Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni

Muhammad ibn Yaqub al - Kulaini ( Muḥammad b Ya ʾ al - qūb Kulaini; . * 864, † 941) was a Shia scholar, Fiqh and Hadithkundiger ( Muhaddith ) of the Twelver Shia ( Imami ).

Little is known about Kulainis life. He first studied at the Theological College in Ray (or Rey, near the modern Tehran ) and moved to Baghdad later. He was a leader of the Shiites under the reigning Abbasid caliph al - Muqtadir.

Kitab al - Kafi

Kulaini is the compiler of the famous Shi'ite hadith collection Kitaab al - Kafi ( الكافي, al - Kafi, the sufficient ') of the Twelver Shia, the most important and valuable book of Kutub Arba'a - the four most important Hadithwerke the Shiites - the the Shiites is next to the Koran as an important guide.

Kulaini lived in the time of the Little concealment of the Imam of the time ( Imam Mahdi ). When this was no longer accessible to the faithful, he gathered the traditions of the Prophet Muhammad and the Infallible Imams ( see also Ahl -ul- Bait & Fourteen Infallible ), he worked for twenty years on this work.

Originally Posted al - Kulainis

" The Imam is responsible for the management of prayer, the collection of arms control, the regulation of fasting [ during Ramadhaan ], the pilgrimage ( hajj ), the Jihad, the households with the communal property ( fai ' ) and the alms, the enforcement of [ the Quran prescribed ] corporal punishment ( hudud ), the cases of judgments and the defense of the frontiers. "

Works

• Kitab al - Kafi ( The Basics )
• Kitab al - Ridschal ( About people as governor of the tradition )
• Al - Radd ' ala ' l- Qaramata ( refutation of the Qarmatians )
• Rasa ' il al - a'immata ( letters of Imams )

Of these works, only the Kitab al - Kafi is obtained.