At a glance
- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
In time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Summary
At Baghdad al-Kulayni completed his voluminous work al-Kafi, on which he is said to have worked for twenty years 1.
The book's design
Though mostly a collection of traditions of the Imams, it was meant as a guide to authoritative Imami doctrine in theology and fiqh, and so is arranged by subject; only exceptionally are the views of Imami scholars quoted, such as al-Fadl ibn Shadhan's elaborations on inheritance law. It is divided into the Usul, the Furu', and the Kitab al-Rawda 1.
Connections
- Had participant
- Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
- Occurred at
- Baghdad
- During the reign of
- al-Radi bi-llah Abu al-Abbas Muhammad ibn al-Muqtadir
People and things also explored
Baghdad· Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari dies at Baghdad, 324/935-6· Death of al-Kulayni at Baghdad, Sha'ban 329/May 941· The Euphrates flood and the ruin of Bab al-Anbar· al-Kulayni moves to Baghdad, about the first decade of the fourth century· Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni· al-Radi bi-llah Abu al-Abbas Muhammad ibn al-Muqtadir· The Nizamiyya Madrasa of Baghdad
Sources
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 5 p. 401
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “al-Kulayni completes al-Kafi at Baghdad, about 328/940”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/kulayni-completes-kafi-328/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.
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