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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 21 February 2025. Muslim scholar and Shia imam (c. 702–765) Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq Sixth imam of Twelver Shi'ism and Isma'ilism جَعْفَر ٱلصَّادِق 6th Shia imam In office 732–765 Preceded by Muhammad al-Baqir Succeeded by Musa al-Kazim (Twelverism) Isma'il al-Mubarak (Isma'ilism) Abd ...
Joseph interprets Pharaoh's Dream (Genesis 41:15–41). Of the biblical figures in Judaism, Joseph is customarily called the Tzadik.. Tzadik (Hebrew: צַדִּיק ṣaddīq, "righteous [one]"; also zadik or sadiq; pl. tzadikim צדיקים ṣadīqīm) is a title in Judaism given to people considered righteous, such as biblical figures and later spiritual masters.
Isma'il ibn Ja'far (Arabic: إسْماعِيل ٱبْن جَعْفَر ٱلْمُبَارَك, romanized: Ismāʿīl ibn Jaʿfar al-Mubārak) was the eldest son of Ja'far al-Sadiq and the sixth Imam in Isma'ilism. He carried the epithet of al-Mubarak, on the basis of which one of the earliest Isma'ili groups became designated as the Mubarakiyya.
According to Twelvers, there is at all times an Imam of the era who is the divinely appointed authority on all matters of faith and law in the Muslim community. Ali , a cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad, was the first of the Twelve Imams, and, in the Twelvers view, the rightful successor to Muhammad , followed by male descendants of Muhammad ...
Muhammad al-Baqir was the fifth Imam in Shia Islam, Ja'far al-Sadiq was the 6th Imam and founder of the Ja'fari school of jurisprudence according to Twelver and Isma'ili Shi'ites. Zurarah ibn A'yun (trustworthy and from the Consensus companions) [17] Muhammad bin Muslim (trustworthy and from the Consensus companions) [18]
Most Shias accept that Ali is buried in the Imam Ali Mosque which is now the city of Najaf. [10] Ja'far al-Sadiq, the sixth Shia imam, said that the Imam Ali Mosque is the third of five holy places: Mecca, Medina, Imam Ali Mosque in Najaf, Imam Husayn Shrine in Karbala, and the shrine of Fatima Masumeh in Qom. [2]
Zurārah ibn Aʿyan (about 690-768 AD) (Arabic: زُرارة بن أعيَن), who according to Shia sources, was a famous companion of Imam Baqir, Imam Sadiq, and Imam Kazim. [1] He evolved the theory that the knowledge of God is an obligation on every believer and cannot be attained without an Imam designated by God , and thus complete ...
At the same time, however, this also meant that the singular, semi-divine figure of the mahdi was now reduced to an adjective in a caliphal title, 'the Imam rightly guided by God' (al-imam al-mahdi bi'llah): instead of the promised messiah, al-Mahdi was merely one in a long sequence of imams descending from Ali and Fatima. [132]