The Sufficient

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The Sufficient is the English rendering of the title of "al-Kafi," a foundational Shi'a hadith collection compiled by Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic religious text
Shia hadith book
hadith collection
alternativeName al-Kafi
surface form: al-Kafi (The Sufficient)
associatedWith Twelver Imamate doctrine
compiledBy Muhammad ibn Ya‘qub al-Kulayni
surface form: Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
consideredBy many Twelver Shia scholars as highly authoritative
containsNarrationsFrom Ali ibn Abi Talib
surface form: Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib

Ja'far al-Sadiq
surface form: Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq

other Twelve Imams
dateOfCompilation 10th century
denominationalContext Twelver Shia
focusesOn doctrine
ethics
jurisprudence
spirituality
genre hadith
hasAuthorRole Muhammad ibn Ya‘qub al-Kulayni
surface form: Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
hasCanonicalStatus foundational Shia hadith collection
hasEnglishRendering The Sufficient
hasOriginalTitle al-Kafi
hasPart al-Furu' (legal branches section of al-Kafi)
al-Kafi
surface form: al-Rawdah (miscellaneous section of al-Kafi)

al-Kafi
surface form: al-Usul (principles section of al-Kafi)
influenced Shia doctrinal formulations
Shia legal methodology
later Shia hadith compilers
isPartOf Shia hadith canon
languageOfTitle English
originalLanguage Arabic
placeOfCompilation Islamic world
surface form: Buyid-era Islamic world
regardedAs one of the Four Books of Shia hadith
religiousDiscipline akhlaq
fiqh
kalam
religiousStatus primary source for Twelver Shia hadith
religiousTradition Shia Islam
script Arabic script
subject sayings of the Prophet Muhammad
sayings of the Shia Imams
timePeriod Islamic Golden Age
titleTranslationOf al-Kafi
usedBy Shia scholars
usedFor Shia ethics
Shia theology
deriving Shia Islamic law

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al-Kafi titleMeaning The Sufficient