Kitab al-Kafi

Al-Kafi (Arabic: ٱلْكَافِي, al-Kāfī, literally 'The Sufficient') is a hadith collection of the Twelver Shī‘ah tradition, compiled in the first half of the 10th century CE (early 4th century AH) by Muḥammad ibn Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī. It is one of the Four Books.

Kitab al-Kāfī
Arabic: ٱلْكَافِي
Cover of the first volume of a modern edition of Al-Kafi
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ReligionIslam (Twelver Shī‘ah)
AuthorMuḥammad ibn Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī
LanguageArabic
Chapters35 (in 3 sections)

It is divided into three sections: Uṣūl al-Kāfī, dealing with epistemology, theology, history, ethics, supplication, and the Qurʾān; Furūʿ al-Kāfī, which is concerned with practical and legal issues; and Rawdat (or Rawḍah al-Kāfī, which includes miscellaneous traditions, many of which are lengthy letters and speeches transmitted from the imams. In total, al-Kāfī comprises 16,199 narrations.

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