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Kitab al-Kafi

book by Muḥammad Ibn-Yaʿqūb al-Kulīnī
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Kitab al-Kafi
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Summary

Kitab al-Kafi is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (910 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni[3]
  • Part of: The Four Books[4]
  • Commons category: Kitab al-Kafi[5]
  • Language of work or name: Arabic[6]
  • Main subject: hadith[7]
  • Title: الكافي[8]
  • Different from: Al-Kafi[9]
  • Form of creative work: encyclopedia[10]

Why It Matters

Kitab al-Kafi has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

Related Entities

encyclopedia hadith literary work

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 19m ago · 260306u · 2026-10-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Al-Kafi
    Gnd id → 4257279-4
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'az', 'azb', 'ba', 'bn', 'ckb', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Different from: Al-Kafi"
  2. 11w ago · InventaireBot bot · 2026-07-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → literary work
    Form of creative work → encyclopedia
    Main subject → hadith
    Open library id → OL23274924W
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Open library id: OL23274924W, add claims: P648"
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