Today, unfortunately, a small portion of it has reached us,...

Today, unfortunately, a small portion of it has reached us, mainly comprising of the First and part of Second Chapter of the Holy Quran. For more details, please find the book at the following link: Tafseer Imam Hassan Askari (asws) 2nd Edition AL-Kafi (Volumes 1-8) by Muhammad Bin Yaqoub Al-Kulayni (15257 Ahadith) Time Frame: Lived during the time of Minor Occultation of the 12 th Imam -asws and died in 329 when the Grand Occultation started.

Background: Al-Kulayni was born in Kulayn, a village or small town situated near Rey , in Iran . It is believed that Al-Kulayni was born during last years or after the martyrdom of the 11 th Imam -asws (Imam Hassan Al-Askari -asws ) and lived during the minor Occultation of the 12 th Imam -ajfj and met with some hadith transmitters who directly had heard hadiths from the 10 th and 11 th Imam as well as with those who were writing and receiving the letters from the 12 th Imam -asws .

Al-Kulayni is highly respected for his accurate transmitting of the hadiths. For more details, please find the book at the following link, see Vol. 1-8: Al Kafi الكافي – Volume 1 Tafseer-e-Qummi , Tafseer-e-Ayyashi and Tafseer-e-Furat: Time Frame: ʿ Al ī b. Tafseer-e-Qummi was written by Ibr ā h ī m al-Qumm ī (died 307 AH), lived during the time of the 10 th and 11 th Imams -asws . Tafseer Ayyashi was written by Muhammad Ibn Masoud Ayyashi also known as al-`Ayyashi (died in 320 AH).

Ayyashi lived during the time of the Minor Occultation of the 12 th Imam -ajfj and died prior to the occurrence of the Grand Occultation. Tafseer Furat Kufi was written by Furat Ibn Furat Ibn Ibrahim al-Kufi (3rd and 4th AH) It is estimated that he was one of Shi’a scholars of the second half of the third and the beginning of the fourth centuries.