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This book is written by [[Al-Kulayni|Abu Ja‘far Muhammad b. Ya‘qub Kulayni]] (d. 329 AH) during Minor Occultation of Imam Mahdi (aj).

This book contains 16,000 hadiths in three general sections of ''usul'', ''furu‘'' and ''rawdah''.

The uṣūl sections of Al-Kafi includes hadiths about beliefs, the ''furu‘'' section of ''Al-Kafi'' includes hadiths about practical rulings and [[fiqh]] and ''rawdah'' sections of ''Al-Kafi'' includes hadiths about ''[[akhlaq]]'' and advices.<ref> Modir Shanehchi, Tarikh-e Hadith, pp. 116 - 119.</ref>

This book is written by Sheikh Saduq abu Ja‘far Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Hussayn ibn Babiwayh Qummi (d. 381 AH).

This book contains 6,000 hadiths and covers topics about ''[[fiqh]]'' and practical rulings. Sheikh Saduq has brought those hadiths he deemed authentic and he used to issue [[fatwa]] accordingly. <ref> Modir Shanehchi, Tarikh-e Hadith, pp. 130 - 135.</ref>

This book is written by [[Sheikh Tusi|Sheikh al-Ta’ifah Abu Ja‘far Muhammad b. Hassan Tusi]] (d. 460 AH).

This book is one of the most authentic Shia hadith collections and contains hadiths about fiqh and rulings transmitted from Ahl al-Bayt (a). <ref> Modir Shanehchi, Tarikh-e Hadith, pp. 138 - 140.</ref>

There is a section about ''mashikhah'' at the end of this book. Mashīkhah includes Sheikh Tusi’s references to the books he quoted hadiths from.

This book is also written by Sheikh Tusi. He wrote this book after ''Tahdhib al-Ahkam'' in response to some of his students’ requests.

In this book, he collected only those hadiths concerning issues in ''[[fiqh]]'' for which there are opposite hadiths.