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 Muḥammad ibn Yaʿqūb Abū Jaʿfar al-Rāzī al-Kulaynī; Shaykh of the Shīʿah and scholar of the Imāmiyyah. He is among their fuqahā’ (jurists) and authors. Among his works is al-Kāfī fī ʿIlm al-Dīn and al-Radd ʿAlā al-Qaramitah. He died in 328 A.H (Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalā’ vol. 15 pg. 280 and al-Aʿlām vol. 7 pg. 145)