Teachers of Al-Bukhari vs Teachers of Al-Kulayni
by brother Farid al-Khaja from Bahrain.
NOTES:
-al-Bukhari (196-256 AH) is the sunni scholar who wrote the most important sunni book of hadith, famously known as "Sahih al-Bukhari".
-al-Kulayni (250-329 AH) is the shia scholar who wrote the most important shia book of hadith "al-Kafi".
Bismillah Al-Rahman Al-Raheem,
The following is a list of the teachers of Al-Bukhari that he narrated through in his Saheeh, and the list of Al-Kulaynis teachers from his Kafi. I have chosen to include a short statement regarding the reliability of each narrator next to his name. The opinions about the shaikhs of Al-Bukhari will be taken from Ibn Hajars tahtheeb. The list of his shaikhs are taken from Asami man Rawa Anhum Mohammed bin Ismaeel Al-Bukhari, by Ibn Adi (First edition, Dar Al-Bukhari, 1415). Readers should be aware that I benefitted from the commentary of the editor Badr Al-Ammash in his criticism of some of Ibn Adis mistakes.
The list of the information regarding the shaikhs of Al-Kulaini, and their level of reliability is taken from Duroos Tamheediya fil Qawaid Al-Rijaliya by Mohammed Baqir Al-Ayrawani (Second edition, Intisharaat Madyan, 1428).
Results of the teachers of Al-Bukhari:
Thiqaat = 188
Saduq = 88
La basa bihi = 2
Maqbool = 6
Laysa bil Qawi = 1
Weak = 1
Note: Aseed bin Zaid, the sole weak narrator that Al-Bukhari took a hadith from, is also narrated through Imran bin Maysara.
Variety among the teachers of Al-Bukhari:
Maru = 28
Baghdaad = 42
Bukhara = 12
Masr = 15
Kufa = 42
Basra = 82
Nisapur = 12
Dimashq = 6
Hims = 6
Madeena = 9
Makkah = 7
Balkh = 6
Wasit = 11
The narrator that narrated the most hadiths in Saheeh Al-Bukhari is Abdullah bin Yusuf Al-Taneesi with 352 narrations (out of a total of 7397), which amounts to 4%.
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The results of the reliability levels of the shaikhs of Al-Kulayni:
Thiqa = 10
Majhool = 18
Variety in his teachers (excluding unknown narrators):
Qum = 6
Kufa = 2
Barqa = 1
Azerbijan = 1
The narrator that narrated the most hadiths in Al-Kafi is Ali bin Ibrahim Al-Qummi with 4957 narrations (out of a total of 16199), which amounts to 30%.
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The shaikhs of Al-Bukhari:
1- Ahmad bin Abdullah bin Yunus Al-Kufi Thiqa Hafith
2- Ahmad bin Mohammed bin Hanbal Al-Baghdaadi Al-Mirwazi Imam
3- Ahmad bin Salih Al-Masri Thiqa hafith
4- Ahmad bin Eisa Al-Masri Saduq
5- Ahmad bin Al-Miqdam Al-Ijli Al-Basri Saduq
6- Ahmad bin Shabeeb bin Saeed Al-Habati Al-Basri Saduq
7- Ahmad bin Abdullah Ali bin Suwayid Al-Sadoosi Al-Basri Saduq
8- Ahmad bin Mohammed bin Awn Thiqa if he is Al-Azraqi / Saduq lahu awhaam if he isnt
9- Ahmad/Mohammed bin Abi Dawud Al-Munadi Al-Baghdaadi Saduq
10- Ahmad bin Othman bin Hakeem Al-Kufi Thiqa
11- Ahmad bin Abi Rajaa Al-Maseesi Al-Harawi Thiqa
12- Ahmad bin Abi Suraij Al-Razi Thiqa
13- Ahmad bin Abdullah/Abdul Malik bin Waqid Al-Mirwazi/Al-Harani - Thiqa
14- Ahmad bin Ishaaq Al-Sulami Al-Bukhari Saduq
15- Ahmad bin Saeed Al-Ribati Al-Mirwazi Al-Nisapuri Thiqa
16- Ahmad bin Al-Hajjaj Al-Mirwazi Thiqa
17- Ahmad bin Yaqoub Al-Masoudi Al-Kufi Thiqa
18- Ahmad bin Abi Tayib Al-Mirwazi Saduq
19- Ahmad bin Ishkaab Al-Saffar Al-Kufi Thiqa hafith
20- Ahmad bin Hameed Al-Kufi Thiqa hafith
21- Ahmad bin Al-Hasan Al-Tirmithi Thiqa hafith
22- Ahmad bin Mohammed bin Musa Al-Mirwazi Thiqa hafith
23- Ahmad bin Hafs Al-Nisapuri Saduq
24- Ibrahim bin Hamza Al-Zubairi Al-Madani Saduq
25- Ibrahim bin Musa Al-Razi Thiqa hafith
26- Ibrahim bin Al-Munthir Al-Hizami Al-Madani Saduq
27- Ibrahim bin Al-Harith Al-Nisapuri Saduq
28- Ismaeel bin Abdullah Al-Madani Saduq akhtaa fi ahadeeth hafithaha
29- Ismaeel bin Aban Al-Warraq Al-Kufi Thiqa
30- Ismaeel bin Al-Khaleel Al-Kufi Thiqa
31- Ishaaq bin Mohammed bin Ismaeel Al-Madani Saduq kuf fasaa hifthah
32- Ishaaq bin Rahawaih Al-Mirwazi Al-Nisapuri - Thiqa
33- Ishaaq bin Ibrahim Al-Baghawi Thiqa
34- Ishaaq bin Mansour bin Bahraam Al-Kawsaj Al-Mirwazi Thiqa thabt
35- Ishaaq bin Ibrahim bin Nasr Al-Mirwazi Saduq
36- Ishaaq bin Shaheen Al-Wasiti Saduq
37- Ishaaq bin Ibrahim bin Yazeed Al-Dimashqi Al-Faradeesi Saduq
38- Ishaaq bin Yazeed Al-Khurasani - (The author states that he is the previous narrator)
39- Ishaaq bin Ibrahim Al-Sawwaf Al-Basri Thiqa
40- Ishaaq bin Abi Eisa Al-Baghdaadi Saduq
41- Adam bin Abi Iyaas Al-Asqalani Al-Khurasani Thiqa aabid
42- Aseed bin Zaid Al-Kufi Weak
43- Asbagh bin Al-Faraj Al-Masri Thiqa
44- Azhar bin Jameel Al-Basri Saduq yaghrib
45- Ayoub bin Sulaiman Al-Madani Thiqa
46- Umaya bin Bistaam Al-Basri Saduq
47- Bishr bin Mohammed Al-Mirwazi Saduq
48- Bishr bin Khalid Al-Basri Thiqa yaghrib
49- Bishr bin Ubais Al-Basri Saduq yukhti
50- Bishr bin Adam Al-Baghdaadi Saduq
51- Bishr bin Al-Hakam Al-Nisapuri Thiqa
52- Bishr bin Bakr Al-Bajali Al-Dimashqi Thiqa yughrib
53- Badal bin Al-Muhabbar Al-Basri Thiqa thabt
54- Bayan bin Amr Al-Bukhari Saduq
55- Thabit bin Mohammed Al-Kufi Saduq zahid yukhti fil hadith
56- Jumaa bin Abdullah Al-Balkhi Saduq
57- Hakam bin Nafi Al-Himsi Thiqa thabt
58- Hasan bin Al-Sabbah Al-Baghdaadi Saduq yahim
59- Hasan bin Mohammed bin Al-Sabbah Al-Baghdaadi Thiqa
60- Hasan bin Mudrik Al-Basri La basa bihi
61- Hasan bin Abdulaziz Al-Masri Thiqa thabt
62- Hasan bin Bishr Al-Bajali Al-Kufi Saduq yukhti
63- Hasan bin Ali Al-Khallal Thiqa hafith
64- Hasan bin Al-Rabee Al-Kufi Thiqa
65- Hasan bin Omar bin Ibrahim Al-Basri (Not a shaikh of Bukhari according to Al-Mizzi)
66- Hasan bin Omar bin Shaqeeq Al-Basri Saduq
67- Hasan bin Khalaf Al-Wasiti Saduq lahu awhaam
68- Hussain bin Huraith Al-Mirwazi Thiqa
69- Hussain bin Eisa bin Humran Al-Nisapuri Saduq
70- Hussain bin Mansoor Al-Nisapuri Thiqa
71- Hussain (Hasaan) bin Abi Abbad (Abdullah) Al-Wasiti - Saduq yukhti
72- Hasaan bin Hasaan Al-Basri Saduq yukhti
73- Hasaan bin Abi Abbas Al-Basri (He is the previous narrator)
74- Harami bin Hafs Al-Basri Thiqa
75- Hajjaj bin Minhaal Al-Basri Thiqa
76- Hafs bin Omar Al-Azdi Al-Hawdhi Thiqa
77- Hamid bin Omar Al-Basri Thiqa
78- Hibban bin Musa Al-Mirwazi Thiqa
79- Haywa bin Shuraih Al-Basri Thiqa
80- Hammad bin Humaid Al-Khurasani Maqbool
81- Khalid bin Mukhlid Al-Kufi Saduq
82- Khalid bin Khalee Al-Himsi Saduq
83- Khalid bin Yazeed Al-Makki Saduq muqri lahu awhaam
84- Khalad bin Yahya Al-Muqri Al-Kufi Saduq
85- Khaleefa bin Khayyat Al-Basri Saduq rubama akhtaa
86- Khalaf bin Khalid Al-Masri Saduq
87- Dawud bin Shabeeb Al-Basri Saduq
88- Rawh in Abdul Mumin Al-Basri Saduq
89- Rabee bin Yahya Al-Basri Saduq lahu awhaam
90- Zakariya bin Yahya bin Zakariya Al-Kufi Saduq yukhti
91- Zakariya bin Yahya Al-Taee Al-Kufi Saduq lahu awhaam
92- Zuhair bin Harb Al-Nasaee Al-Baghdaadi Thiqa
93- Zaid bin Akhram Al-Taee Al-Basri Thiqa
94- Ziyad bin Yahya Al-Basri Thiqa
95- Ziyad bin Ayoub Al-Baghdaadi Thiqa
96- Saeed bin Katheer bin Ufair Al-Masri Saduq
97- Saeed bin Al-Rabee Al-Basri Thiqa
98- Saeed bin Eisa bin Taleed Al-Masri Thiqa
99- Saeed bin Sulaiman Al-Wasiti Thiqa hafith
100- Saeed bin Yahya Al-Baghdaadi Thiqa rubama akhta
101- Saeed bin Mohammed Al-Kufi Saduq
102- Saeed bin Al-Hakam Al-Masri Thiqa thabt
103- Saeed bin Sharahbeel Al-Kufi Saduq
104- Saeed bin Marwan Al-Nisapuri Saduq
105- Saeed bin Al-Nadhr Al-Baghdaadi Thiqa
106- Sulaiman bin Dawud Al-Basri Thiqa
107- Sulaiman bin Abdulrahman Al-Dimashqi Saduq yukhti
108- Sulaiman bin Harb Al-Basri Thiqa imam hafith
109- Saad bin Hafs Al-Kufi Thiqa
110- Suraij bin Al-Numan Al-Baghdaadi Thiqa yahim qaleelan
111- Sahl bin Bakkar Al-Basri Thiqa rubama wahim
112- Saydan bin Mudharib Al-Basri Saduq
113- Shihab bin Abbad Al-Kufi Thiqa
114- Shujaa bin Waleed Al-Bukhari Maqbool
115- Sadaqa bin Al-Fadhl Al-Mirwazi Thiqa
116- Salt bin Mohammed Al-Basri Saduq
117- Dhahhak bin Mukhlid Al-Basri Thiqa thabt
118- Talq bin Ghannam Al-Kufi Thiqa
119- Abdullah bin Yazeed Al-Makki Thiqa
120- Abdullah bin Al-Zubair Al-Humaidi Al-Makki Thiqa hafith
121- Abdullah bin Yusuf Al-Taneesi Thiqa
122- Abdullah bin Uthman bin Jabala Al-Mirwazi Thiqa hafith
123- Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Abdullah Al-Bukhari Thiqa
124- Abdullah bin Maslama bin Qanab Al-Basri Thiqa
125- Abdullah bin Amr Al-Manqari Al-Basri Thiqa
126- Abdullah bin Abdulwahab Al-Basri Thiqa
127- Abdullah bin Muneer Al-Mirwazi Thiqa
128- Abdullah bin Rajaa Al-Makki Thiqa taghayar
129- Abdullah bin Al-Sabbah Al-Attar Al-Basri Thiqa
130- Abdullah bin Saad bin Ibrahim Al-Baghdaadi Thiqa
131- Abdullah bin Abi Al-Aswad Al-Basri Thiqa
132- Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Asmaa Al-Basri Thiqa
133- Abu Bakr bin Abi Shayba Al-Kufi - Thiqa
134- Ubaidullah bin Musa Al-Kufi Thiqa
135- Ubaidullah bin Saeed Al-Nisapuri Thiqa
136- Ubaidullah bin Omar bin Maysara Al-Baghdaadi Thiqa
137- Abdulrahman bin Yunus Al-Baghdaadi Saduq
138- Abdulrahman bin Al-Mubarak Al-Basri Thiqa
139- Abdulrahman bin Ibrahim Al-Dimashqi Thiqa
140- Abdulrahman bin Shayba Al-Madani Saduq yukhti
141- Abdulrahman bin Hammad Al-Basri Saduq rubama akhtaa
142- Abdulghaffar bin Dawud Al-Masri Thiqa
143- Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Al-Madani Thiqa
144- Abdulsalaam bin Mutahar bin Husaim Al-Basri Saduq
145- Ali ibn Al-Madeeni Al-Basri - Thiqa
146- Ali bin Al-Jaad Al-Baghdaadi Thiqa
147- Ali bin Hafs Al-Baghdaadi Saduq
148- Ali bin Muslim Al-Baghdaadi Thiqa
149- Ali bin Abdullah bin Ibrahim Al-Baghdaadi Maqbool
150- Ali bin Al-Hakam Al-Ansaari Al-Mirwazi Thiqa yughrib
151- Ali bin Ayyash Al-Himsi Thiqa thabt
152- Ali bin Al-Hasan bin Shaqeeq Al-Mirwazi Thiqa
153- Ali bin Hujr Al-Mirwazi Thiqa
154- Omar bin Hafs bin Ghiyath Al-Kufi Thiqa rubama wahim
155- Omar bin Mohamed bin Al-Hasan Al-Kufi Saduq rubama wahim
156- Uthman bin Abi Shayba Al-Kufi Thiqa
157- Uthman bin Al-Haytham Al-Basri Thiqa taghayar
158- Uthman bin Salih Al-Masri Saduq
159- Amr bin Asim Al-Basri Saduq fi hufthihi shayi
160- Amr bin Al-Rabee bin Tariq Al-Masri Thiqa
161- Amr bin Khalid Al-Masri Thiqa
162- Amr bin Abbas Al-Basri Saduq rubama wahim
163- Amr bin Ali bin Bahr Al-Basri Thiqa
164- Amr bin Awn Al-Wasiti Thiqa
165- Amr bin Zurarah Al-Nisapuri Thiqa
166- Amr bin Musa (Eisa) Al-Basri Thiqa
167- Amr bin Mohammed bin Al-Hasan (Editor seems to believe it is #155)
168- Imran bin Maysara Al-Basri Thiqa
169- Abda bin Sulaiman Al-Mirwazi (Ibn Hajar denies that Al-Bukhari narrated from him)
170- Abda bin Abdullah Al-Saffar Al-Basri Thiqa
171- Abdulaala bin Hammad Al-Basri La basa bihi
172- Ubaid bin Ismaeel Al-Kufi Thiqa
173- Asim bin Ali bin Asim Al-Wasiti Saduq rubama wahim
174- Ayyash bin Al-Waleed Al-Basri Thiqa
175- Al-Alaa bin Abduljabbar Al-Makki thiqa
176- Abdulraheem bin Abdulrahman Al-Muharibi Al-Kufi Thiqa
177- Abbas bin Al-Hussain Al-Baghdaadi Thiqa
178- Abdul Qudoos bin Al-Hajjaj Al-Himsi Thiqa
179- Abdul Qudoos bin Mohammed Al-Basri Saduq
180- Abdul Mutaaali bin Talib Al-Baghdaadi Thiqa
181- Isam bin Khalid Al-Himsi Saduq
182- Affan bin Muslim Al-Basri Thiqa thabt
183- Fadhl bin Sahl Al-Baghdadi Saduq
184- Fadhl bin Yaqoub Al-Baghdaadi Thiqa hafith
185- Fadhl bin Dukain Al-Kufi Thiqa thabt
186- Fudhail bin Hussain Al-Jahdari Thiqa hafith
187- Farwa bin Abi Al-Maghraa Al-Kufi Saduq
188- Qais bin Hafs Al-Basri Thiqa lahu afraad
189- Qabeesa bin Uqba Al-Kufi Saduq rubama khalaf
190- Mohammed bin Minhal Al-Basri Thiqa hafith
191- Mohammed bin Salam Al-Bikandi Al-Bukhari Thiqa thabt
192- Mohammed bin Al-Muthana Al-Basri Thiqa thabt
193- Mohammed bin Ubaidullah Al-Basri Thiqa
194- Mohammed bin Al-Fadhl Al-Basri Thiqa thabt taghayar fi akhir umurih
195- Mohammed bin Sinan Al-Basri Thiqa thabt
196- Mohammed Bashar Bindaar Al-Basri Thiqa
197- Mohammed bin Al-Alaa Al-Kufi Thiqa hafith
198- Mohammed bin Katheer Al-Abdi Al-Basri Thiqa
199- Mohammed bin Abdulraheem Al-Baghdaadi Thiqa hafith
200- Mohammad bin Yusuf Al-Firyabi Thiqa
201- Mohammed bin Mahboob Al-Basri Thiqa
202- Mohammed bin Abi Bakr Al-Basri Thiqa
203- Mohammed bin Hatim bin Bazee Al-Baghdaadi Thiqa
204- Mohammed bin Mahran Al-Razi Thiqa hafith
205- Mohammed bin Abaan Al-Wasiti Saduq
206- Mohammed bin Abaan Al-Balkhi Thiqa hafith
207- Mohammed bin Abdullah bin Hawshab Al-Kufi Saduq
208- Mohammed bin Abdullah bin Al-Muthana Al-Basri Thiqa
209- Mohammed bin Abdullah bin Numair Al-Kufi Thiqa hafith
210- Mohammed bin Jaafar Al-Faidi Al-Baghdaadi - Maqbool
211- Mohammed bin Al-Sabbah Al-Dulabi Al-Baghdaadi Thiqa hafith
212- Mohammed bin Musa Al-Wasiti Saduq
213- Mohammed bin Ubaid bin Maymoon Al-Madani Saduq yukhti
214- Mohammed bin Miskeen Al-Baghdaadi Thiqa
215- Mohammed bin Uqba Al-Shaybani Al-Kufi Thiqa
216- Mohammed bin Eisa bin Al-Tabaa Al-Baghdaadi Thiqa
217- Mohammed bin Khalid bin Jabala Al-Khorasani Saduq
218- Mohammed bin Abi Yaqoub Al-Kirmani Al-Basri Thiqa
219- Mohammed bin Amr Zunaij Al-Razi Thiqa
220- Mohammed bin Saeed bin Al-Asbahani Al-Kufi Thiqa thabt
221- Mohammed bin Yazeed bin Rafaa Al-Kufi Laysa bil qawi
222- Mohammed bin Rafi Al-Nisapuri Thiqa
223- Mohammed bin Yahya Al-Mirwazi Thiqa
224- Mohammed bin Al-Hussain bin Ibrahim Al-Baghdaadi Saduq
225- Mohammed bin Abdullah bin Ismaeel Al-Baghdaadi Saduq
226- Mohammed bin Arara Al-Basri Thiqa
227- Mohammed bin Sabiq Al-Baghdaadi Thiqa
228- Mohammed bin Abdullah Al-Basri (Ahmad bin Ubaidullah) Saduq
229- Mohammed bin Abdullah Al-Raqashi Al-Basri Thiqa
230- Mohammed bin Abbad bin Musa Al-Wasiti Saduq yukhti
231- Mohammed bin Abbad Al-Baghdaadi Saduq yahim
232- Mohammed bin Saeed Al-Basri Thiqa
233- Mohammed bin Abi Al-Hussain Al-Samnani Thiqa
234- Mohammed bin Al-Nadhar Al-Hijazi Maqbool
235- Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al-Ramli Saduq yahim
236- Mohammed bin Al-Walid Al-Basri Thiqa
237- Mohammed bin Al-Hakam Al-Mirwazi Thiqa fadhil
238- Mohammed bin Khalaf Al-Baghdaadi Thiqa
239- Mohammed bin Abada Al-Wasiti Saduq fadhil
240- Mohammed bin Abdullah bin Al-Mubarak Al-Baghdaadi Thiqa
241- Mohammed bin Harb Al-Wasiti Saduq
242- Mohammed bin Ziyad Al-Basri Saduq yukhti
243- Mohammed bin Uthman bin Karama Al-Kufi Thiqa
244- Mohammed bin Abi Ghalib Al-Baghdaadi Saduq
245- Mohammed bin Muqatil Al-Makki (Tawtheeq is made by Al-Khateeb Al-Baghdaadi)
246- Musaddad bin Musarhad Al-Basri Thiqa
247- Musa bin Ismaeel Al-Basri Thiqa thabt
248- Musa bin Masoud Al-Basri Saduq sayI al-hifth
249- Musa bin Hizam Al-Balkhi Thiqa
250- Muslim bin Ibrahim Al-Basri Thiqa
251- Makki bin Ibrahim Al-Balkhi Thiqa thabt
252- Muath bin Fadhala Al-Basri Thiqa
253- Malik bin Ismaeel Al-Kufi Thiqa
254- Muath bin Asad Al-Basri Thiqa
255- Mutrif bin Abdullah Al-Madani Thiqa
256- Mualla bin Asad Al-Kufi Thiqa thabt
257- Matar bin Al-Fadhl Al-Mirwazi Thiqa
258- Muawiyah bin Amr Al-Baghdaadi Thiqa
259- Mithfar bin Mudrik Al-Baghdaadi Thiqa
260- Mahmood bin Adam Al-Mirwazi Saduq
261- Mahmood bin Ghaylan Al-Baghdaadi Thiqa
262- Mukhlid bin Malik Al-Harani (The author said that nobody mentioned him among the shaikhs of Al-Bukhari)
263- Mukhlid bin Malik Al-Mirwazi Thiqa
264- Mumil bin Hisham Al-Basri Thiqa
265- Munthir bin Al-Walid Al-Basri Thiqa
266- Nasr bin Ali bin Nasr Al-Basri Thiqa thabt
267- Al-Waleed bin Salih Al-Baghdaadi Thiqa
268- Hisham bin Abdulmalik Al-Tayalsi Al-Basri Thiqa thabt
269- Hisham bin Ammar Al-Dimashqi Saduq
270- Hudba bin Khalid Al-Basri Thiqa
271- Harun bin Al-Ashath Al-Kufi Thiqa
272- Yahya bin Abdullah bin Bukhair Al-Masri Thiqa
273- Yahya (Qutaiba) bin Saeed bin Jameel Al-Baghilani Al-Balkhi Thiqa
274- Yahya bin Sulaiman Al-Masri Saduq yukhti
275- Yahya bin Salih Al-Himsi Saduq
276- Yahya bin Musa Al-Balkhi Thiqa
277- Yahya bin Yahya Al-Nisapuri Thiqa
278- Yahya bin Mohammed bin Al-Sakan Al-Baghdaadi Saduq
279- Yahya bin Bishr Al-Mirwazi Thiqa Zahid
280- Yahya bin Abi Salama (The editor says that it is narrator #274)
281- Yahya bin Jaafar Al-Beekindi Al-Bukhari Thiqa
282- Yahya bin Hammad Al-Basri Thiqa abid
283- Yahya bin Yusuf Al-Baghdaadi Thiqa
284- Yahya bin Abdullah Al-Sulami Al-Mirwazi Thiqa
285- Yusuf bin Musa bin Rashid Al-Razi Saduq
286- Yusuf bin Yaqoub Al-Kufi Thiqa
287- Yusuf bin Rashid Al-Kufi (The author believes that he is #285)
288- Yusuf bin Adi Al-Masri Thiqa
289- Yusuf bin Bohlool Al-Kufi Thiqa
290- Yusuf bin Eisa Al-Mirwazi Thiqa fadhil
291- Yaqoub bin Ibrahim Al-Dawraqi Al-Baghdaadi Thiqa
292- Yasara bin Safwan Al-Dimashqi Thiqa
293- Abu Bakr bin Asram Al-Mirwazi Maqbool
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The shaikhs of Al-Kulayni in Al-Kafi:
1- Ali bin Ibrahim Al-Qummi Thiqa
2- Mohammed bin Yahya Al-Attar Al-Qummi Thiqa
3- Hameed bin Ziyad Al-Kufi Al-Ninuwi Thiqa
4- Ahmad bin Idrees Al-Ashari Al-Qummi Thiqa
5- Al-Hussain bin Mohammed Al-Ashari Al-Qummi Thiqa
6- Mohammed bin Ismaeel Al-Nisapuri Majhool
7- Mohammed bin Jaafar Al-Razzaz Al-Kufi Majhool
8- Ahmad bin Mohammed bin Ahmad Al-Kufi Majhool
9- Ali bin Mohammed bin Bindar Al-Barqi Thiqa
10- Ahmad bin Mahran Majhool
11- Mohammed bin Ahmad bin Al-Salt Al-Qummi Thiqa
12- Al-Hasan bin Ali Al-Hashimi Majhool
13- Al-Hussain bin Ali Al-Alawi Majhool
14- Al-Hussain bin Ali Al-Hussaini Majhool
15- Al-Hussain bin Al-Hasan Al-Alawi Majhool
16- Al-Hasan bin Khafeef Majhool
17- Abu Dawud Majhool
18- Mohammed bin Abdullah bin Jaafar Al-Himyari Al-Qummi Thiqa
19- Ahmad bin Abdullah Majhool
20- Abu Abdullah Al-Ashari Majhool
21- Ali bin Musa Al-Kamindani Majhool
22- Mohammed bin Ali bin Maamar Majhool
23- Ali bin Mohammed bin Ali bin Abbas Majhool
24- Ali bin Al-Hussain Al-Mudib Majhool
25- Al-Qasim bin Al-Alaa Al-Azerbijani Thiqa
26- Mohammed bin Aqeel Majhool
27- Mohammed bin Al-Hasan Majhool
28- Ahmad bin Mohammed bin Saeed ibn Uqdah Al-Kufi Thiqa
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Conclusion:
The likelihood of Al-Bukhari being a fabricated hadith collection is a lot less than Al-Kafi. This is due to the lack of teachers that Al-Kulayni took his hadiths from, and due to the amount of weight he has given the few narrators that are considered trustworthy according to Shia narrators. Al-Bukhari, on the other hand, obviously put a lot of effort into creating his hadith collection, which is especially obvious when one examines the origins of his shaikhs whom he had to personally travel to in order to collect their hadiths. Al-Kulaini, on the other hand, rarely relied on anyone that lived outside of Qum.
Link to original research: http://islamic-forum.net/index.php?s...72#entry109592
Salam 'Aleykum,