Imam Jafar Al-Sadiq(as)

Imam Jafar Al-Sadiq(as) The Infallible Sixth Holy Imam

Name: Jaffar
Title: Al-Sadiq(as)
Kunyat: Abu Abdullah
Born: On Monday, 17th of Rabea Al-Awwal 83 AH, in Medina, Arabia
Father: The Fifth Imam Mohammad Al-Baqir(as)
Mother: Umme-E-Farwah
Date of death: 15th Shawwaal 148 AH, at the age of 65 years old.
Cause of Death: Murdered by poisoning by Mansur Al-Abbassi
Buried: In Al-Baggea cemmetary, Arabia.
Hadeeth of the Sixth Imam(as), the founder of the Shia School of Law.
Religious Scholars Students of the Imam Al-Sadiq(as)
The Holy Imam Jafar Al-Sadiq(as) was , unquestionably, an intellectual as well as a religious man, who possessed vast knowledge, wisdom and sense of justice. He was a man of great piety, truthfulness and his living manners was very simple.

He died of poisoning and his body was prepared by the Fifth Imam Musa Al-Kathum(as) and was buried in the Baggea cemmentary in Al-Medina.

Of all the members of the Family of The Holy Prophet(pbuh) Imam Jafar Al-Sadiq(as) had narrated much of the Hadeeths. Because none of the other members before him,of the Family of The Holy Prophet(pbuh) had the chance to meet and converse with so many of the narrators of the Hadeeths or historians as did the Sixth Imam.

A list of the names of the narrators of Hadeeths from the Sixth Imam number around four thousand among whom is Abu Hanifah, one of the Sixth Imam's students, who later became the Imam of a certain school of law of the Sunni Muslims.

Imam Jafar Al-Sadiq(as) lived a very simple life. He himself would work in his garden growing his own food of vegatables.

It has been said, that during his prayers of worship to God, his concentration was so great, he was totally oblivious of his immeadiate surroundings. In fact so much so, that he would not feel any bodily contact to his person.

One night Harroun Al-Rasheed, then the Calipha of the time wanted to meet with him. So he sent one of his servants to the Imam's house. The servant told Harroun that when arrived at his house, he found the Imam in the state of prostration before Allah(swt) with his hands and face pressed on the ground, with dust still on his forehead and the sides of his face.

The Sixth Imam(as) was very generous person, and of excellent moral perfections. He had very polite manners in his social dealings of his vistors and hosted and treated them equally.