Editing Ja'far b. Ali

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 | Full name = Ja'far b. Ali
 | Companion of = [[Hussain ibn Ali|Imam al-Hussain]]
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 | Well known relatives =[[Ali ibn Abi Talib|Imam Ali]], [[Umm al-Banin]] (mother), [[Abbas B. Ali B. Abu Taleb|Abbas b. Ali]] (brother) 
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 | Place of Residence = Medina
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 | Cause of Death/martyrdom = [[Martyrdom]] in the Battle of Karbala
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 | Activities = Participating in the [[Battle of Karbala]]
|Native name=جعفر بن علی بن أبی طالب}}'''Jaʿfar b. Ali b. Abi Talib''' was a son of [[Imam Ali]] and [[Umm al-Banin]]. He and his brothers [[Abbas B. Ali B. Abu Taleb|Abbas]], [[Abd Allah ibn Ali|Abd Allah]], and [[Uthman b. Ali|Uthman]] accompanied [[Imam Hussain]] in his journey from Mecca to [[Kufa]] and were finally martyred at the [[Battle of Karbala]].

==Lineage==
His mother, the daughter of Hizam b. Khalid b. Rabi’a from the Arab tribe of Banu Kilab, was the mother of three more sons of Ali b. Abi Talib, and for this reason she became known as Umm al-Banin. Imam Ali named him Ja'far due to the great love he had for his brother Ja'far b. Abi Talib.<ref>Samāwī, ''Ibṣār al-ʿayn'', p. 69.</ref>

According to some sources, Ja'far was 19 years old when he was martyred<ref>Amīn, ''Aʿyān al-Shīʿa'', vol. 4, p. 149.</ref> and thus was born after the martyrdom of his father. O thers state thathe was 21 years old<ref>Samāwī, ''Ibṣār al-ʿayn'', p. 69.</ref> so he was born two years before the martyrdom of Imam Ali.

==Before Ashura==
As [[Shimr b. Dhi l-Jawshan]] was from the same tribe as Umm al-Banin, in the evening of [[Tasu'a]] he came close to the camp of Imam al-Hussain and addressed 'Abbas and his brothers as nieces and wanted them to abandon Imam al-Hussain in return for a safe-conduct from [[Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad]], but they refused and remained with Imam al-Hussain. 

==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]].

==Source==

*[https://en.wikishia.net/view/Ja%27far_b._al-Imam_Ali_(a) WikiShia, An online encyclopedia of the school of Ahl al-Bayt]
*[http://alhassanain.org/Nafasul%20Mahmum%3b%20Relating%20to%20the%20heart%20rending%20tragedy%20of%20Karbala/Nafasul_Mahmum%3b_Relating_to_the_heart_rending_tragedy_of_Karbala_html/nafasul_mahmum.htm Shaykh Abbas Qummi , Nafasul Mahmum; Relating to the heart rending tragedy of Karbala]

==References==
[[Category:Individuals]]
[[Category:Historical Characters]]
[[Category:Imam Hussain’s Companions]]
[[Category:Martyrs of Karbala]]
<references />{{Companions of Imam al-Hussain}}
[[Category:Imam Ali's Sons]]
[[Category:Umm Banin's Sons]]
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