4. Hazrat imam Jaffir ibn e Sadiq (a.S) was the 6 desentant of Prophet
Hazrat Muhammad (S.A.W)
Name: Ja'far ibn Muhammad (a.s.)
Mother: Umm Farwa, the daughter of Qasim bin Muhammad bin Abu Bakr.
Kunniyat : Abu 'Abdillah.
Laqab : Al-Sadiq.
Birth: He was born at Madina in 83 A.H.
Martyrdom: He died of poison in 148 A.H and is buried
at Baqi near his father.
5. The sun of the existence of Imam jafar as Sadiq (AS)
arose from the lap of his mother Umm-e-Farwah on
the 17th of Rabiul Awal, 83rd year Hijrah, in the city of
Madina.Which is the city of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad
(A.S)
6. Family Background of Hazrat
Imam Jaffir Sadiq (A.S)
Hazrat Imam Jaffir Sadiq (A.S) was the son of Hazrat Imam
Muhammad Baqir (A.S) . His mother Umm-eFarwah was the
grand daughter of Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr, who was one of the
companions of Imam Ali (AS).
Imam Ali (AS) repeatedly said about him that, "Muhammad is my spiritual and moral son.
Imam jafar as Sadiq (AS) was 15 years of age when his
grandfather Imam Sajjad (AS) was martyred and 34
years old when his father Imam Muhammad Baqir (AS) was
martyred.
7. About the ethical value and virtue of Imam jafar as Sadiq (AS),
it is sufficient that out of four thousands of his
students even a single one did not object or criticize upon the
moral character and conduct of Imam jafar as Sadiq
(AS), and did not find a weak point in it. He was a practical
example and specimen for the Muslims with respect to
eating, relaxing and resting, walking, speaking, and conducts
with others. He had the same social conduct with his
friends as he had with his children.
8. He instructed many scholars in different fields of the intellectual and
transmitted sciences, such as Zararah, Muhammad ibn Muslim, Mu'min
Taqi, Hisham ibn Hakam, Aban ibn Taghlib, Hisham ibn Salim, Hurayz,
Hisham Kalbi Nassabah, and Jabir ibn Hayyan, the alchemist. Even
some important Sunni scholars such as Sufyan Thawri, Abu Hanifah,
the founder of the Hanafi school of law, Qadi. l Sukuni, Qadi Abu'l-
Bakhtari, and others, had the honour of being his students.
9. Towards the end of his life the Imam was subjected to severe restrictions
by the Abbasid caliph Mansur, who ordered such torture and merciless
killing of many of the descendants of the Prophet (sawas) who were
Shi'itethat his actions even surpassed the cruelty and heedlessness of the
Umayyads. On his order they were arrested ingroups, some thrown into
deep and dark prisons and tortured until they died, while others were
beheaded orburied alive or placed at the base of or between walls of
buildings, and walls were constructed over them.