Editing Jaʿfar al-Sadiq (section)

{{infobox person
| name           =Ja'far al-sadiq
| native_name        =جعفر بن محمد الصادق‎‎
| image          = Ja'far 1.jpg
| caption  = The historical tomb of Al-baqi was destroyed in 1926. Jafar al-Sadiq was one of four Shia imams buried here.
| known_for          = The 6th Imam of Shi'a
| birth_date  = 83 AH (c. 702 CE)
| birth_place =Medina, Umayyad Empire
| father         =	[[Mohammad al-Baqir]]
| mother         =Farwah bint al-Qasim
| relatives          =
| spouse             =	Fatima bint al-Hussain'l-Athram, Hamīdah al-Barbariyyah
| children           = 	Musa al-Kadhim, Isma'il ibn Jafar, Abdullah al-Aftah, Ishaq, ʿAli al-Uraidhi, Al-Abbas, Muhammad al-Dibaj, Fatima, Umm Farwah, Asmaa
| death_date  = 	148 AH, aged 62- 63 (765 CE)
| death_place =Medina, Abbasid Empire
| resting_place      = Jannat al-Baqi, Medina, Saudi Arabia
}}
'''Jaʿfar al-Sadiq''', Abu Abd-Allah, the sixth [[imam]] of the Imami Shiʿites. He was the eldest son of Imam [[Mohammad al-Baqir|Muhammad al-Baqir]] and, on the side of his mother, Omm Farwa, a descendent of Abu Bakr by four generations.<ref>Tabari, III/IV, p. 2509; Yaʿqubi, II, p. 458; Ebn Qotayba, p. 215.</ref> He spent most of his life in Medina, where he built up a circle of followers primarily as a theologian, [[Hadith]] transmitter, and jurist (faqih).

An erudite jurist of Medina, al-Sadiq was associated with a wide range of scholars. Abu Hanifa, and Malik b. Anas, among other prominent figures, are alleged to have heard hadith from him. Regarded as a reliable traditionalist in Sunni circles, he is cited in several isnads (chains of transmissions). Al-Sadiq is credited with the construction of a legal system called Ja’fari school of law, which Shi’ites follow. He is also seen as an eminent ascetic and is revered in Sufi circles. According to the alchemist Jabir al-Hayyan, al-Sadiq was also a teacher in alchemy.