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Ja'far ibn Muḥammad ibn Ali al-Sadiq was born in Medina around 700 CE, and 702 is given in most sources, according to Gleave. [1] Ja'far was the eldest son of Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī al-Bāqir, [11] the fifth Shīʿīte Imam, who was a descendant of ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, Muhammad's cousin and son-in-law, and Fāṭima, Muhammad's daughter.
Shumaytiyya– who believed Muhammad al-Dibaj was the succeeding Imam after his father Ja'far al-Sadiq's death. [5] Muhammadites– who believed that Muhammad ibn Ali al-Hadi was the true 11th Imam, rather than Hasan al-Askari. Tawussites– who believed that Ja'far al-Sadiq was the Mahdi and that he was alive and did not die.
Following Ja'far al-Sadiq's death, the majority of Ja'far's followers accepted Abdallah al-Aftah as their new Imam. These followers were known as the Fathites and, according to the Mu'tazili heresiographer Abul-Qasim al-Balkhi al-Ka‘bi (d.319 A.H. / 931 CE), they were the biggest and most important section of the followers of Ja'far al-Sadiq. [5]
701: Ibn al-Ash'ath's rebellion in Iraq, battle of Dayr al-Jamajim. 703: Ja'far al-Sadiq, the sixth Imam of Shia Islam, is born. 705: Death of caliph Abd al-Malik. Accession of Al-Walid I as Umayyad Caliph. 711: Conquest of Spain by Tariq ibn Ziyad and of Transoxiana by Qutayba ibn Muslim. 712: Conquest of Sindh by Muhammad ibn Qasim
Shia sources blame the Abbasid caliph al-Mansur for the death of Ja'far al-Sadiq, [4] [11] who did not publicly designate an heir, likely fearing the Abbasid reaction. [24] Shia sources report that the caliph ordered his governor of Medina to kill the heir to al-Sadiq, a plan that was thwarted when the governor found out that al-Sadiq had ...
Martyrdom of Ja'far al-Sadiq: 18: R: Death of Abraham: According to one narration 20: C: Birth of Sukaynah bint Husayn: Teenage daughter of Husayn ibn Ali who was present at the Battle of Karbala: 22: C: Koo'nda (table cloth dinner) Cultural Indo-Pak and Iranian day of feasting based on one narration of Ja'far al-Sadiq: 24: C: Birth of Ali al ...
This tradition would pass on to his son, Ja'far al-Sadiq, who inherited the Imāmate on his father's death in 743. Ja'far al-Sadiq excelled in the scholarship of the day and had many pupils, including three of the four founders of the Sunni madhhabs. [35] However, following al-Sadiq's poisoning in 765, a fundamental split occurred in the community.
Muhammad ibn Ja'far al-Sadiq (Arabic: محمد بن جعفر الصادق, romanized: Muḥammad ibn Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq), surnamed al-Dībāj (Arabic: الديباج, lit. 'the handsome'), [ 1 ] was a son of the sixth Shi'a imam , Ja'far al-Sadiq , who led a failed revolt against the Abbasid Caliphate in 815.