Muhammad ibn Ya‘qub al-Kulayni

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Muhammad ibn Ya‘qub al-Kulayni was a prominent 10th-century Twelver Shia scholar and traditionist best known as one of the most important early compilers of Shia hadith literature.

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instanceOf Islamic traditionist
Muslim scholar
Twelver Shia scholar
hadith compiler
activeIn Baghdad
Rayy
associatedWith occultation period of the Twelfth Imam
birthPlace Iran
Kulayni
Rayy region NERFINISHED
burialPlace Baghdad
citizenship Abbasid Caliphate
compiled al-Kafi fi ‘Ilm al-Din
contributedTo codification of early Shia hadith literature
deathPlace Baghdad
Iraq
denomination Twelver Shia
doctrine Twelver Shia
surface form: Imamate of the Twelve Imams
era 10th century
ethnicity Persian
field Islamic jurisprudence
Islamic theology
hadith studies
genre hadith collection
hasHonorific Thiqat al-Islam
hasTitle Muhammad ibn Ya‘qub al-Kulayni self-linksurface differs
surface form: al-Kulayni
hasWorkInCorpus al-Kafi
surface form: Furu‘ al-Kafi

Rawdat al-Kafi
al-Kafi fi ‘Ilm al-Din
surface form: Usul al-Kafi
influenced Shaykh al-Saduq
Shaykh al-Tusi
later Twelver Shia hadith scholarship
knownFor al-Kafi
surface form: Kitab al-Kafi

compiling Shia hadith
language Arabic
movement Twelver Shia
surface form: Twelver Shiism
notableWork al-Kafi
surface form: Kitab al-Kafi

al-Kafi
partOf classical Shia scholars
regionOfActivity Iran
Iraq
religion Islam
schoolTradition Twelver Shia
surface form: Imami Shia
statusInTradition authoritative hadith collector
reliable transmitter
tradition Shia hadith tradition
veneratedIn Twelver Shia
surface form: Twelver Shia Islam

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al-Kafi author Muhammad ibn Ya‘qub al-Kulayni
al-Kafi compiler Muhammad ibn Ya‘qub al-Kulayni
Muhammad ibn Ya‘qub al-Kulayni hasTitle Muhammad ibn Ya‘qub al-Kulayni self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: al-Kulayni
The Sufficient compiledBy Muhammad ibn Ya‘qub al-Kulayni
this entity surface form: Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
The Sufficient hasAuthorRole Muhammad ibn Ya‘qub al-Kulayni
this entity surface form: Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni