Al-Kafi
The Sufficient
Author: Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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Chapters
189 total chapters
1
Chapter on the necessity to seek knowledge and the recommendations to learn
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Chapter on the quality of knowledge its virtue and the virtue of the scholars
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Chapter on Kinds of People
4
Chapter on the reward for the scholars and those who seek knowledge
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Chapter on the Qualities of the Scholars
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Chapter on the Rights of the scholars
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Chapter on the Loss of a Scholar
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Chapter on Meeting the Scholars and Associating with Them
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Chapter on Asking the Scholar and Discussing with him
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Chapter on Giving Knowledge as Charity
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Prohibition on Speaking without Knowledge.
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Chapter on Those who Act without Knowledge
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Chapter on Utilization of Knowledge
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Chapter on Those who use their Knowledge to Fill their Stomach and are Boastful for it
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Chapter on the Need for the Existence of a Divine Authority in the World and the Seriousness of this Matter
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Chapter on Miscellaneous Issues
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Chapter on narrating books and Hadith (The virtue of writing and its preservation)
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Chapter on Taqlid, following the opinions of someone
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Chapter on Innovations, Personal Opinions and Analogies
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Chapter on the need to refer to the book and Sunnah
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Chapter on the Differences in al-Hadith
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Chapter on Following the Sunnah and Evidence of the Book
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Chapter on Contingency of the Universe and Proof of the Existence of its Creator
2
Chapter on Can Allah (God) be Considered a Thing?
3
Chapter on (the Issue) that only He is proof of His Own Existence
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Chapter on the minimum degree of knowledge of the existence of Allah
5
Chapter on Who is Worshipped
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Chapter On Being and Space (al-Kawn WA al-Makan)
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Chapter On The relationships (Nisbah) Of Allah
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Chapter On Prohibition on Saying How is Allah (al-Kayfiyyah)
9
Chapter On The Invalidity of the Belief to see God (Ru’yah of Allah)
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Chapter On Prohibition on Attributing to Allah What He Himself has not Done so
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Chapter On Prohibition on Considering Allah as having Body (JISM) and Form (SURAH)
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Chapter On Attribute Of Essence (Sifat al-DhDhat) Of Allah
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Another Chapter of The Previous Chapter
14
Chapter On Will Power (IRADAH) it is of the Attributes of Action (SIFAT al-FI‘L) and the Rest of the Attributes of Action
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Chapter On the Coming into the Existence of the Names of Allah
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Chapter On The Meanings of the Names of Allah and their Derivatives
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Chapter on Another Chapter (Related) to the Previous Chapter
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Chapter on the Interpretation of al-Samad, Self-sufficient
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Chapter on Motion and Change
20
Chapter about al-‘Arsh and al-Kursi
21
Chapter on al-Ruh, the Spirit
22
Chapter on Comprehensive (Ahadith) about the Oneness of Allah
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Chapter on Miscellaneous Ahadith
24
Chapter on al-Bida’
25
Chapter on the issue that there is nothing in heavens and earth but that they are in seven
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Chapter on Wish and Will
27
Chapter on Test and Choice
28
Chapter on Fortunateness and Un-fortunateness
29
Good and Evil
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Predestination, Fate and the Middle Road in Between
31
The Capabilities
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Declaration, Definition and the Need for Solid Proof
33
Differences in the Justification of Divine Authority among People
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Allah’s Authorities and Means of Justification of Accountability in People
35
Guidance Is From Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High
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The necessity of the presence of Divine Authority among the people
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The Categories of the Prophets, the Messengers and the Imams (a.s.)
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The Difference among he Messengers, the Prophets and the al-Muhaddath
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The issue that Allah’s holding people accountable remains unjustified without the Imam
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The Issue that the Earth at no time is without a Person with Divine Authority
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The Issue that even if only two people would remain on earth one of them would certainly be the Imam, the person with divine authority
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Knowing the Imam (a.s.) and Belief in His Divine Authority
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The obligation to obey the Imams (a.s.)
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The Imams (a.s.) are witness for Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, over His creature
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The Imams (a.s.) are the only true guides
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The Imam (a.s.) Possess Divine Authority and the Treasure of Divine Knowledge
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The Imams (a.s.) are the Deputies of Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, on earth and the Gates through which people go nearer to Allah
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The Imams (a.s.) are the light of Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High
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The Imams are the corner stone on earth
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The Unique Ahadith that sums up the Virtue and Qualifications of the Imam (a.s.)
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The Imams (a.s.) possess Divine authority, they are Envied and Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, has spoken of them
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The Imams (a.s.) are the Sings of whom Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, has spoken in the Holy Quran
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The Signs of which Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, has spoken in the Holy Quran are The Imams (a.s.)
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The matters that Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, and His Messenger (s.a.) have sanctioned as obligatory of the beings with the Imams (a.s.)
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The people of Dhikr (memory and knowledge) that Allah has commanded the creatures to ask for their questions are the Imams (a.s.)
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Those whom Allah has called people of knowledge they are the Imams (a.s.)
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The People Well-grounded in Knowledge are the Imams (a.s.) alone
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The Imams are those who have received Knowledge and it is firmly Established in their Hearts
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The people whom Allah has Chosen and has Made the Heirs of His Book are the Imams (a.s.)
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Two Kinds of Imam are mentioned in the Holy Quran: the Imams (a.s.) who call to Allah and the Imams who call to Fire
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The Holy Quran guides people to the Imam (a.s.)
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The Bounty and Blessings that Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High has mentioned in His book, the Holy Quran are the Imams (a.s.)
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The People whom Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, has called Mutawassimin (distinguished) in His book are the Imams (a.s.) who are also the straight path
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The deeds of the people are presented before the Holy Prophet (s.a.) and the Imams (a.s.)
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The Path, Urged to be Maintained Steadfastly is Acknowledgement of the Divine Authority of Imam Ali (a.s.)
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The Imams (a.s.) are the Mines of Knowledge, the Tree of Prophet-hood and the Centers wherein angels Interchange
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The Imams (a.s.) are the Heirs of Knowledge to Inherit it one from the other
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The Imams (a.s.) inherited the knowledge of the Holy prophet (s.a.) and all the prophets and their successors before them
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The Imams (a.s.) have with all the books that Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, has revealed and that they know them even the language in them are different
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No one collect all of the Holy Quran except the Imams (a.s.) and that they have the knowledge of all of the Holy Quran
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The degree of the Great Names of Allah that are given to the Imams (a.s.)
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Sacred objects of the Prophets transferred to the Imams (a.s.)
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The Armaments and Sacred Items belonging to the Holy Prophet (s.a.) that transferred to the Imam (a.s.)
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The case of the Arms of the Messenger of Allah is like the Ark among the Israelites
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Statements about al-Jafr al-Jami‘ and the Book of Fatima (a.s.)
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Chapter Ninety Seven of the Holy Quran and its interpretation
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The Imams (a.s.) Receive additional (knowledge) every Friday night
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Would the Imams (a.s.) not receive new knowledge their previous know would be Exhausted
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The Imams know all the knowledge that has come to the angels, the prophets and the Messenger
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The Unique Ahadith about the hidden facts
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Would the Imams (a.s.) like to know they would know
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The Imams (a.s.) know when they will die and they die voluntarily
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The Imams (a.s.) do have the knowledge of what was and will be, and that nothing is unknown to them (a.s.)
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Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, did not teach anything to His Messenger but that He commanded him to teach such knowledge to Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s.) and he was his partner in Knowledge
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Aspects of the Knowledge of the Imams (a.s.)