Malik ibn Anas
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Malik ibn Anas was an 8th-century Muslim jurist and theologian from Medina, renowned as the founder of one of the major Sunni schools of Islamic law and as the compiler of the influential hadith collection Al-Muwatta.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Malik ibn Anas canonical | 15 |
| Imam Malik | 1 |
| Imam Malik ibn Anas | 1 |
| Mālik | 1 |
| Mālik ibn Anas ibn Mālik ibn Abī ʿĀmir al-Aṣbaḥī | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1296228 — 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: Malik ibn Anas Context triple: [Maliki school, namedAfter, Malik ibn Anas]
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A.
Qasim ibn Muhammad
Qasim ibn Muhammad was the eldest son of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, who died in childhood in Mecca.
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B.
Muhammad al-Shaybani
Muhammad al-Shaybani was an influential early Islamic jurist and student of Abu Hanifa who played a key role in systematizing and transmitting Hanafi jurisprudence.
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C.
Ibn Muqla
Ibn Muqla was a 10th-century Abbasid vizier and master calligrapher renowned for codifying the proportional rules that shaped classical Arabic scripts, especially Naskh.
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D.
Abdullah ibn Ibad
Abdullah ibn Ibad was an early Islamic figure traditionally regarded as the eponymous founder and ideological namesake of the Ibadi branch of Islam.
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E.
Hamzah bin Hussein
Hamzah bin Hussein is a Jordanian prince, the half-brother of King Abdullah II and former crown prince of Jordan.
- 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: Malik ibn Anas Target entity description: Malik ibn Anas was an 8th-century Muslim jurist and theologian from Medina, renowned as the founder of one of the major Sunni schools of Islamic law and as the compiler of the influential hadith collection Al-Muwatta.
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A.
Qasim ibn Muhammad
Qasim ibn Muhammad was the eldest son of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, who died in childhood in Mecca.
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B.
Muhammad al-Shaybani
Muhammad al-Shaybani was an influential early Islamic jurist and student of Abu Hanifa who played a key role in systematizing and transmitting Hanafi jurisprudence.
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C.
Ibn Muqla
Ibn Muqla was a 10th-century Abbasid vizier and master calligrapher renowned for codifying the proportional rules that shaped classical Arabic scripts, especially Naskh.
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D.
Abdullah ibn Ibad
Abdullah ibn Ibad was an early Islamic figure traditionally regarded as the eponymous founder and ideological namesake of the Ibadi branch of Islam.
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E.
Hamzah bin Hussein
Hamzah bin Hussein is a Jordanian prince, the half-brother of King Abdullah II and former crown prince of Jordan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic theologian
ⓘ
Medinan scholar ⓘ Muslim jurist ⓘ founder of a Sunni madhhab ⓘ hadith scholar ⓘ |
| associatedSchool |
Maliki school
ⓘ
surface form:
Maliki madhhab
|
| associatedWith |
Al-Masjid an-Nabawi
ⓘ
surface form:
Prophet's Mosque in Medina
|
| authored | Al-Muwatta ⓘ |
| century | 8th century ⓘ |
| denomination | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| era | 8th century ⓘ |
| field |
Islamic theology
ⓘ
fiqh ⓘ hadith studies ⓘ |
| founded |
Maliki school
ⓘ
surface form:
Maliki school of Islamic law
|
| fullName |
Malik ibn Anas
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Mālik ibn Anas ibn Mālik ibn Abī ʿĀmir al-Aṣbaḥī
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| genre |
fiqh manual
ⓘ
hadith collection ⓘ |
| inAlMuwatta | includes hadith and legal opinions ⓘ |
| influenced |
Ahmad ibn Hanbal
ⓘ
Al-Shafi'i ⓘ Sunni legal theory ⓘ later Maliki jurists ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri
ⓘ
Ibn Umar ⓘ
surface form:
Nafi' mawla Ibn Umar
Rabia al‑Adawiyya ⓘ
surface form:
Rabi'a al-Ra'y
|
| influenceScope |
Islamic Spain
ⓘ
surface form:
Islamic Spain (al-Andalus)
North and West Africa ⓘ parts of the Arabian Peninsula ⓘ |
| jurisprudentialApproach |
importance of maslahah (public interest)
ⓘ
relatively conservative use of qiyas ⓘ |
| knownAs |
Malik ibn Anas
ⓘ
surface form:
Imam Malik
|
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| legalSchoolFoundedIn | Medina ⓘ |
| methodology | emphasis on practice of the people of Medina ⓘ |
| notability | one of the four great Sunni imams of fiqh ⓘ |
| notableWork | Al-Muwatta ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity | Medina ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Medina ⓘ |
| region | Hejaz ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| religiousLaw | Sharia ⓘ |
| schoolOfLaw | Maliki ⓘ |
| status | founder of Maliki madhhab ⓘ |
| taught |
Al-Masjid an-Nabawi
ⓘ
surface form:
in the Prophet's Mosque in Medina
|
| tradition |
Sunni Islam
ⓘ
surface form:
Sunni
|
| veneratedIn | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| viewOnHadith | prioritized authentic Medinan practice and well-attested reports ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Malik ibn Anas Description of subject: Malik ibn Anas was an 8th-century Muslim jurist and theologian from Medina, renowned as the founder of one of the major Sunni schools of Islamic law and as the compiler of the influential hadith collection Al-Muwatta.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Mālik
this entity surface form:
Mālik ibn Anas ibn Mālik ibn Abī ʿĀmir al-Aṣbaḥī
this entity surface form:
Imam Malik
this entity surface form:
Imam Malik ibn Anas
subject surface form:
Al-Qurtubi