al-Kāfī

Abū Jaʿfar, Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb b. Isḥāq al-Kulaynī Al-Rāzī (Arabic: ابوجعفر، محمّد بن یعقوب بن اسحاق الرازی) (c. 255/868-9 - 329/941) was among the greatest Shi'a hadith scholars and the author of al-Kafi, the most authentic Shi'a hadith collection and one the Four Books. He was born after the martyrdom of Imam al-'Askari (a), at the time of Imam al-Mahdi (a) and met some hadith transmitters who directly had heard hadiths from Imam al-Hadi (a) and Imam al-'Askari (a). It is said that al-Kulayni was very accurate in transmitting hadiths. Ibn Qulawayh, Muhammad b. Ali Majilawayh al-Qummi, Ahmad b. Muhammad al-Zurari were among his students.

1386

Dar al-Hadith

Makārim al-Akhlāq

Abū Naṣr al-Ḥasan b. al-Faḍl al-Ṭabrisī (Arabic: ابو نصر الحسن بن الفضل الطبرسي) titled as Radi al-Din was among Imamiya hadith scholars of 6th/12th century. He was the son of al-Fadl b. al-Hasan al-Tabrisi the author of Majma' al-bayan. He was among the scholars of al-Tabrisi family and some works are attributed to him, the most famous among which is Makarim al-akhlaq.

1370