Maliki
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Maliki is one of the four major Sunni Islamic schools of jurisprudence, known for its reliance on the practices of the people of Medina as a primary source of legal authority.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maliki canonical | 30 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T631954 — 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: Maliki Context triple: [Islamic world, hasLegalSchool, Maliki]
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A.
Uday Hussein
Uday Hussein was the notoriously violent and extravagant eldest son of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, known for his brutal behavior, control over key Iraqi institutions, and eventual death during the 2003 Iraq War.
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B.
Hussein
Hussein is a common Arabic surname and given name, notably borne by former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein.
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C.
Mustafa Abdul Jalil
Mustafa Abdul Jalil is a Libyan politician and former justice minister who became a leading figure of the opposition and head of the National Transitional Council during the 2011 uprising against Muammar Gaddafi.
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D.
Khader Khan
Khader Khan is a powerful and charismatic Mumbai mafia don and philosophical mentor figure in Gregory David Roberts’ novel *Shantaram*.
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E.
Achmed Abdullah
Achmed Abdullah was a Russian-born American writer and screenwriter known for his exotic adventure tales and contributions to early Hollywood cinema.
- 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: Maliki Target entity description: Maliki is one of the four major Sunni Islamic schools of jurisprudence, known for its reliance on the practices of the people of Medina as a primary source of legal authority.
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A.
Uday Hussein
Uday Hussein was the notoriously violent and extravagant eldest son of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, known for his brutal behavior, control over key Iraqi institutions, and eventual death during the 2003 Iraq War.
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B.
Hussein
Hussein is a common Arabic surname and given name, notably borne by former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein.
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C.
Mustafa Abdul Jalil
Mustafa Abdul Jalil is a Libyan politician and former justice minister who became a leading figure of the opposition and head of the National Transitional Council during the 2011 uprising against Muammar Gaddafi.
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D.
Khader Khan
Khader Khan is a powerful and charismatic Mumbai mafia don and philosophical mentor figure in Gregory David Roberts’ novel *Shantaram*.
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E.
Achmed Abdullah
Achmed Abdullah was a Russian-born American writer and screenwriter known for his exotic adventure tales and contributions to early Hollywood cinema.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sunni Islamic school of jurisprudence
ⓘ
madhhab ⓘ |
| contemporaryRelevance | widely followed in North and West Africa ⓘ |
| emphasizes | practice of the people of Medina ⓘ |
| fiqhScope |
criminal law
ⓘ
family law ⓘ judicial procedure ⓘ ritual worship (ibadat) ⓘ transactions (muamalat) ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Malik ibn Anas ⓘ |
| geographicalDistribution |
Algeria
ⓘ
Chad ⓘ Libya ⓘ North Africa ⓘ
surface form:
Maghreb
Mali ⓘ Mauritania ⓘ Morocco ⓘ Niger ⓘ Northern Nigeria ⓘ
surface form:
Nigeria (northern regions)
North Africa ⓘ Senegal ⓘ Sudan ⓘ Tunisia ⓘ West Africa ⓘ parts of Egypt ⓘ parts of the Arabian Peninsula ⓘ |
| hasSubSchool |
Andalusian Maliki tradition
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Iraqi Maliki tradition ⓘ Maghrebi Maliki tradition ⓘ |
| historicalCenter |
Cordoba (historical)
ⓘ
surface form:
Cordoba
Kairouan ⓘ Medina ⓘ |
| legalMethodologyFeature |
consideration of custom (urf)
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preference for Medinan practice over solitary hadith in some cases ⓘ use of istihsan in limited form ⓘ use of maslahah mursalah (public interest) ⓘ |
| legalText |
Al-Kafi by Ibn Abd al-Barr
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Al-Mudawwana al-Kubra ⓘ Al-Muwatta ⓘ
surface form:
Al-Muwatta of Malik ibn Anas
At-Taj wa al-Iklil by al-Mawwāq ⓘ Bidayat al-Mujtahid by Ibn Rushd ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Malik ibn Anas ⓘ |
| relativeSize | one of the four major Sunni madhhabs ⓘ |
| religion | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| usesPrimarySource |
Quran
ⓘ
Sunnah ⓘ amal ahl al-Madina ⓘ ijma ⓘ qiyas ⓘ |
| viewOnHadith | prefers well-established Medinan practice over isolated hadith reports in some rulings ⓘ |
| viewOnSources | gives significant weight to Medinan consensus ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Maliki Description of subject: Maliki is one of the four major Sunni Islamic schools of jurisprudence, known for its reliance on the practices of the people of Medina as a primary source of legal authority.
Referenced by (30)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Al-Qurtubi
subject surface form:
Bidayat al-Mujtahid
subject surface form:
At-Taj wa al-Iklil