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I am extremely pleased to share the pdf of my paper Al-Kulaynī: Insights into His Life and Methodology

After highlighting some less well-known biographical details, I delve into analysing the muqadimma (preface) of the work which sheds light into his methodology for resolving contradiction between reports among other important points.

The paper can be downloaded from: https://www.academia.edu/171375096/Al_Kulayn%C4%AB_Insights_into_His_Life_and_Methodology
www.academia.edu Al-Kulaynī: Insights into His Life and Methodology Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī (d. 329/941) is considered one of the most influential scholars in Twelver Shīʿīsm, with his magnum opus, al-Kāfī, considered to be the premiere work of ḥadīth and one of the main sources for theological doctrine
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