓘ virtues of the people of hadith ⓘ writing and recording knowledge ⓘ writing down hadith ⓘ |
| genre |
adab al-‘alim wa-l-muta‘allim literature
ⓘ
hadith commentary ⓘ |
| influenced | later Sunni scholarship on knowledge ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
etiquette of seeking knowledge
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transmission of knowledge ⓘ virtues of knowledge ⓘ |
| placeAssociatedWith |
Cordoba
ⓘ
linked to:
Cordoba (historical)
al-Andalus ⓘ
linked to:
Al-Andalus
|
| religiousTradition | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| schoolOfLawContext | Maliki ⓘ |
| structure | organized into numerous chapters on knowledge and its rulings ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
11th century CE
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5th century AH ⓘ |
| titleTranslation | Compendium on the Elucidation of Knowledge and Its Merit ⓘ |
| usesSource |
Qur’an
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linked to:
Quran
hadith ⓘ sayings of the Sahaba ⓘ sayings of the Tabi‘in ⓘ |
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Subject: Jami‘ Bayan al-‘Ilm wa Fadlihi Description of subject: Jami‘ Bayan al-‘Ilm wa Fadlihi is a classical Islamic work that extensively discusses the virtues, etiquette, and transmission of knowledge, drawing on Qur’anic verses, hadiths, and sayings of early scholars.
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linked to: Jami‘ Bayan al-‘Ilm wa Fadlihi