The Authenticity and Transmission of Al-Kafi: An analytical view of the arguments regarding the
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A short landmark historical and theological study for students of the western scholastic tradition who wish to critically engage with the developing field of Islamic textual criticism.The Authenticity and Transmission of AlKafi is an academically supervised research project which methodically argued examination of one of Twelver Shiism&8217smost revered hadith collections. With more than 16,000 narrations, Al-Kafi has served for centuries as the center of Shia theology and doctrine. Yet, how reliable is this seminal text What is its true historical legacy In this academic study, I attempt to confront these questions by invoking the manuscript evidence, transmission chains, political influences, and internal textual contradictions.Through a comprehensive exploration across eight critical chapters, I show:The absence of early manuscript evidence