Al-Bara ibn Azib
E610072
Al-Bara ibn Azib was a young Ansari Companion of the Prophet Muhammad known for his participation in several key battles and for transmitting numerous hadiths.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Al-Bara ibn Azib canonical | 1 |
| Bara ibn Azib | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6531572 — 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: Al-Bara ibn Azib Context triple: [Abu Hurayrah, narratedFrom, Al-Bara ibn Azib]
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A.
Utba ibn Rabi'a
Utba ibn Rabi'a was a prominent Meccan leader and Quraysh chieftain in the early 7th century, known for his opposition to the Prophet Muhammad and his death at the Battle of Badr.
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B.
Abu al-Ula
Abu al-Ula was a Muslim ruler in medieval Seville under whose authority the iconic Torre del Oro was constructed.
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C.
Wahshi ibn Harb
Wahshi ibn Harb was an Ethiopian slave and skilled spear-thrower in early Islamic history, known for killing Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib at the Battle of Uhud before later converting to Islam.
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D.
Sa'id ibn al-As
Sa'id ibn al-As was a 7th-century Umayyad statesman and military commander who served as governor of Kufa under the Rashidun caliphs.
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E.
Fihr ibn Malik
Fihr ibn Malik is traditionally regarded as a prominent forefather of the Quraysh tribe and an early ancestor of the Prophet Muhammad in Arab genealogical tradition.
- 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: Al-Bara ibn Azib Target entity description: Al-Bara ibn Azib was a young Ansari Companion of the Prophet Muhammad known for his participation in several key battles and for transmitting numerous hadiths.
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A.
Utba ibn Rabi'a
Utba ibn Rabi'a was a prominent Meccan leader and Quraysh chieftain in the early 7th century, known for his opposition to the Prophet Muhammad and his death at the Battle of Badr.
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B.
Abu al-Ula
Abu al-Ula was a Muslim ruler in medieval Seville under whose authority the iconic Torre del Oro was constructed.
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C.
Wahshi ibn Harb
Wahshi ibn Harb was an Ethiopian slave and skilled spear-thrower in early Islamic history, known for killing Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib at the Battle of Uhud before later converting to Islam.
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D.
Sa'id ibn al-As
Sa'id ibn al-As was a 7th-century Umayyad statesman and military commander who served as governor of Kufa under the Rashidun caliphs.
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E.
Fihr ibn Malik
Fihr ibn Malik is traditionally regarded as a prominent forefather of the Quraysh tribe and an early ancestor of the Prophet Muhammad in Arab genealogical tradition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ansari
ⓘ
Companion of the Prophet Muhammad ⓘ Hadith narrator ⓘ |
| category |
Ansar (Medinan helpers)
ⓘ
linked to:
Ansar
Sahaba ⓘ |
| companionshipWith | Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ |
| contemporaryOf |
Prophet Muhammad
ⓘ
linked to:
Muhammad
|
| era | 7th century ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Arab ⓘ |
| hadithCountApproximate | over 100 hadiths ⓘ |
| knownFor |
loyalty to the Prophet Muhammad
ⓘ
participation in early Islamic battles ⓘ transmission of hadith ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| laterResidence | Kufa ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Jami at-Tirmidhi
ⓘ
linked to:
Jami al-Tirmidhi
Sahih Muslim ⓘ Sahih al-Bukhari ⓘ Sunan Abu Dawud ⓘ Sunan Ibn Majah ⓘ Sunan an-Nasa'i ⓘ
linked to:
Sunan al-Nasa’i
|
| narratedFrom |
Abu Ayyub al-Ansari
ⓘ
Abu Bakr ⓘ
linked to:
Abu Bakr al-Siddiq
Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ Prophet Muhammad ⓘ
linked to:
Muhammad
Umar ibn al-Khattab ⓘ Uthman ibn Affan ⓘ
linked to:
Caliph Uthman ibn Affan
|
| narratedTo | his students in Kufa ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Badr
ⓘ
Battle of Hunayn ⓘ Battle of Khaybar ⓘ Battle of Uhud ⓘ Battle of the Trench ⓘ Pledge of al-Ridwan ⓘ
linked to:
Bay‘at al-Ridwan
Treaty of Hudaybiyyah ⓘ |
| region | Hejaz ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| reportedTopic | description of the Prophet’s wudu (ablution) ⓘ |
| reportedTopic |
events of the Hijrah
ⓘ
rulings on jihad ⓘ rulings on prayer ⓘ virtues of the Ansar ⓘ |
| residence | Medina ⓘ |
| roleInHadith | primary narrator of several legal and ritual reports ⓘ |
| studentOf |
Prophet Muhammad
ⓘ
linked to:
Muhammad
|
| supported | Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ |
| teacher |
Prophet Muhammad
ⓘ
linked to:
Muhammad
|
| tribe |
Al-Ansar
ⓘ
linked to:
Ansar
Al-Khazraj ⓘ
linked to:
Banu Khazraj
|
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: Al-Bara ibn Azib Description of subject: Al-Bara ibn Azib was a young Ansari Companion of the Prophet Muhammad known for his participation in several key battles and for transmitting numerous hadiths.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Al-Bara ibn Azib