al-Kafi

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al-Kafi is one of the most important Shia hadith compilations, widely regarded as a foundational source of theology, law, and ethics in Twelver Shia Islam.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic religious text ⓘ
Shia hadith compilation ⓘ
hadith collection ⓘ
author Muhammad ibn Ya‘qub al-Kulayni ⓘ
canonicalStatusInTwelverShiism highly authoritative ⓘ
compiler Muhammad ibn Ya‘qub al-Kulayni ⓘ
completedIn 10th century ⓘ
contains narrations attributed to the Ahl al-Bayt ⓘ
narrations attributed to the Prophet Muhammad ⓘ
narrations attributed to the Shia Imams ⓘ
dateWritten 10th century ⓘ
evaluatedBy Shia hadith scholars ⓘ
focusesOn Imamate ⓘ
Islamic ethics ⓘ
Islamic law ⓘ
Quranic exegesis ⓘ
Twelver Shia doctrine ⓘ
morality ⓘ
practical legal rulings ⓘ
spirituality ⓘ
virtues of the Ahl al-Bayt ⓘ
genre hadith ⓘ
hadithCountApproximate 16000 ⓘ
hasPart Furu‘ al-Kafi ⓘ
linked to: al-Kafi

Rawdat al-Kafi ⓘ
linked to: al-Kafi

Usul al-Kafi ⓘ
linked to: al-Kafi
influenced Shia legal methodology ⓘ
Shia theological discourse ⓘ
later Shia hadith collections ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
organizedBy topical chapters ⓘ
placeOfCompilation Baghdad ⓘ
regardedAs one of the Four Books of Shia hadith ⓘ
religiousDiscipline Islamic ethics ⓘ
Islamic jurisprudence ⓘ
Islamic theology ⓘ
hadith studies ⓘ
religiousStatus foundational source in Twelver Shia Islam ⓘ
religiousTradition Twelver Shia Islam ⓘ
linked to: Twelver Shia
sectarianContext Twelver Shia ⓘ
subjectOf numerous commentaries ⓘ
scholarly studies ⓘ
titleMeaning The Sufficient ⓘ
usedBy Shia jurists ⓘ
Shia seminarians ⓘ
Shia theologians ⓘ
usedFor deriving Shia legal rulings ⓘ
teaching Shia ethics ⓘ
teaching Shia theology ⓘ
volumeCount 8 ⓘ

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Shia Islam → usesHadithCollections → Tahdhib al-Ahkam ⓘ
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Hanafi school → notableText → al-Kafi by al-Hakim al-Shahid ⓘ
linked to: al-Kafi
Twelver Shia → usesScripture → Al-Kafi ⓘ
linked to: al-Kafi
al-Kafi → hasPart → Usul al-Kafi ⓘ
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al-Kafi → hasPart → Furu‘ al-Kafi ⓘ
linked to: al-Kafi
al-Kafi → hasPart → Rawdat al-Kafi ⓘ
linked to: al-Kafi
Al-Istibsar → partOf → Four Books of Shia hadith ⓘ
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Al-Istibsar → hasCanonicalStatusIn → Twelver Shia hadith canon ⓘ
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Al-Istibsar → relatedWork → Al-Kafi ⓘ
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Ithna Ashariyya → usesScripturalSource → Al-Kafi ⓘ
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Muhammad ibn Ya‘qub al-Kulayni → knownFor → Kitab al-Kafi ⓘ
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Muhammad ibn Ya‘qub al-Kulayni → notableWork → Kitab al-Kafi ⓘ
linked to: al-Kafi
Muhammad ibn Ya‘qub al-Kulayni → hasWorkInCorpus → Furu‘ al-Kafi ⓘ
linked to: al-Kafi
The Sufficient → hasPart → al-Usul (principles section of al-Kafi) ⓘ
linked to: al-Kafi
The Sufficient → hasPart → al-Rawdah (miscellaneous section of al-Kafi) ⓘ
linked to: al-Kafi
The Sufficient → alternativeName → al-Kafi (The Sufficient) ⓘ
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Tahdhib al-Ahkam → usesSource → al-Kafi ⓘ