The book Al-Kāfī (The Sufficient Book) is a Twelver Shīʿī ḥadīth collection compiled by Muhammad ibn Ya‘qūb al-Kulaynī.[1] It is divided into three sections: Usūl al-Kāfī , which is concerned with epistemology, theology, history, ethics, supplication, and the Qurʾān, Furūʿ al-Kāfī , which is concerned with practical and legal issues, and Rawdat (or Rauda ) al-Kāfī , which includes miscellaneous traditions, many of which are lengthy letters and speeches transmitted from the Imāms.[2] In total, al-Kāfī comprises 16,199 narrations
