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 al-Kafi self-linksurface differs
surface form: Furu‘ al-Kafi

al-Kafi self-linksurface differs
surface form: Rawdat al-Kafi

al-Kafi self-linksurface differs
surface form: Usul 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
surface form: Twelver Shia Islam
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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: Twelver Shia hadith canon
al-Kafi hasPart al-Kafi self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Usul al-Kafi
al-Kafi hasPart al-Kafi self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Furu‘ al-Kafi
al-Kafi hasPart al-Kafi self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Rawdat al-Kafi
Hanafi school notableText al-Kafi
this entity surface form: al-Kafi by al-Hakim al-Shahid
Al-Istibsar partOf al-Kafi
this entity surface form: Four Books of Shia hadith
Al-Istibsar relatedWork al-Kafi
this entity surface form: Al-Kafi
this entity surface form: Tahdhib al-Ahkam
Twelver Shia usesScripture al-Kafi
this entity surface form: Al-Kafi