Six Books
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Six Books is the collective name for the six canonical hadith compilations that are considered the most authoritative sources of the Prophet Muhammad’s sayings and actions in Sunni Islam.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Six Books canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9220246 — 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: Six Books Context triple: [Kutub al-Sittah, alsoKnownAs, Six Books]
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A.
Four Books
The Four Books are a collection of Confucian classics that became the foundational texts for moral philosophy and official education in imperial China.
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B.
Twelve Books
Twelve Books is a nonfiction-focused imprint of the Hachette Book Group known for publishing provocative and influential works on politics, religion, and contemporary culture.
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C.
Black Books
Black Books is a British sitcom centered on the misanthropic owner of a chaotic London bookshop, known for its dark humor and cult following.
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D.
The Book of J
The Book of J is a controversial literary and theological study in which Harold Bloom argues that parts of the Hebrew Bible were written by a singular, brilliant author he calls “J,” treating the text as imaginative literature rather than traditional scripture.
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E.
The Stone Book Quartet
The Stone Book Quartet is a sequence of four interlinked novellas by Alan Garner that explore generations of a Cheshire family through richly crafted, myth-infused realist storytelling.
- 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: Six Books Target entity description: Six Books is the collective name for the six canonical hadith compilations that are considered the most authoritative sources of the Prophet Muhammad’s sayings and actions in Sunni Islam.
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A.
Four Books
The Four Books are a collection of Confucian classics that became the foundational texts for moral philosophy and official education in imperial China.
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B.
Twelve Books
Twelve Books is a nonfiction-focused imprint of the Hachette Book Group known for publishing provocative and influential works on politics, religion, and contemporary culture.
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C.
Black Books
Black Books is a British sitcom centered on the misanthropic owner of a chaotic London bookshop, known for its dark humor and cult following.
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D.
The Book of J
The Book of J is a controversial literary and theological study in which Harold Bloom argues that parts of the Hebrew Bible were written by a singular, brilliant author he calls “J,” treating the text as imaginative literature rather than traditional scripture.
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E.
The Stone Book Quartet
The Stone Book Quartet is a sequence of four interlinked novellas by Alan Garner that explore generations of a Cheshire family through richly crafted, myth-infused realist storytelling.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sunni hadith canon
ⓘ
canonical hadith collections ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
The Six Canonical Books
ⓘ
linked to:
الكتب الستة
al-Kutub al-Sittah ⓘ
linked to:
Kutub al-Sittah
|
| consideredSecondaryTo | Quran ⓘ |
| consistsOf |
Jami al-Tirmidhi
ⓘ
Sahih Muslim ⓘ Sahih al-Bukhari ⓘ Sunan Abi Dawud ⓘ
linked to:
Sunan Abu Dawud
Sunan Ibn Majah ⓘ Sunan al-Nasa'i ⓘ
linked to:
Sunan al-Nasa’i
|
| distinguishedBy | rigorous hadith authentication methods ⓘ |
| formsPartOf | Sunni hadith literature ⓘ |
| geographicalContext | Islamic world ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalStatusIn | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| hasRole | primary textual source for Sunnah in Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Abbasid Caliphate period
ⓘ
linked to:
Abbasid Caliphate
|
| influences |
Islamic ethics
ⓘ
Islamic law (fiqh) ⓘ
linked to:
Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh)
Sunni creed (aqidah) ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| regardedAs | most authoritative Sunni hadith sources after the Quran ⓘ |
| religion | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| subject |
actions of Prophet Muhammad
ⓘ
hadith ⓘ sayings of Prophet Muhammad ⓘ |
| timeframeOfCompilation |
3rd century AH
ⓘ
9th century CE ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Sunni hadith studies
ⓘ
Sunni jurisprudence ⓘ Sunni theology ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Six Books Description of subject: Six Books is the collective name for the six canonical hadith compilations that are considered the most authoritative sources of the Prophet Muhammad’s sayings and actions in Sunni Islam.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.