Kitab al-KafiThe Kitāb al-Kāfī is a Twelver Shī'ah hadīth collection compiled by Muhammad Ya'qūb Kulaynī. It is divided into three sections: Usūl al-Kāfī, which is concerned with the principle of religion, Furū al-Kāfī, which is concerned with the details of religious law, and Rawdat (or Rauda) al-Kāfī, which is concerned with various religious aspects and includes some writings of the Imāms.[1] In total, al-Kāfī comprises of 16,199 narrations[2]; however, as with all Shī'ah hadīth books, every single hadīth must be individually examined through the science of hadīth.
[] Usūl al-KāfīUsūl al-Kāfī (literally, "Sufficing fundamentals") is separated into eight books, over two volumes:
[] Furū al-KāfīFurū al-Kāfī is one of the most authoritative Shī'ah hadīth collections, containing 11,156 traditions over eight volumes. It consists of books and sections on jurisprudence and is one of the authoritative reference books for deduction and independent reasoning (ijtihād) from Islāmic law for the Shī'ah jurisprudents (fiqh). [] Rawdat al-KāfīRawdat al-Kāfī is the third section. It is a collection of traditions outlining various points of religious interest. Included are letters and speeches of the 12 Holy Imāms. [] AuthenticityOf the basic traditions, 5,072 are considered sahīh (sound); 144 are regarded as hasan (good), second category; 1,118 are held to be muwaththaq (trustworthy), third category; 302 are adjudged to be qawī' (strong), fourth category; and 9,485 are considered da'īf (weak), fifth category. Khomeini (a prominent 20th centry Shī'ah scholar) said:
The famous Shī'ah scholar Shaykh Sadūq didn't believe in the complete authenticity of al-Kāfī. Khoei points this out in his "Mu'jam Rijāl al-Hadīth", or "Collection of Men of Narrations", in which he states:
Al-Khoei, also a prominent 20th century Shī'ah scholar, states in his Mu'jam:[4]
The scholars have made these remarks, to remind the people that one cannot simply pick the book up, and take whatever they like from it as truthful. Rather, an exhaustive process of authentication must be applied, which leaves the understanding of the book in the hands of the learned. [] References
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The Kitāb al-Kāfī is a Twelver Shī'ah hadīth collection compiled by Muhammad Ya'qūb Kulaynī. It is divided into three sections: Usūl al-Kāfī, which is concerned with the principle of religion, Furū al-Kāfī, which is concerned with the details of religious law, and Rawdat (or Rauda) al-Kāfī, which is concerned with various religious aspects and includes some writings of the Imāms.[1] In total, al-Kāfī comprises of 16,199 narrations[2]; however, as with all Shī'ah hadīth books, every single hadīth must be individually examined through the science of hadīth.
[] Usūl al-KāfīUsūl al-Kāfī (literally, "Sufficing fundamentals") is separated into eight books, over two volumes:
[] Furū al-KāfīFurū al-Kāfī is one of the most authoritative Shī'ah hadīth collections, containing 11,156 traditions over eight volumes. It consists of books and sections on jurisprudence and is one of the authoritative reference books for deduction and independent reasoning (ijtihād) from Islāmic law for the Shī'ah jurisprudents (fiqh). [] Rawdat al-KāfīRawdat al-Kāfī is the third section. It is a collection of traditions outlining various points of religious interest. Included are letters and speeches of the 12 Holy Imāms. [] AuthenticityOf the basic traditions, 5,072 are considered sahīh (sound); 144 are regarded as hasan (good), second category; 1,118 are held to be muwaththaq (trustworthy), third category; 302 are adjudged to be qawī' (strong), fourth category; and 9,485 are considered da'īf (weak), fifth category. Khomeini (a prominent 20th centry Shī'ah scholar) said:
The famous Shī'ah scholar Shaykh Sadūq didn't believe in the complete authenticity of al-Kāfī. Khoei points this out in his "Mu'jam Rijāl al-Hadīth", or "Collection of Men of Narrations", in which he states:
Al-Khoei, also a prominent 20th century Shī'ah scholar, states in his Mu'jam:[4]
The scholars have made these remarks, to remind the people that one cannot simply pick the book up, and take whatever they like from it as truthful. Rather, an exhaustive process of authentication must be applied, which leaves the understanding of the book in the hands of the learned. [] References
[] See also
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