The sixth Imam · al-Sadiq, “the truthful”
Imam Ja‘far al-Sadiq (AS)
Son of Imam al-Baqir (AS) and the sixth Imam. His circle of students in Medina was so large that Shia law and theology are often called the Ja‘fari school after him.
الإمام جعفر الصادق
- Born
- 17 Rabi al-Awwal 83 AH (702 CE), Medina
- Parents
- Imam al-Baqir (AS) and Umm Farwa, daughter of al-Qasim ibn Muhammad
- Died
- 148 AH (765 CE), Medina
- Resting place
- Jannat al-Baqi, Medina
Life
A school of learning
His companions, students and those who narrated from him are said to have numbered about four thousand. He sometimes oversaw debates between his students and visiting scholars, and joined in himself. [WikiShia]
He showed his companions the grave of Imam Ali (AS) near Kufa, which until then had been kept hidden. [WikiShia]
Death
He died in Medina in 148 AH. Some Shia scholars hold that he was poisoned on the order of the Abbasid caliph al-Mansur. [WikiShia]
He was buried in al-Baqi beside his father and grandfather. [WikiShia] [WikiShia]
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