Imam Jafar Al Sadiq

Biography

Imam al-Sadiq (a) (Ja’far b. Muhammad b. ‘Ali b. ‘Ali b. ‘Ali b. Abi Talib) was born in Medina on 17 Rabi’a al-Awwal in 83/832. Some have mentioned his source of birth in 80/681. His grandfather, Imam al-Sajjad (a), their great father, Imam Muhammad Baqir (a), and their mother, known as um Forouh, are the daughter of Qasim b. Muhammad b. Abi Bakr.
For 34 years, Imam Ja’far al-Sadiq (Ja’far, meaning the current stream of benefits) was the Imamate of Shi’a and was able to revive Shi’a religion among Muslims through great efforts. His imamate was at the same time with the caliphate of the last five Umayyad caliphs, namely from Hisham b. ‘Abd al-Malik onwards, and the first two caliphs were Abbasids of Saffah and Mansur Davaniqi. One of his most famous tehsims is Abu Abdullah, Abu Isma’il, and Abu Musa.

Wife and children of Imam al-Sadiq (a)

According to most sources, he had seven sons and three daughters. Imam Musa al-Kazim (a), the seventh Shi’a Imam, is one of the children of this great Imam whose mother’s name is Hamida, daughter of Sa’ed or Salih.

Isma’il,  ‘Abd Allah, Um Forouh, whose mother of these three was Fatima, daughter of Husayn b. ‘Ali al-Sajad,
Musa,  Ishaq,  Muhammad, whose mother  named Hamida Barbariyya,
And Abbas,  Ali,  Asma,  Fatima

1. Isma’il

Isma’il was the greatest among the brothers, and Hazrat Sadiq (a.s.) loved him more than other children, and he was best kind to him, and some Shiites thought he was imam after his father. Isma’il was buried in wide during the days of his great father, and the devotees of Hazrat Sadiq (pbuh) carried his body, brought his father’s presence in Medina and buried him in al-Baqi’.

2. Abdullah

After Isma’il, ‘Abd Allah was the greatest son of Imam al-Sadiq (a), but if his father should not respect him and disagree with his great father in terms of beliefs and creeds, he would go to Hashuyeh and tend to Marja’i religion and after his father claimed imamate and said: Since I am the descendant of Akbar, the Imamate is my right, and on this occasion, some of the companions of Hazrat Sadiq (pbuh) believed in him.
Fortunately, it was not long before many of them returned from him, and to the imamate of Musa b. Ja’far al-Sayyidi, the great and the supreme Imam, the truth and the dignity of his Imamate were revealed to all, and at the same time a few of them, in their opinion, put the remaining Abdullah in the forefront. He was chosen and they beg him as Fatih because ‘Abd Allah was a broad-legged man and the person who is like this is called Iftih.

3. Ishaq b. Ja’far

He was a good scientist, a pious man, a mujtahid, and people have narrated hadiths and works from him. Whenever Ibn Kasb narrated a hadith from him, he said: “Hadsin al-Thaqat al-Razi Ishaq b. Ja’far, Ishaq knew his brother, Moses b. Ja’far, to the Imamate and narrated from his father about the imamate of the Prophet (s).

4. Muhammad b. Ja’far

He was a brave and generous man, fasting the day and iftar and agreeing with Zaydiyya and believing in uprising and struggle.

5. Ali b. Ja’far

Many hadiths have been narrated and always dealt with with caution and the greatness of the pious and the scientist, and he was always in need with his brother, Prophet Moses b. Ja’far (a). And many news of the Prophet (s) has narrated.

6. Abbas b. Ja’far

He was a great man.

7. Moses b. Ja’far

The greatest son of Imam al-Sadiq (a) was his greatest and publicly renowned, and in his era, he was not as generous and honorable as he was, and he was more pious and pious than all people. His mother’s name is Hamida Barbari.