Al-Kafi Book 3: God and His Oneness

Author: Shaykh Abu Ja far Muhammad ibn Yaqub al-Kulayni | Commentary and translation by: Islamic Texts Institute under the direction of Shaykh Rizwan Arastu | Paperback | 762 pages

Al-Kafi is the most comprehensive collection of traditions from the formative period of Shi‘i scholarship. It is the fruit of Shaykh al-Kulayni’s lifelong labor to collect, vet, sort and compile traditions from Prophet Muhammad and his family. Its 35 books and more than 15,000 traditions cover the full gamut of Islamic knowledge, and it has been a primary source for the Shi‘ah ever since the beginning of the Major Occultation.

ITI’s work offers not only a precise translation of the text of al-Kafi, but a detailed commentary that aims to uncover each tradition’s meaning and implications and to place it in the broader context of Islamic teachings. The goal is to make the traditions accessible to non-specialists and to help them find guidance through the traditions.

Book III: God and His Oneness documents the history of debates around God’s existence and His attributes and helps us to know how to think about God and how not to think about Him.