Re: QUESTIONS TO A SHIA
I have heard in lectures that Al-Kafi has thousands of false traditions and have read shia resources mentioning this 2 (don't remember where exactly) and thus shias don't have any 'sahih book' like Ahle-Sunnat. The only Sahih book is Quran.
Al Kafi - The Bukhari of Shi'ism
Alkafi is the MOST reliable Shia Book, as the reliable Shia Scholars said and declared . Its author is Thiqat al-Islam Muhamad Ibn Yaqoob AlKileeni (a VERY reliable Shia Scholar, died in 328 H). Alkafi is a collection of Hadiths attributed to the prophet Muhamad p.b.u.h and The Infallible Imams -according to Shia- and like AhluSunnah, who give much importance to their Hadith book (Sahih Al Bukhari), Shia give the same or maybe even more importance to their Book ( Alkafi ). Unlike AhluSunnah who call AlBukhari's Book as Saheeh Al Bukhari, Shia do not call Alkafi Saheeh AlKafi, nevertheless, Shia treat AlKafi as it is ( Saheeh ) and their most reliable scholars declare it as a Saheeh .
*** Here are some of the Shia most reliable Scholars' sayings about AlKafi :**
[1] AlHur Al'amily said " The authors of the Four Books of shia (Alkafi , AlIstibsaar , AlTahzeeb , Mun La YahDuruHu Alfaqeeh ) have testified that the Hadiths of their books are accurate (saheeh) , firm and well conducted from the roots that all shia agreed on , and if you consider those scholars (the authors of the four books ) are reliable then you must accept their sayings and their narrations . " Alwasa'el , volume 20 , page 104 ]
[2] Sharaf'Deen AbdulHussain Mosawy said : " Alkafi , AlIsTibSaar , AlTahzeeb and Mun La YahduRuHu Alfaqeeh are MutawaTirah and agreed on the acuraty of its contents ( the Hadiths ) , and Alkafi is the oldest , greatest , best and the most accurate one of them " . The book of AlMuraja'aat , Muraj'ah number 110 ] ..... MutawaTirah = accurate100 % because it was narrated by many narrators .
[3] Muhammad Sadiq AlSaDr said : " Although The Shia are on the unanimity of that The four books ( Alkafi , AlIsTibSaar , AlTahzeeb and Mun La YahduRuHu Alfaqeeh ) are accepted and all the narrations in them are accurate ( Saheeh ), But they did not call them by the name ( Sihaah ) like AhlSunnah did ." . The Book of shia "Kitab alshia" page 127]
[4] AlTabRassy said : " Alkafi among the four shia books ( AlTahzeeb , Alkafi, AlIsTibSar, mun la YahDuruhu Alfaqeeh ) is like the sun among the stars , and who looked fairly would not need to notice the position of the men in the chain of hadiths in this Book , and if you looked fairly you would feel satisfied and sure that the hadiths are firm and accurate . " MusTaDrak AlWasa'el , volume 3 , page 532 ]
[5]Khomeini said : " Do you think it is enough for our religious life to have its laws summed up in AlKafi and then placed upon a shelf?" Al-Hukumah Al-Islamiyyah page 72 ]
Now, I think each and everyone of us is interested to know what this Book ( Alkafi ) contains, the book that made all those Shia Scholars praise it and recommend it, actually even blamed their followers for not applying more effort of studying and research as AlKhomeini said in his book ( Al-Hukumah Al-Islamiyyah page 72 ) !! .
at u.