Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni

Al-Kulayni was born in Kulayn, a village or small town situated near Rey, Iran.Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari's introduction to his eight-volume edition of al-Kulayni's Usul al-Kafi, Tehran, 3rd edition 1388-), I, 9–13. His father was Ya'qub al-Kulayni, who is buried at Rey. He lived in the era of the Minor Occultation of Hujjat-Allah al-Mahdi, the last of the Twelve Imams who, according to Shia belief, is currently in occultation and will appear before the Day of Judgment). He is claimed to have greatly benefited from al-Mahdi's divine knowledge by interacting with him through the Imam's Deputies.Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari's introduction to his eight-volume edition of al-Kulayni's al-Kafi , Ibid. I, 13–14.Syed Waheed Akhtar: Early Imammiyah Shiite Thinkers

Kulayni received his early religious education in his native town and went to Rey for further education. According to Shia view he is among a special class of muhaddithin known as Rihalah-ye hadith (which means those who travelled in order to collect a hadith and met the persons considered to be the authority on hadith).

He travelled to Baghdad for this reason and lived there for twenty years, engaged in teaching and pursuing academic work, until he died in 329 AH/941 CE. He is considered the foremost Shia compiler of hadith and was the author of Kitab al-Kafi.{{cite book|author=Meri, Josef W.|year=2005|title=Medieval Islamic Civilization: An Encyclopedia|location=USA|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-415-96690-0}}

Although Shaykh al-Kulaynī is most famous for al-Kāfī, this opus was not his only accomplishment. The following is a list of his known works:

• Kitāb al Kāfī
• Rasāʾil al ʾaʾimmah
• Kitāb ar-rijāl
• Kitāb ar radd ʿalā al qarāmitah
• Kitāb mā qīla fī al ʾaʾimmah min ash-shiʿr
• Kitāb taʿbīr al-ruʾyā

Of these only al-Kāfī has survived in its entirety.{{cite book|last=Islamic Texts Institute|title=Al-Kafi Book I: Intellect and Foolishness|year=2012 |publisher=Taqwa Media|isbn=9781939420008}}{{Islam scholars diagram}}

• Tafsir Numani
• Tafsir Qomi
• Sharif al-Murtaza
• Al-Sharif al-Radi
• Al-Shaykh Al-Mufid
• Al-Hurr al-Aamili

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• [https://books.google.com/books?id=NzGIimySQEwC&dq=kulayni&pg=PA54 Classical Islam: A Sourcebook of Religious Literature by Norman Calder, J A Mojaddedi, Andrew Rippin ]
• [https://books.google.com/books?id=NAKQbcvmiKYC&dq=KULAYNI&pg=PA161 The Formative Period of Twelver Shi'Ism: Hadith As Discourse Between Qum and Baghdad by Andrew J Newman ]
• [http://www.al-islam.org/al-serat/default.asp?url=kulayni-howard.htm Great Shiite Works: Al-Kafi by Al-Kulayni by I. K. A. Howard in al Serat Journal. ]
• [http://www.hadith.net/english/knowledge/authors/koleyni.htm 'Al-Kafi' by Al-Kulayni by Dr. I. K. A. Howard Al-Serat, Vol. 2 (1976), No. 1 ]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20090518143129/http://www.kulayni.com/english/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=15&Itemid=36 The Trustworthy of Islam Kulayni ] No such page found – October 24, 2012
• [http://buali.ir/buali_content/media/article/86.pdf The Buyid Domination as the Historical Background for the Flourishing of Muslim Scholarship During the 4th/10th Century by Dr. M. Ismail Marcinkowski* ] October 24, 2012
• [http://www.islam-laws.com/marja/kulaini.htm Shaikh Mohammed bin Yaqoob bin Ishaq Kulaini. & Al Kafi ]
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• [https://www.amazon.com/Al-Kafi-Book-I-Intellect-Foolishness/dp/1939420008 "Al-Kafi Book I: Intellect and Foolishness" ]

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