Editing Ja'far b. Ali (section)

==In the Battle of Karbala==
Since the beginning of the movement of Imam Hussain from Medina, Ja'far accompanied him. According to the report of historians, in the evening of the Day of Ashura, Abbas encouraged his brothers Abd Allah, Ja'far, and Uthman to go to the battlefield before him and said, "Proceed, so that I see your sincerity and benevolence on the way of God and His Prophet, since you do not have any children." <ref>Mufīd, ''al-Irshād'', vol. 2, p. 109.</ref>

So, Ja'far went to the battlefield and fought bravely. Finally, [[Khawli b. Yazid al-Asbahi]] threw an arrow at him which hit his temple or his eye<ref>Ibn Shahrāshūb, ''Manāqib'', vol. 4, p. 107</ref> and according to another report, [[Hani b. Thubayt|Hani b. Thubayt al-Hadrami]] martyred him.<ref>Ibn Shahrāshūb, ''Manāqib'', vol. 4, p. 116.</ref>
Abul Faraj quotes Imam [[Mohammad al-Baqir]] saying,
“Khawli Asbahi killed him”.
[[Ibn Shahr Ashob]] says that Khawli Asbahi shot an arrow that pierced his temple or his eye.

Ja'far b. Ali was mentioned in [[Ziarat al-Shuhada]] among [[martyrs of Karbala]].