| Name |
Full / Kunya |
| Ja'far ibn Muḥammad |
Abu Abdillah |
|
Title
Arabic |
Turkish |
| as-Ṣádiq (The Honest) |
Altıncı Alí |
|
| Birth Date |
Birth Place |
Age when assumed Imámate |
Age at death |
Length of Imámate |
83 A.H.
A.D. 702 |
Medina |
31 |
65 |
34 |
|
| Death Date |
Reason and Place of Death |
Burial Place |
148 A.H.
A.D. 765 |
According to Shia sources, he was poisoned in Medina,
Saudi Arabia on the order of Caliph Al-Manṣúr. |
Buried in Jannat al-Baqi, Medina, Saudi Arabia. |
|
Importance
Established the Ja'fari jurisprudence and developed the theology of Twelvers. He instructed many scholars in different fields, including Abu Hanifah and Malik ibn Anas in fiqh, Wasil ibn Ata and Hisham ibn Hakam in Islamic theology, and Geber in science and alchemy. |
| [ Wikipedia - The Twelve Imáms ] |
