Isma'il ibn Jafar
| Isma'il ibn Ja'far | |
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| Born |
103 AH (approximately 722 C.E) Medina |
| Died |
138 AH (approximately 755 C.E) |
| Resting place | Al-Baqi' Madina Saudi Arabia |
| Other names | Abu Muhammad, Isma'il Al-A"raj |
| Known for | Elder son of Ja'far al-Sadiq, sixth Ismāʿīlī Imām, Syed |
| Title | az-Azbab-i-Itlaq (Absolute lord), Al-Wafi, Al-aa"raj |
| Predecessor | Ja'far al-Sadiq According to Isma'ili Shia |
| Successor | Muhammad ibn Isma'il According to Isma'ili Shia |
| Children | Muhammad ibn Isma'il, Ali ibn Isma'il, Fatima |
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| Relatives | Musa al-Kadhim |
Ismāʿīl ibn Jaʿfar al-Mubārak (Arabic: إسماعيل بن جعفر; c. born: 719 AD, Medina - died circa 755 AD, Medina) was the eldest son of Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq. He is also known as Isma'il Al-Ãraj ibn Ja'far (اسماعيل الاعرج ابن جعفر الصادق). Following Ja'far's death, the Shia community split between those who would become the Twelver Shia and those who believed that the Imamate passed to Isma'il's son; the Isma'ili branch of Shia Islam is accordingly named for Isma'il. According to both the Nizari and Mustaali Shia sects, he is the sixth Imam.
Isma'il was born in Shawwal 100 AH/719 C.E. He was the eldest son of Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq. His mother, Fatima bint al-Hussain'l-Athram bin al-Hasan bin Ali, was the first wife of Ja'far al-Sadiq. He was the brother of Abdullah al-Aftah.
Isma'ili sources say that, after the age of seven, as his father's designated successor, Isma'il was kept apart from his siblings, limited in his contact with the public, with his father taking personal responsibility for his education. Given his father's reputation as a scholar and the number of distinguished students who sought out his tuition, Isma'il would have received excellent training. It is said that whenever Ja'far was ill and unable to fulfill his duties as Imam, he deputized Isma'il, although his role was restricted to the confines of the home.
According to Daftary, Isma'il may have taken part in an anti-Abbasid plot in 755 and identified with the more activist, or militant Shi'a (some of whom split off as the Zaydis). He may have been summoned to the Caliph's court with others to face charges but was spared execution, unlike some of his fellow plotters.
To protect him from persecution, his father sent him into hiding and publicly declared him deceased. The majority Twelver groups argue that Isma'il actually died during his father's Imamate in the year 138 AH/756 C.E.
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