Primary Texts · Study guide
Usul al-Kafi: selected books
أُصُولُ الْكَافِي
اصولِ کافی — منتخب ابواب
- Author / compiler
- Compiled by Muhammad ibn Ya‘qub al-Kulayni
- Period
- 3rd–4th century AH; al-Kulayni died 329 AH / 941 CE
- Language
- Arabic; translation and numbering vary by edition
- Source
- Al-Islam.org · Guide to the books of al-Kafi
A major Imami hadith collection. Inclusion in the collection is not, by itself, a grading of every report; assess each narration through its chain, text and scholarly method.
The local content is a topic guide, not a reproduction of the hadith collection. Consult the linked edition and its reuse terms.
Arabic full text · Volume 1
602 source pages · Dar al-Kutub al-Islamiyyah, Tehran · third edition · 1388 AH
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A structured guide to the linked work. These headings summarize topics and do not claim to reproduce the source edition’s complete table of contents.
- 01Kitab al-‘Aql wa al-Jahl: reason, learning and its ethical responsibilities
- 02Kitab al-Tawhid: divine unity, attributes, will and theological questions
- 03Kitab al-Hujjah: prophecy, Imamate and the need for guidance
- 04Method note: evaluate individual hadith reports; do not infer authenticity from collection membership alone
Editorial study notes
These notes are original explanatory aids. They are not verbatim translations, complete chapters, hadith texts, legal rulings, or substitutes for the linked edition.
Study guide — Thematic map of a major Imami hadith collection
This reading note introduces al-Kafi, compiled by Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni, as a major Imami hadith collection organized into sections concerning belief, knowledge, worship, and social life. Individual reports require their own source and chain evaluation; inclusion in the collection alone should not be treated as a universal authenticity ruling. This note is an overview, not a hadith quotation.