Ja'far ibn Ali al-Hadi
جعفر بن علي الهادي
Personal
Bornc. 226 AH (c. 840 CE)
Medina, Arabia, Abbasid Caliphate
Diedc. 885 (271 AH) (aged 45)
Samarra, Abbasid Empire
Resting placeSamarra
ReligionShia Islam
Parents
  • Ali al-Hadi (father)
  • Hudayth (or Susan or Salil) (mother)
RelativesHasan al-Askari (brother)
Muhammad (brother)

Abū ʿAbd Allāh Jaʿfar ibn ʿAlī al-Hādī (Arabic: أبو عبد الله جعفر بن علي الهادي; 226-271 A.H., c. 840 CE – c. 885 CE), also derisively known as al-Kadhdhāb (Arabic: الکَذّاب, lit. 'the Liar') in Twelver Shi'ism, was the third son of the tenth Twelver Shi'a Imam, Ali al-Hadi. He claimed to be an imam and established his own sect of followers, to whom he was known as al-Zakī (Arabic: الزكي, lit. 'the pure one').

Family

Jafar b. Ali b. Muḥammad was the son of the tenth Imam, Ali al-Hadi and the brother of eleventh Imam Hasan al-Askari. Also, he had one older brother, Muhammad who died before his father's death.[1]

Challenge

After the death of Ali al-Hadi

After the death of Ali al-Hadi, Jafar b. Ali claimed Imamate. Twelvers believed that he was immoral.[1][2] Baháʼís believe that he was a truthful person.[3]

In his defense, his followers claimed that his personality had changed from his youth.[2] Jafar b. Ali's followers came to be known as the Ja’fariyya and al-Askari's followers were known as the Twelvers.[1]

After the death of Hasan al-Askari

After the death of Hasan al-Askari, even though, al-Askari's mother was still alive, Jafar requested his property.[4] He claimed that his brother never had a son.[5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Reza, Saiyed Jafar (2012). The Essence of Islam. Concept Publishing Company, 2012. p. 254. ISBN 9788180698323.
  2. 1 2 Modarressi, Hossein (1993). Crisis and Consolidation in the Formative Period of Shi'Ite Islam: Abu Ja'Far Ibn Qiba Al-Razi and His Contribution to Imamite Shi'Ite Thought (PDF) (English and Arabic ed.). Darwin Press, Incorporated (June 1, 1993). ISBN 978-0878500956.
  3. ↑ ""Regarding the one who related the existence of the Qáʼim…"". Adib Masumian. 2015-05-30. Retrieved 2020-10-16.
  4. ↑ Momen, Moojan (1985). An Introduction to Shiʻi Islam: The History and Doctrines of Twelver Shiʻism. Yale University Press; New edition (September 10, 1987). pp. 161–163. ISBN 978-0300035315.
  5. ↑ Imam, Sayyid Imdad. "Misbah-uz-Zulam, Roots of the Karbala' Tragedy". Ansariyan Publications - Qum.
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