Muwatta Malik
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Muwatta Malik is an early and highly respected Sunni hadith collection compiled by Imam Malik ibn Anas, notable for combining prophetic traditions with the legal practice of the people of Medina.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Muwatta Malik canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9220249 — 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: Muwatta Malik Context triple: [Kutub al-Sittah, excludes, Muwatta Malik]
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A.
El Malek El Saleh
El Malek El Saleh is a metro station in Cairo, Egypt, located on Line 1 of the Cairo Metro network.
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B.
Al-Malik
Al-Malik is one of the names of Allah in Islam, signifying Him as the absolute Sovereign and King over all creation.
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C.
Tadj ol-Molouk
Tadj ol-Molouk was the queen mother of Iran and a prominent member of the Pahlavi dynasty, known as the mother of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi.
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D.
El Monshaah
El Monshaah is a town located within Egypt’s Sohag Governorate in Upper Egypt.
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E.
Al-Mubarraz
Al-Mubarraz is a major city in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province, forming a twin urban area with nearby Hofuf in the fertile Al-Ahsa oasis region.
- 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: Muwatta Malik Target entity description: Muwatta Malik is an early and highly respected Sunni hadith collection compiled by Imam Malik ibn Anas, notable for combining prophetic traditions with the legal practice of the people of Medina.
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A.
El Malek El Saleh
El Malek El Saleh is a metro station in Cairo, Egypt, located on Line 1 of the Cairo Metro network.
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B.
Al-Malik
Al-Malik is one of the names of Allah in Islam, signifying Him as the absolute Sovereign and King over all creation.
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C.
Tadj ol-Molouk
Tadj ol-Molouk was the queen mother of Iran and a prominent member of the Pahlavi dynasty, known as the mother of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi.
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D.
El Monshaah
El Monshaah is a town located within Egypt’s Sohag Governorate in Upper Egypt.
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E.
Al-Mubarraz
Al-Mubarraz is a major city in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province, forming a twin urban area with nearby Hofuf in the fertile Al-Ahsa oasis region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic religious text
ⓘ
Sunni hadith collection ⓘ hadith collection ⓘ |
| associatedWith | early Medinan scholarly tradition ⓘ |
| author | Malik ibn Anas ⓘ |
| citedBy | later Maliki jurists ⓘ |
| compiler | Malik ibn Anas ⓘ |
| contains |
hadith
ⓘ
legal opinions (fiqh) ⓘ sayings of Companions of Muhammad ⓘ sayings of Successors (Tabi'un) ⓘ sayings of the Prophet Muhammad ⓘ
linked to:
Sunnah
|
| dateOfCompilation | 8th century ⓘ |
| denomination | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| focusesOn | legal practice of the people of Medina ⓘ |
| genre | hadith and fiqh ⓘ |
| geographicalInfluence |
North Africa
ⓘ
West Africa ⓘ al-Andalus (Islamic Spain) ⓘ
linked to:
Al-Andalus
parts of the Arabian Peninsula ⓘ |
| hasMultipleRecensions | yes ⓘ |
| influenced |
Maliki jurisprudence
ⓘ
development of usul al-fiqh in the Maliki school ⓘ later hadith compilers ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| methodology | combines hadith with Medinan legal practice ⓘ |
| notableRecension | Yahya al-Laythi’s recension ⓘ |
| placeOfCompilation | Medina ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | Sunni hadith scholars ⓘ |
| regardedAs |
highly authentic by many Sunni scholars
ⓘ
one of the earliest extant hadith collections ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| schoolOfLaw | Maliki ⓘ |
| statusInMalikiSchool | primary reference text after the Qur'an ⓘ |
| structure | books (kutub) ⓘ |
| subject |
criminal law
ⓘ
ethics and manners ⓘ marriage and family law ⓘ ritual worship (ibadat) ⓘ transactions (muamalat) ⓘ |
| titleMeaning | The Well-Trodden Path ⓘ |
| usedFor |
deriving legal rulings
ⓘ
teaching Maliki fiqh ⓘ teaching hadith ⓘ |
| usesSource | practice of the people of Medina ⓘ |
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Subject: Muwatta Malik Description of subject: Muwatta Malik is an early and highly respected Sunni hadith collection compiled by Imam Malik ibn Anas, notable for combining prophetic traditions with the legal practice of the people of Medina.
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