Rajab
E610052
Rajab is one of the four sacred months in the Islamic lunar calendar, traditionally associated with increased spiritual reflection and voluntary worship.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rajab canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6517938 — 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: Rajab Context triple: [Islamic lunar calendar, hasMonth, Rajab]
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A.
Sha'ban
Sha'ban is the eighth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, traditionally observed as a time of increased voluntary worship and preparation for the holy month of Ramadan.
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B.
Jumada al-akhira
Jumada al-akhira is the sixth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, observed by Muslims worldwide for religious and cultural purposes.
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C.
Jumada al-ula
Jumada al-ula is the fifth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, traditionally associated with the dry season in pre-Islamic Arabia.
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D.
Shawwal
Shawwal is the tenth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, notable for beginning with the Eid al-Fitr celebration that marks the end of Ramadan.
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E.
Muharram
Muharram is the first month of the Islamic lunar calendar, regarded as one of the four sacred months and especially significant to Shia Muslims for the commemoration of Ashura.
- 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: Rajab Target entity description: Rajab is one of the four sacred months in the Islamic lunar calendar, traditionally associated with increased spiritual reflection and voluntary worship.
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A.
Sha'ban
Sha'ban is the eighth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, traditionally observed as a time of increased voluntary worship and preparation for the holy month of Ramadan.
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B.
Jumada al-akhira
Jumada al-akhira is the sixth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, observed by Muslims worldwide for religious and cultural purposes.
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C.
Jumada al-ula
Jumada al-ula is the fifth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, traditionally associated with the dry season in pre-Islamic Arabia.
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D.
Shawwal
Shawwal is the tenth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, notable for beginning with the Eid al-Fitr celebration that marks the end of Ramadan.
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E.
Muharram
Muharram is the first month of the Islamic lunar calendar, regarded as one of the four sacred months and especially significant to Shia Muslims for the commemoration of Ashura.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Islamic month ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
increased spiritual reflection
ⓘ
voluntary worship ⓘ |
| calendarRelation | occurs about 11 days earlier each solar year ⓘ |
| calendarType | lunar ⓘ |
| consideredSacredIn | Qur’anic tradition ⓘ |
| follows |
Jumada al-Thani
ⓘ
linked to:
Jumada al-akhira
|
| hasCulturalVariation | local customs and devotional practices differ by region ⓘ |
| hasReligiousPractice |
increased charity
ⓘ
increased fasting (non-obligatory) ⓘ increased remembrance of God (dhikr) ⓘ increased voluntary prayers ⓘ |
| hasSacredStatus | one of the four sacred months ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
preparation for Ramadan
ⓘ
repentance ⓘ seeking forgiveness ⓘ |
| languageNameArabic | رجب ⓘ |
| mentionedAsSacredIn | Qur’an 9:36 (as one of four sacred months) ⓘ |
| observedBy | Muslims worldwide ⓘ |
| partOf | Islamic lunar calendar ⓘ |
| positionInIslamicCalendar | 7 ⓘ |
| precedes | Sha‘ban ⓘ |
| prohibitedActsTraditionally | fighting and warfare (except when necessary) ⓘ |
| sacredMonthAlongWith |
Dhu al-Hijjah
ⓘ
Dhu al-Qa‘dah ⓘ
linked to:
Dhu al-Qadah
Muharram ⓘ |
| timeUnitOf | about 29 or 30 days ⓘ |
| transliteration | Rajab ⓘ |
| usedInReligion | Islam ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Rajab Description of subject: Rajab is one of the four sacred months in the Islamic lunar calendar, traditionally associated with increased spiritual reflection and voluntary worship.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.