Kulayn
 The tomb of Ya'qub b. Ishaq al-Kulayni in Kulayn | |
| Coordinate | 35°20′24″N 51°17′53″E / 35.34000°N 51.29806°E |
|---|---|
| Country | Iran |
| Province | Tehran |
| Total population | 433 (2016) |
| Language | Persian |
| Religion | Shi'a |
| Historical places | Tomb of Ya'qub b. Ishaq al-Kulayni |
Kulayn (Persian: کلين) is a village near Tehran.
Important scholars were born in this village including:
- Ya'qub b. Ishaq, the father of al-Shaykh al-Kulayni, who was living in the Minor Occultation period and was an scholar of his time. His shrine in Kulayn is a ziyarah site.[1]
- Muhammad b. Ya'qub al-Kulayni known as "al-Shaykh al-Kulayni" and "Thiqat al-Islam" and the author of al-Kafi who was born in Kulayn in around 255/868-9 and demised in 329/941.[2]
- Abu l-Hasan, 'Ali b. Muhammad known as "'Allan al-Razi" who was the uncle of al-Shaykh al-Kulayni and was a hadith narrator.[3]
- Ahmad b. Muhammad
- Muhammad b. Ahmad.
All are from "Kulayni family" and among prominent figures of Shia.[4]
Notes
References
- Burūjirdī, Ḥusayn. Manābiʿ fiqh Shīʿa. The translation of Jāmiʿ aḥādīth al-Shīʿa. 1st edition. Tehran: Intishārāt-i Farhang-i Sabz, 1386 AH.
- Khāwnsārī, Muḥammad Bāqir. Rawḍāt al-jannāt fī aḥwāl al-ʿulamā wa al-sādāt. Qom: Intishārāt-i Ismāʿīlīyān, [n.d].
- Majlisī, Muḥammad Bāqir al-. Mahdī mawʿūd. (translation of the volume 51 of Biḥār al-anwār translated by ʿAlī Dawānī). 28th edition. Tehran: Islāmiyya, 1378 SH.
- Sulaymānī Āshtīyānī, Mahdī and Dirāyatī Muḥammad Ḥusayn. Majmū'a rasāʾil dar sharḥ aḥādīthī az al-Kafī. 1st edition. Qom: Intishārāt-i Dār al-Ḥadīth, 1387 SH.