Al-Itqan fi Ulum al-Hadith

E684590

Islamic hadith studies book classical Islamic manual religious studies work

Al-Itqan fi Ulum al-Hadith is a comprehensive classical manual on the sciences and methodology of Hadith authentication and study in Islamic scholarship.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Al-Itqan fi Ulum al-Hadith canonical	2
Mustalah al-hadith	1
al-Itqān fī ʿUlūm al-Ḥadīth	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7719744 — 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: Al-Itqan fi Ulum al-Hadith
Context triple: [Al-Suyuti, notableWork, Al-Itqan fi Ulum al-Hadith]

A. Al-Kafi by Ibn Abd al-Barr
Al-Kafi by Ibn Abd al-Barr is a foundational Maliki jurisprudence manual that systematically presents and explains the school’s legal rulings and methodology.
B. Umdat al-Qari
Umdat al-Qari is a major classical Islamic commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, authored by the Hanafi scholar Badr al-Din al-Ayni.
C. Dar al-Hadith al-Ashrafiyya
Dar al-Hadith al-Ashrafiyya was a prominent medieval Damascus institution specializing in the teaching and transmission of hadith, attracting leading Islamic scholars of its time.
D. Fath al-Bari
Fath al-Bari is a renowned multi-volume scholarly commentary on the hadith collection Sahih al-Bukhari, widely regarded as one of the most important works in Sunni Islamic scholarship.
E. Kitāb al-Kashf ʿan Manāhij al-Adilla
Kitāb al-Kashf ʿan Manāhij al-Adilla is a theological and philosophical treatise by the Andalusian thinker Averroes in which he critically examines Islamic theological methods and defends a rationalist approach to understanding religious doctrine.
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-Itqan fi Ulum al-Hadith
Target entity description: Al-Itqan fi Ulum al-Hadith is a comprehensive classical manual on the sciences and methodology of Hadith authentication and study in Islamic scholarship.

A. Al-Kafi by Ibn Abd al-Barr
Al-Kafi by Ibn Abd al-Barr is a foundational Maliki jurisprudence manual that systematically presents and explains the school’s legal rulings and methodology.
B. Umdat al-Qari
Umdat al-Qari is a major classical Islamic commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, authored by the Hanafi scholar Badr al-Din al-Ayni.
C. Dar al-Hadith al-Ashrafiyya
Dar al-Hadith al-Ashrafiyya was a prominent medieval Damascus institution specializing in the teaching and transmission of hadith, attracting leading Islamic scholars of its time.
D. Fath al-Bari
Fath al-Bari is a renowned multi-volume scholarly commentary on the hadith collection Sahih al-Bukhari, widely regarded as one of the most important works in Sunni Islamic scholarship.
E. Kitāb al-Kashf ʿan Manāhij al-Adilla
Kitāb al-Kashf ʿan Manāhij al-Adilla is a theological and philosophical treatise by the Andalusian thinker Averroes in which he critically examines Islamic theological methods and defends a rationalist approach to understanding religious doctrine.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamic hadith studies book ⓘ classical Islamic manual ⓘ religious studies work ⓘ
aimsTo	educate students in hadith methodology ⓘ provide criteria for authentic and weak reports ⓘ systematize principles of hadith criticism ⓘ
belongsToTradition	Sunni Islam ⓘ
coversPeriod	classical Islamic scholarship ⓘ
focusesOn	categories of narrators ⓘ chains of transmission (isnad) ⓘ classification of hadith ⓘ conditions for accepting narrators ⓘ criteria for hadith authenticity ⓘ evaluation of hadith collections ⓘ methods of hadith transmission ⓘ terminology of hadith ⓘ textual criticism of hadith (matn) ⓘ weak and fabricated hadith ⓘ writing and recording of hadith ⓘ
hasAudience	advanced students of Islamic sciences ⓘ specialists in hadith ⓘ
hasDiscipline	Islamic studies ⓘ hadith studies ⓘ
hasForm	prose treatise ⓘ
hasGenre	Islamic legal theory support text ⓘ hadith terminology manual ⓘ
hasMainSubject	Islamic scholarship ⓘ hadith sciences ⓘ methodology of hadith authentication ⓘ
hasReputation	comprehensive manual on hadith sciences ⓘ reference work for hadith methodology ⓘ
hasStructure	topical chapters on various hadith sciences ⓘ
hasTitleInArabic	الإتقان في علوم الحديث ⓘ
influences	curricula of hadith studies ⓘ scholarly discussions on hadith authentication ⓘ
isCitedIn	later works on hadith sciences ⓘ
isConcernedWith	preservation of prophetic traditions ⓘ verification of reports attributed to the Prophet Muhammad ⓘ
isPartOf	Islamic hadith sciences literature ⓘ
isReferencedAs	Al-Itqan fi Ulum al-Hadith ⓘ al-Itqān fī ʿUlūm al-Ḥadīth ⓘ linked to: Al-Itqan fi Ulum al-Hadith
isUsedBy	Islamic jurists ⓘ linked to: Ottoman ulema hadith scholars ⓘ students of hadith ⓘ
isUsedIn	hadith studies curricula ⓘ traditional Islamic seminaries ⓘ
isWrittenIn	Arabic ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Al-Suyuti → notableWork → Al-Itqan fi Ulum al-Hadith ⓘ

Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj → religiousDiscipline → Mustalah al-hadith ⓘ

linked to: Al-Itqan fi Ulum al-Hadith

Al-Itqan fi Ulum al-Hadith → isReferencedAs → Al-Itqan fi Ulum al-Hadith ⓘ

Al-Itqan fi Ulum al-Hadith → isReferencedAs → al-Itqān fī ʿUlūm al-Ḥadīth ⓘ