Kutub al-Sittah
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Kutub al-Sittah is the canonical collection of six major Sunni hadith books regarded as the most authoritative sources of the Prophet Muhammad’s sayings and traditions after the Qur’an.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kutub al-Sittah canonical | 9 |
| Kutub al-hadith | 1 |
| al-Kutub al-Sittah | 1 |
| al-Sunan al-Sughra | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Kutub al-Sittah Context triple: [Sahih al-Bukhari, partOf, Kutub al-Sittah]
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Kitab al-Tawasin
Kitab al-Tawasin is a seminal mystical and poetic work of Islamic Sufism, attributed to the famed mystic al-Hallaj and known for its esoteric reflections on divine love, unity, and martyrdom.
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B.
Kitāb al-Amānāt wa-l-Iʿtiqādāt
Kitāb al-Amānāt wa-l-Iʿtiqādāt is a foundational 10th-century Jewish philosophical and theological treatise that systematically presents and defends the principles of Jewish belief using rational argumentation.
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C.
Sahifat al-Madina
Sahifat al-Madina is an early Islamic charter attributed to the Prophet Muhammad that organized relations and mutual obligations among the diverse communities of Medina, often regarded as one of the first written constitutions in history.
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D.
Kitáb-i-Íqán
Kitáb-i-Íqán is a central theological work of the Bahá'í Faith, written by Bahá'u'lláh, that explains the continuity of divine revelation and the symbolic meaning of religious scriptures.
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E.
al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya
al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya is Ibn Arabi’s monumental multi-volume Sufi work that systematically explores Islamic mysticism, metaphysics, and spiritual practice.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Kutub al-Sittah Target entity description: Kutub al-Sittah is the canonical collection of six major Sunni hadith books regarded as the most authoritative sources of the Prophet Muhammad’s sayings and traditions after the Qur’an.
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A.
Kitab al-Tawasin
Kitab al-Tawasin is a seminal mystical and poetic work of Islamic Sufism, attributed to the famed mystic al-Hallaj and known for its esoteric reflections on divine love, unity, and martyrdom.
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B.
Kitāb al-Amānāt wa-l-Iʿtiqādāt
Kitāb al-Amānāt wa-l-Iʿtiqādāt is a foundational 10th-century Jewish philosophical and theological treatise that systematically presents and defends the principles of Jewish belief using rational argumentation.
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C.
Sahifat al-Madina
Sahifat al-Madina is an early Islamic charter attributed to the Prophet Muhammad that organized relations and mutual obligations among the diverse communities of Medina, often regarded as one of the first written constitutions in history.
-
D.
Kitáb-i-Íqán
Kitáb-i-Íqán is a central theological work of the Bahá'í Faith, written by Bahá'u'lláh, that explains the continuity of divine revelation and the symbolic meaning of religious scriptures.
-
E.
al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya
al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya is Ibn Arabi’s monumental multi-volume Sufi work that systematically explores Islamic mysticism, metaphysics, and spiritual practice.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic religious text collection
ⓘ
canonical Sunni hadith collection ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Six Books
ⓘ
Kutub al-Sittah ⓘ
surface form:
al-Kutub al-Sittah
|
| authorityFor | Sunni legal schools (madhhabs) ⓘ |
| compiledBy | multiple Sunni hadith scholars ⓘ |
| consideredLevelOfAuthenticity | high ⓘ |
| coreDoctrinalRole | primary hadith reference for Sunni Muslims ⓘ |
| evaluatedBy | hadith critics (muhaddithun) ⓘ |
| excludes |
Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal
ⓘ
Muwatta Malik ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
beliefs and creed
ⓘ
biographical reports of Prophet Muhammad ⓘ ethics and manners ⓘ legal rulings ⓘ ritual worship ⓘ |
| follows | Sunni hadith methodology ⓘ |
| geographicalContext | Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalNumber | 6 ⓘ |
| hasClassification | major hadith collections ⓘ |
| hasImpactOn | Sunni devotional practice ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Jami al-Tirmidhi
ⓘ
Sahih Muslim ⓘ Sahih al-Bukhari ⓘ Sunan Abu Dawud ⓘ
surface form:
Sunan Abi Dawud
Sunan Ibn Majah ⓘ Sunan al-Nasa’i ⓘ |
| includesGenre |
sahih hadith
ⓘ
sunans ⓘ |
| influenced |
Islamic scholarship curriculum
ⓘ
Sunni creed ⓘ Sunni jurisprudence ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| preservationMethod |
manuscript tradition
ⓘ
oral transmission ⓘ |
| rankedAfter |
Quran
ⓘ
surface form:
Qur’an
|
| regardedAs | most authoritative hadith books after the Qur’an in Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| religiousStatus | canonical in Sunni hadith tradition ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Islamic universities
ⓘ
traditional Sunni madrasas ⓘ |
| subject |
Sunnah
ⓘ
surface form:
Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad
hadith ⓘ |
| timePeriodDocumented |
3rd century AH
ⓘ
9th century CE ⓘ |
| transmittedThrough | isnad chains ⓘ |
| usedFor |
deriving Sunni Islamic law (fiqh)
ⓘ
deriving Sunni Islamic theology (aqidah) ⓘ preserving sayings and actions of Prophet Muhammad ⓘ |
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Subject: Kutub al-Sittah Description of subject: Kutub al-Sittah is the canonical collection of six major Sunni hadith books regarded as the most authoritative sources of the Prophet Muhammad’s sayings and traditions after the Qur’an.
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