Jafar al-Sadiq
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Ja`far al-Ṣadiq جعفر الصادق (Arabic) 6th imam of Twelver and 5th imam of Ismaili Shia |
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Ja`far Ṣādiq with Moalla calligraphy
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| Born |
c. 702 CE Medina, Umayyad Empire |
| Died | 765 CE (15 Shawwal 148 AH) Medina, Abbasid Empire |
| Cause of death | Death by poisoning |
| Resting place |
Jannatul Baqi, Saudi Arabia 24°28′1″N 39°36′50.21″E / 24.46694°N 39.6139472°E |
| Other names | Ja'far ibn Muḥammad ibn `Ali |
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| Term | 733–765 CE |
| Predecessor | Muhammad al-Baqir |
| Successor |
disputed |
| Spouse(s) |
Fatima bint al-Hussain'l-Athram |
| Children |
List
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| Parent(s) |
Muhammad al-Baqir Farwah bint al-Qasim |
disputed
Twelvers — Musa al-Kadhim
Isma‘ilis — Isma‘il ibn Ja‘far
Aftahis — Abdullah al-Aftah Shumattiyyah - Muhammad ibn Ja'far al-Sadiq
Fatima bint al-Hussain'l-Athram
Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad al-Ṣādiq (Arabic: جعفر بن محمد الصادق; 700 or 702–765 C.E.), commonly known as Jaʿfar al-Sadiq or simply al-Sadiq (The Truthful), is the sixth Shia Imam and major figure in the Hanafi and Maliki schools of Sunni jurisprudence. He was a descendant of Ali on the side of his father, Muhammad al-Baqir, and of Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr on the side of his mother, Umm Farwah bint al-Qasim. Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr was raised by Ali, but was not his son. Ali used to say: "Muhammad Ibn Abu Bakr is my son but from Abu Bakr's lineage". Al-Sadiq is the last individual to be recognized by all Shia sects as an Imam (except the Zaydiyyah), and is revered in traditional Sunnism as a transmitter of Hadith, prominent jurist, and mystic.
Al-Sadiq was born in either 700 or 702 CE. He inherited the position of imam from his father in his mid-thirties. As imam, al-Sadiq stayed out of the political conflicts that embroiled the region, evading the many requests for support that he received from rebels. He was the victim of some harassment by the Abbasid caliphs, and was eventually, according to most Shia Muslims, poisoned at the orders of the Caliph al-Mansur.
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