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Jafar al-Sadiq

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
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 / 24.46694; 39.6139472
Other names Ja'far ibn Muḥammad ibn `Ali
Title
Term 733–765 CE
Predecessor Muhammad al-Baqir
Successor

disputed
TwelversMusa al-Kadhim
Isma‘ilisIsma‘il ibn Ja‘far
AftahisAbdullah al-Aftah Shumattiyyah - Muhammad ibn Ja'far al-Sadiq

Ali al-Uraidhi ibn Ja'far al-Sadiq
Spouse(s)

Fatima bint al-Hussain'l-Athram

Hamīdah al-Barbariyyah
Children
Parent(s) Muhammad al-Baqir
Farwah bint al-Qasim

disputed
TwelversMusa al-Kadhim
Isma‘ilisIsma‘il ibn Ja‘far
AftahisAbdullah 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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