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[[Yusuf al-Bahrani]], in ''Lu'lu' al-bahrayn'', counts the number of hadiths in ''al-Kafi'' to be 16,199, Dr. Husayn 'Ali Mahfuz, in the preface to ''al-Kafi'', counts 15,176, [[al-Allama al-Majlisi]] counts 16,121 and some contemporary scholars such as al-Shaykh 'Abd al-Rassul al-Ghaffar consider them to be 15,503. | [[Yusuf al-Bahrani]], in ''Lu'lu' al-bahrayn'', counts the number of hadiths in ''al-Kafi'' to be 16,199, Dr. Husayn 'Ali Mahfuz, in the preface to ''al-Kafi'', counts 15,176, [[al-Allama al-Majlisi]] counts 16,121 and some contemporary scholars such as al-Shaykh 'Abd al-Rassul al-Ghaffar consider them to be 15,503. | ||
The reason for this variance in number is due to different methods of counting. For example, some scholars count a hadith transmitted from two different chains as two hadiths, while others count it as one. Also, some have included | The reason for this variance in number is due to different methods of counting. For example, some scholars count a hadith transmitted from two different chains as two hadiths, while others count it as one. Also, some have included [[Mursal Hadith|Mursal hadiths]] (those hadith which do not have a complete chain of transmitters), while others have not. There are also rare cases where some hadiths are not mentioned in certain manuscripts, and therefore may or may not have been counted.<ref>Ghaffar, Abd allah al-rasul. ''al-Kulayni wa l-kafi''. p. 401-402.</ref> | ||
== Researches Carried Out on ''al-Kafi'' == | == Researches Carried Out on ''al-Kafi'' == | ||