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Al-Kāfi

14,245 hadiths8 volumes

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Volumes

Volumes of this book

  • 1,449 hadiths

    Volume 1

    Source: Thaqalayn Hadith Library

  • 2,343 hadiths

    Volume 2

    Source: Thaqalayn Hadith Library

  • 2,178 hadiths

    Volume 3

    Source: Thaqalayn Hadith Library

  • 2,190 hadiths

    Volume 4

    Source: Thaqalayn Hadith Library

  • 2,088 hadiths

    Volume 5

    Source: Thaqalayn Hadith Library

  • 2,509 hadiths

    Volume 6

    Source: Thaqalayn Hadith Library

  • 891 hadiths

    Volume 7

    2 of the 7 parts of this volume have no text at the source.

    Source: Thaqalayn Hadith Library

  • 597 hadiths

    Volume 8

    Source: Thaqalayn Hadith Library

Source and licence

Source: Thaqalayn Hadith Library · Stichting ThaqalaynLicence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Details of each collection (8)
  • Volume 1Details

    Al-Kāfi, volume 1, by Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī (title and author as the source names them), with the Arabic headings of its parts and chapters. Source: Thaqalayn (Stichting Thaqalayn), https://thaqalayn.com. Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, as stated at https://thaqalayn.com/terms#content-license. Changes: none. The Arabic text and the Arabic headings are shown as served, unchanged; no translation, English heading or grading was taken. Text retrieved 2026-10-04 through thaqalayn-api.net (the records of release thaqalayn-al-kafi-v1-2026-10-04, unchanged); headings retrieved 2026-10-10 from the publisher's own page https://thaqalayn.com/ar/book/1.

    Source
    Thaqalayn Hadith Library
    Publisher
    Stichting Thaqalayn
    Version of the source
    retrieved-2026-10-10
    Collection code
    thaqalayn-al-kafi-v1-2026-10-10
    Language and tradition
    Arabic, Twelver Shia
    Approved for display
    Number of texts
    1,449
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  • Volume 2Details

    Al-Kāfi, volume 2, by Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī (title and author as the source names them), with the Arabic headings of its parts and chapters. Source: Thaqalayn (Stichting Thaqalayn), https://thaqalayn.com. Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, as stated at https://thaqalayn.com/terms#content-license. Changes: white space at the ends of 1 heading was removed; nothing else. The Arabic text is shown as served, unchanged; no translation, English heading or grading was taken. Text retrieved 2026-10-05 through thaqalayn-api.net (the records of release thaqalayn-al-kafi-v2-2026-10-05, unchanged); headings retrieved 2026-10-10 from the publisher's own page https://thaqalayn.com/ar/book/2.

    Source
    Thaqalayn Hadith Library
    Publisher
    Stichting Thaqalayn
    Version of the source
    retrieved-2026-10-10
    Collection code
    thaqalayn-al-kafi-v2-2026-10-10
    Language and tradition
    Arabic, Twelver Shia
    Approved for display
    Number of texts
    2,343
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  • Volume 3Details

    Al-Kāfi, volume 3, by Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī (title and author as the source names them), with the Arabic headings of its parts and chapters. Source: Thaqalayn (Stichting Thaqalayn), https://thaqalayn.com. Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, as stated at https://thaqalayn.com/terms#content-license. Changes: none. The Arabic text and the Arabic headings are shown as served, unchanged; no translation, English heading or grading was taken. Text retrieved 2026-10-05 through thaqalayn-api.net (the records of release thaqalayn-al-kafi-v3-2026-10-05, unchanged); headings retrieved 2026-10-10 from the publisher's own page https://thaqalayn.com/ar/book/3.

    Source
    Thaqalayn Hadith Library
    Publisher
    Stichting Thaqalayn
    Version of the source
    retrieved-2026-10-10
    Collection code
    thaqalayn-al-kafi-v3-2026-10-10
    Language and tradition
    Arabic, Twelver Shia
    Approved for display
    Number of texts
    2,178
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  • Volume 4Details

    Al-Kāfi, volume 4, by Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī (title and author as the source names them), with the Arabic headings of its parts and chapters. Source: Thaqalayn (Stichting Thaqalayn), https://thaqalayn.com. Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, as stated at https://thaqalayn.com/terms#content-license. Changes: white space at the ends of 2 headings was removed; nothing else. The Arabic text is shown as served, unchanged; no translation, English heading or grading was taken. Text retrieved 2026-10-05 through thaqalayn-api.net (the records of release thaqalayn-al-kafi-v4-2026-10-05, unchanged); headings retrieved 2026-10-10 from the publisher's own page https://thaqalayn.com/ar/book/4.

    Source
    Thaqalayn Hadith Library
    Publisher
    Stichting Thaqalayn
    Version of the source
    retrieved-2026-10-10
    Collection code
    thaqalayn-al-kafi-v4-2026-10-10
    Language and tradition
    Arabic, Twelver Shia
    Approved for display
    Number of texts
    2,190
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  • Volume 5Details

    Al-Kāfi, volume 5, by Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī (title and author as the source names them), with the Arabic headings of its parts and chapters. Source: Thaqalayn (Stichting Thaqalayn), https://thaqalayn.com. Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, as stated at https://thaqalayn.com/terms#content-license. Changes: none. The Arabic text and the Arabic headings are shown as served, unchanged; no translation, English heading or grading was taken. Text retrieved 2026-10-05 through thaqalayn-api.net (the records of release thaqalayn-al-kafi-v5-2026-10-05, unchanged); headings retrieved 2026-10-10 from the publisher's own page https://thaqalayn.com/ar/book/5.

    Source
    Thaqalayn Hadith Library
    Publisher
    Stichting Thaqalayn
    Version of the source
    retrieved-2026-10-10
    Collection code
    thaqalayn-al-kafi-v5-2026-10-10
    Language and tradition
    Arabic, Twelver Shia
    Approved for display
    Number of texts
    2,088
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  • Volume 6Details

    Al-Kāfi, volume 6, by Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī (title and author as the source names them), with the Arabic headings of its parts and chapters. Source: Thaqalayn (Stichting Thaqalayn), https://thaqalayn.com. Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, as stated at https://thaqalayn.com/terms#content-license. Changes: white space at the ends of 1 heading was removed; nothing else. The Arabic text is shown as served, unchanged; no translation, English heading or grading was taken. Text retrieved 2026-10-05 through thaqalayn-api.net (the records of release thaqalayn-al-kafi-v6-2026-10-05, unchanged); headings retrieved 2026-10-10 from the publisher's own page https://thaqalayn.com/ar/book/6.

    Source
    Thaqalayn Hadith Library
    Publisher
    Stichting Thaqalayn
    Version of the source
    retrieved-2026-10-10
    Collection code
    thaqalayn-al-kafi-v6-2026-10-10
    Language and tradition
    Arabic, Twelver Shia
    Approved for display
    Number of texts
    2,509
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  • Volume 7Details

    Al-Kāfi, volume 7, by Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī (title and author as the source names them), with the Arabic headings of its parts and chapters. Source: Thaqalayn (Stichting Thaqalayn), https://thaqalayn.com. Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, as stated at https://thaqalayn.com/terms#content-license. Changes: none. The Arabic text and the Arabic headings are shown as served, unchanged; no translation, English heading or grading was taken. Text retrieved 2026-10-05 through thaqalayn-api.net (the records of release thaqalayn-al-kafi-v7-2026-10-05, unchanged); headings retrieved 2026-10-10 from the publisher's own page https://thaqalayn.com/ar/book/7.

    Source
    Thaqalayn Hadith Library
    Publisher
    Stichting Thaqalayn
    Version of the source
    retrieved-2026-10-10
    Collection code
    thaqalayn-al-kafi-v7-2026-10-10
    Language and tradition
    Arabic, Twelver Shia
    Approved for display
    Number of texts
    891
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  • Volume 8Details

    Al-Kāfi, volume 8, by Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī (title and author as the source names them), with the Arabic headings of its parts and chapters. Source: Thaqalayn (Stichting Thaqalayn), https://thaqalayn.com. Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, as stated at https://thaqalayn.com/terms#content-license. Changes: none. The Arabic text and the Arabic headings are shown as served, unchanged; no translation, English heading or grading was taken. Text retrieved 2026-10-05 through thaqalayn-api.net (the records of release thaqalayn-al-kafi-v8-2026-10-05, unchanged); headings retrieved 2026-10-10 from the publisher's own page https://thaqalayn.com/ar/book/8.

    Source
    Thaqalayn Hadith Library
    Publisher
    Stichting Thaqalayn
    Version of the source
    retrieved-2026-10-10
    Collection code
    thaqalayn-al-kafi-v8-2026-10-10
    Language and tradition
    Arabic, Twelver Shia
    Approved for display
    Number of texts
    597
    Open the source