Al-Kafi

Posted on 05/19/2012 by marina

AL-KAFI الكافي
The title of a collection of traditions by Abu Ja’far Muhammad ibn Ya’qub al-Kulini (A.H. 328) received by the Shi’ahs.

Based on Hughes, Dictionary of Islam

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