Ibn al-Salah
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Ibn al-Salah was a prominent 13th-century Kurdish Muslim hadith scholar and jurist best known for his foundational work "Muqaddimah Ibn al-Salah" on hadith sciences.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ibn al-Salah canonical | 3 |
| Ibn al-Salāh al-Shahrazūrī | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2019568 — 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: Ibn al-Salah Context triple: [Sahih Muslim, hasCommentariesBy, Ibn al-Salah]
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A.
Ibn ‘Ajiba
Ibn ‘Ajiba was an 18th–19th century Moroccan Sufi scholar, Qur’anic commentator, and spiritual master known for integrating Shadhili mystical teachings with rigorous Islamic scholarship.
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B.
Ibn al-Jawzi
Ibn al-Jawzi was a prominent 12th-century Hanbali scholar, preacher, and prolific author from Baghdad, renowned for his works on theology, history, and spiritual exhortation in the Islamic world.
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C.
Ibn al-Bawwab
Ibn al-Bawwab was an influential 10th–11th century Persian calligrapher renowned for refining and codifying classical Arabic scripts, particularly in Qur’anic manuscripts.
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D.
Ibn Sabin
Ibn Sabin was a 13th-century Andalusian Sufi philosopher and mystic known for his radical metaphysical ideas and contributions to Islamic philosophical thought.
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E.
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.
- 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: Ibn al-Salah Target entity description: Ibn al-Salah was a prominent 13th-century Kurdish Muslim hadith scholar and jurist best known for his foundational work "Muqaddimah Ibn al-Salah" on hadith sciences.
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A.
Ibn ‘Ajiba
Ibn ‘Ajiba was an 18th–19th century Moroccan Sufi scholar, Qur’anic commentator, and spiritual master known for integrating Shadhili mystical teachings with rigorous Islamic scholarship.
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B.
Ibn al-Jawzi
Ibn al-Jawzi was a prominent 12th-century Hanbali scholar, preacher, and prolific author from Baghdad, renowned for his works on theology, history, and spiritual exhortation in the Islamic world.
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C.
Ibn al-Bawwab
Ibn al-Bawwab was an influential 10th–11th century Persian calligrapher renowned for refining and codifying classical Arabic scripts, particularly in Qur’anic manuscripts.
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D.
Ibn Sabin
Ibn Sabin was a 13th-century Andalusian Sufi philosopher and mystic known for his radical metaphysical ideas and contributions to Islamic philosophical thought.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Kurdish scholar
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Muslim jurist ⓘ Shafi'i jurist ⓘ Sunni scholar ⓘ hadith scholar ⓘ medieval Islamic scholar ⓘ |
| birthYear | 1181 ⓘ |
| century | 13th century ⓘ |
| deathYear | 1245 ⓘ |
| denomination |
Sunni Islam
ⓘ
surface form:
Sunni
|
| era |
Ayyubid dynasty
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surface form:
Ayyubid period
|
| ethnicity | Kurdish ⓘ |
| field |
Islamic jurisprudence
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Quranic exegesis ⓘ hadith sciences ⓘ |
| fullName | Taqi al-Din Abu 'Amr 'Uthman ibn 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Uthman ⓘ |
| impact |
served as primary reference for later hadith manuals
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standardized categories of hadith authenticity ⓘ |
| influenced |
Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani
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al-'Iraqi ⓘ Al-Nawawi ⓘ
surface form:
al-Nawawi
Al-Suyuti ⓘ
surface form:
al-Suyuti
later hadith methodology ⓘ |
| juridicalRole |
faqih
ⓘ
mufti ⓘ |
| knownAs |
Ibn al-Salah
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Ibn al-Salah ⓘ
surface form:
Ibn al-Salāh al-Shahrazūrī
|
| knownFor |
foundational work in mustalah al-hadith
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systematizing hadith terminology ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| legalSchool |
Shafi'i school
ⓘ
surface form:
Shafi'i
|
| madhhab |
Shafi'i school
ⓘ
surface form:
Shafi'i
|
| mainInterest |
fiqh
ⓘ
hadith studies ⓘ usul al-fiqh ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Muqaddimah Ibn al-Salah
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Muqaddimah fi 'Ulum al-Hadith ⓘ |
| position | head of Dar al-Hadith al-Ashrafiyyah in Damascus ⓘ |
| region |
Iraq
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Shahrazur ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| subjectOf | commentaries by later hadith scholars ⓘ |
| taughtAt | Dar al-Hadith al-Ashrafiyyah in Damascus ⓘ |
| taughtIn |
Aleppo
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Damascus ⓘ Mosul ⓘ Naysabur ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ibn al-Salah Description of subject: Ibn al-Salah was a prominent 13th-century Kurdish Muslim hadith scholar and jurist best known for his foundational work "Muqaddimah Ibn al-Salah" on hadith sciences.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ibn al-Salāh al-Shahrazūrī