Halabis hadiths in al-Kafi and make a comparison between them and chain of authorities in other sources in order to determine who is meant by Halabi: Ubaydullah or Muhammad. The author first gives an account of Halabis family and then speaks of these two brothers and finaly deals with their hadiths in al-Kafi Key Words: Hadith Sources, al-Kafi, Ubaydullah Halabi, Muhammad Halabi, Halabis Book..

Kulayni, the Author of Rawza al-Kafi: Similar Evidences

Parviz Rastgar

The great book al-Kafi has been written by the late Kulayni, classified into three sections, and printed in eight volumes: two volumes Usul al-Kafi, five volumes Furu al-Kafi, and its last volume Rawza al-Kafi sometime is called the same as previous volumes: Furu al-Kafi. Some argue that the last volume has not been written by this great Twelver Shiite traditionist. Comparing Rawza al-Kafi with previous volumes, the author of the present paper tries to remove any doubt concerning Rawza to be written by someone else. To prove this, he views Kulayni\s approach to chain of authorities from different perspectives. Key Words: Abu Jafar Kulayni, Rawza al-Kafi, Khalil bn Ghazi Qazvini, Chain of Authorities and Documents.

Sheikhs of Ijaza in al-Kafis Chain of Authorities

Majid Maref and Reza Qorbani Zarrin

Due to prevalence of writing and its basic role in recording Shiite hadith and transmitting it to next generations and authors of the four books, this important question is raised that how one can find the sources of compiling book al-Kafi, the most important book of the four books.it can be followed by knowing Kulaynis teachers who have given licence to him to relate hadith and their role in the chain of authorities of al-Kafi. To know his teachers first a survey of their hadiths in the chain of documents of al-Kafi should be done. Likely teachers are found. Then compare different chain of authorities in al-Kafi with other sources and demonstrate their authority to give licenses for relating hadith.