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✦إِنَّمَا الْأَعْمَالُ بِالنِّيَّاتِ، وَإِنَّمَا لِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مَا نَوَىاعمال کا دارومدار نیتوں پر ہے، اور ہر شخص کے لیے وہی ہے جس کی اُس نے نیت کی۔Actions are judged only by intentions, and every person shall have only that which he intended.— Rasul Allah Muhammad (ﷺ)[Sahih al-Bukhari, Hadith 1]•✦طَلَبُ الْعِلْمِ فَرِيضَةٌ عَلَى كُلِّ مُسْلِمٍعلم کا حاصل کرنا ہر مسلمان پر فرض ہے۔Seeking knowledge is an obligation upon every Muslim.— Rasul Allah Muhammad (ﷺ)[Sunan Ibn Majah 224; al-Kafi 1/30]•Karachi•Hijri•Gregorian✦قِيمَةُ كُلِّ امْرِئٍ مَا يُحْسِنُهُہر انسان کی قیمت وہ ہے جو وہ اچھا کر سکتا ہے۔The worth of every person is measured by what he does well.— Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (a.s)[Nahj al-Balagha, Hikmah 81]•✦اَلنَّاسُ صِنْفَانِ: إِمَّا أَخٌ لَكَ فِي الدِّينِ، أَوْ نَظِيرٌ لَكَ فِي الْخَلْقِلوگ دو قسم کے ہیں: یا تمہارے دینی بھائی ہیں، یا خلقت میں تمہارے جیسے انسان۔People are of two kinds: either your brother in faith, or your equal in humanity.— Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (a.s)[Nahj al-Balagha, Letter 53 (to Malik al-Ashtar)]•Karachi•Hijri•Gregorian✦لَا تَكُنْ عَبْدَ غَيْرِكَ وَقَدْ جَعَلَكَ اللّٰهُ حُرًّاکسی اور کے غلام نہ بنو جبکہ اللہ نے تمہیں آزاد پیدا کیا ہے۔Do not be the slave of another when Allah has created you free.— Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (a.s)[Nahj al-Balagha, Letter 31]•✦اَلصَّبْرُ مِنَ الْإِيمَانِ بِمَنْزِلَةِ الرَّأْسِ مِنَ الْجَسَدِ، وَلَا خَيْرَ فِي جَسَدٍ لَا رَأْسَ مَعَهُصبر کی ایمان میں وہی حیثیت ہے جو جسم میں سر کی ہے؛ جس جسم کا سر نہ ہو اُس میں کوئی بھلائی نہیں۔Patience is to faith what the head is to the body; there is no good in a body without a head.— Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (a.s)[Nahj al-Balagha, Hikmah 82]•Karachi•Hijri•Gregorian✦اَلْعَالِمُ حَيٌّ وَإِنْ كَانَ مَيِّتًا، وَالْجَاهِلُ مَيِّتٌ وَإِنْ كَانَ حَيًّاعالم زندہ ہے اگرچہ مر جائے، اور جاہل مردہ ہے اگرچہ زندہ ہو۔The scholar lives even though he is dead, and the ignorant is dead even though he is alive.— Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (a.s)[Nahj al-Balagha, Hikmah 147]•Karachi•Hijri•Gregorian

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.

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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

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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.

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