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A Biography of Imam Ja‘far al-Sadiq (a)
The sixth Shi‘a Imam (a) was born on a Monday or Friday on the 17th of Rabi’ul Awwal 83 or 86 A.H.1 He was born on the same day the Prophet was born 136 years earlier. Imam al-al-Sadiq was martyred on the 25th of Shawwal in the year 148 A.H. at the age of 65.
He was named Ja‘far by his holy father, Imam Baqir (a). In response to Daris Kanani as to why he was called Ja’far, the sixth Imam responded, “Oh Daris! Your father ignorantly called you Daris, which is the name of an offspring of Satan, while my father out of knowledge named me Ja‘far, which is the name of a brook in Heaven.” Read more
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