Abdur-Rahman ibn Awf
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Abdur-Rahman ibn Awf was a prominent early Muslim, renowned companion of the Prophet Muhammad, and one of the ten promised Paradise, known for his immense generosity and support of the nascent Muslim community.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf | 4 |
| Abdur-Rahman ibn Awf canonical | 1 |
| Abdur-Rahman ibn Awf ibn Abd Awf al-Zuhri | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7253863 — 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: Abdur-Rahman ibn Awf Context triple: [Companions of the Prophet, includes, Abdur-Rahman ibn Awf]
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Saʿd ibn Abi Waqqas
Saʿd ibn Abi Waqqas was a prominent companion of the Prophet Muhammad and a leading early Muslim general, renowned for commanding the Muslim forces at the Battle of al-Qadisiyyah and helping establish Islamic rule in Iraq.
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B.
Ali ibn Umar
Ali ibn Umar was a medieval Idrisid ruler in present-day Morocco, known for his role in the early Islamic governance of the Maghreb.
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Abdur-Rahman ibn Umar
Abdur-Rahman ibn Umar was an early Muslim figure from the first generations of Islam, known primarily through his lineage as the son of Zaynab bint Mazun and Umar ibn al-Khattab.
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D.
Suhayl ibn Amr
Suhayl ibn Amr was a prominent Meccan orator and negotiator of the Quraysh who later embraced Islam and became a respected companion of the Prophet Muhammad.
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E.
Abu al-As ibn al-Rabi
Abu al-As ibn al-Rabi was a Meccan merchant and early associate of the Prophet Muhammad, best known as the husband of the Prophet’s eldest daughter Zaynab and for his eventual conversion to Islam.
- 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: Abdur-Rahman ibn Awf Target entity description: Abdur-Rahman ibn Awf was a prominent early Muslim, renowned companion of the Prophet Muhammad, and one of the ten promised Paradise, known for his immense generosity and support of the nascent Muslim community.
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A.
Saʿd ibn Abi Waqqas
Saʿd ibn Abi Waqqas was a prominent companion of the Prophet Muhammad and a leading early Muslim general, renowned for commanding the Muslim forces at the Battle of al-Qadisiyyah and helping establish Islamic rule in Iraq.
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B.
Ali ibn Umar
Ali ibn Umar was a medieval Idrisid ruler in present-day Morocco, known for his role in the early Islamic governance of the Maghreb.
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C.
Abdur-Rahman ibn Umar
Abdur-Rahman ibn Umar was an early Muslim figure from the first generations of Islam, known primarily through his lineage as the son of Zaynab bint Mazun and Umar ibn al-Khattab.
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D.
Suhayl ibn Amr
Suhayl ibn Amr was a prominent Meccan orator and negotiator of the Quraysh who later embraced Islam and became a respected companion of the Prophet Muhammad.
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E.
Abu al-As ibn al-Rabi
Abu al-As ibn al-Rabi was a Meccan merchant and early associate of the Prophet Muhammad, best known as the husband of the Prophet’s eldest daughter Zaynab and for his eventual conversion to Islam.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sahabi
ⓘ
benefactor ⓘ businessman ⓘ early Muslim ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Mecca ⓘ |
| buriedIn |
al-Baqi Cemetery, Medina
ⓘ
linked to:
Jannat al-Baqi cemetery
|
| category |
Companions of the Prophet
ⓘ
Ten promised Paradise ⓘ |
| closeAssociateOf |
Abu Bakr
ⓘ
linked to:
Abu Bakr al-Siddiq
Umar ibn al-Khattab ⓘ |
| companionOf |
Prophet Muhammad
ⓘ
linked to:
Muhammad
|
| convertedBefore | migration to Abyssinia ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Medina ⓘ |
| donated |
horses and camels for the cause of Islam
ⓘ
large amounts of gold and silver in charity ⓘ |
| earlyConvertTo | Islam ⓘ |
| era |
Rashidun period
ⓘ
linked to:
Rashidun Caliphate
|
| favored | Uthman ibn Affan as caliph in the shura ⓘ |
| fullName |
Abdur-Rahman ibn Awf ibn Abd Awf al-Zuhri
ⓘ
linked to:
Abdur-Rahman ibn Awf
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hadithNarrator | yes ⓘ |
| honorific | may Allah be pleased with him ⓘ |
| knownAs |
a model of charitable giving in Islam
ⓘ
one of the wealthiest companions ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being one of the ten promised Paradise (al-asharah al-mubashsharah)
ⓘ
immense generosity ⓘ participation in major early Islamic battles ⓘ supporting the early Muslim community financially ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| memberOf |
al-asharah al-mubashsharah
ⓘ
linked to:
al-ʿAshara al-Mubashshara
|
| migratedTo |
Abyssinia
ⓘ
linked to:
Ethiopia
Medina ⓘ |
| narratedFrom |
Prophet Muhammad
ⓘ
linked to:
Muhammad
other senior companions ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Badr
ⓘ
Battle of Tabuk ⓘ Battle of Uhud ⓘ |
| praisedBy |
Prophet Muhammad
ⓘ
linked to:
Muhammad
|
| promisedParadiseBy |
Prophet Muhammad
ⓘ
linked to:
Muhammad
|
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| respectedBy |
Sunni Muslims
ⓘ
linked to:
Sunni Islam
|
| roleInShura | key decision-maker in selection of Caliph Uthman ⓘ |
| servedAs | member of the shura council appointed by Umar ⓘ |
| statusInBattleOfBadr | veteran of Badr ⓘ |
| supported |
families of martyrs
ⓘ
poor Muslims in Medina ⓘ |
| tookPartIn | pledge of al-Aqabah (according to many reports) ⓘ |
| tribe | Banu Zuhra ⓘ |
| tribeConfederation | Quraysh ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Abdur-Rahman ibn Awf Description of subject: Abdur-Rahman ibn Awf was a prominent early Muslim, renowned companion of the Prophet Muhammad, and one of the ten promised Paradise, known for his immense generosity and support of the nascent Muslim community.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Abdur-Rahman ibn Awf
linked to: Abdur-Rahman ibn Awf
linked to: Abdur-Rahman ibn Awf
linked to: Abdur-Rahman ibn Awf
linked to: Abdur-Rahman ibn Awf