Hazrat IMAM JAFAR BIN MUHAMMAD AS-SADIQ (AS)

INTRODUCTION Hazrat imam Jaffir ibn e Sadiq (a.S) was the 6 desentant of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (S.A.W)

Name: Ja'far ibn Muhammad (a.s.)

Mother: Umm Farwa, the daughter of Qasim bin Muhammad

bin Abu Bakr.

Kunniyat : Abu 'Abdillah.

Laqab : Al-Sadiq.

Birth: He was born at Madina in 83 A.H.

Martyrdom: He died of poison in 148 A.H and is buried at Baqi near his father.

Birth of Imam Sadiq (A.S.)

The sun of the existence of Imam jafar as Sadiq (AS) arose from the lap of his mother Umm-e-Farwah on the 17th of Rabiul Awal, 83rd year Hijrah, in the city of

Madina.Which is the city of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (A.S)

Family Background of Hazrat Imam Jaffir Sadiq

(A.S)Hazrat Imam Jaffir Sadiq (A.S) was the son of Hazrat Imam Muhammad Baqir (A.S) . His mother Umm-eFarwah was the grand daughter of Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr, who was one of the companions of Imam Ali (AS).

Imam Ali (AS) repeatedly said about him that, "Muhammad is my spiritual and moral son.

Imam jafar as Sadiq (AS) was 15 years of age when his grandfather Imam Sajjad (AS) was martyred and 34years old when his father Imam Muhammad Baqir (AS) was martyred.

Ethics and Virtue

About the ethical value and virtue of Imam jafar as Sadiq (AS), it is sufficient that out of four thousands of hisstudents even a single one did not object or criticize upon the moral character and conduct of Imam jafar as Sadiq(AS), and did not find a weak point in it. He was a practical example and specimen for the Muslims with respect toeating, relaxing and resting, walking, speaking, and conducts with others. He had the same social conduct with hisfriends as he had with his children.

Sadiq(a.s) as a Scholar:He instructed many scholars in different fields of the

intellectual and transmitted sciences, such as Zararah, Muhammad ibn Muslim, Mu'min Taqi, Hisham ibn Hakam, Aban ibn Taghlib, Hisham ibn Salim, Hurayz, Hisham Kalbi Nassabah, and Jabir ibn Hayyan, the alchemist. Even some important Sunni scholars such as Sufyan Thawri, Abu Hanifah, the founder of the Hanafi school of law, Qadi. l Sukuni, Qadi Abu'l-Bakhtari, and others, had the honour of being his students.

Martyrdom of Jaffir Sadiq (a.s)

Towards the end of his life the Imam was subjected to severe restrictions by the Abbasid caliph Mansur, who ordered such torture and merciless killing of many of the descendants of the Prophet (sawas) who were Shi'itethat his actions even surpassed the cruelty and heedlessness of the Umayyads. On his order they were arrested ingroups, some thrown into deep and dark prisons and tortured until they died, while others were beheaded orburied alive or placed at the base of or between walls of buildings, and walls were constructed over them.

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