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{{infobox person | |||
| name =Ja'far al-sadiq | |||
| native_name =جعفر بن محمد الصادق | |||
| image = Baqi tomb.jpg | |||
| caption = The historical tomb of Al-Baqi (it was destroyed in 1925) | |||
| known_for = The 6th Imam of Shi'a | |||
| birth_date = 83 AH (c. 702 CE) | |||
| birth_place =Medina, Umayyad Empire | |||
| father = Muhammad 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 ʿAbd-Allah, the sixth [[imam]] of the Imami Shiʿites. He was the eldest son of Imam [[Muhammad al-Baqir]] (q.v.) 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). | '''Jaʿfar al-Sadiq''', Abu ʿAbd-Allah, the sixth [[imam]] of the Imami Shiʿites. He was the eldest son of Imam [[Muhammad al-Baqir]] (q.v.) 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). | ||