Abū ʿAbd Allāh Jaʿfar ibn ʿAlī al-Hādī ()( 226-271 A.H.,
CE – CE), also
known
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as Ja'far al-Kadhāb () in
Twelver Shi'ism
Twelver Shīʿīsm ( ar, ٱثْنَا عَشَرِيَّة; '), also known as Imāmīyyah ( ar, إِمَامِيَّة), is the largest branch of Shīʿa Islam, comprising about 85 percent of all Shīʿa Muslims. The term ''Twelver'' refers t ...
, was the third son of the tenth 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 Ja'far al-Zakī ().
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
Hasan ibn Ali ibn Muhammad ( ar, الحَسَن بْن عَلِيّ بْن مُحَمَّدُ, translit=al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad; ), better known as Hasan al-Askari ( ar, الحَسَن ٱلْعَسْكَرِيّ , translit=al-Ḥa ...
. Also, he had one older brother,
Muhammad
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who died before his
father's death.
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.
Baháʼís believe that he was a truthful person.
In his defense, his followers claimed that his personality had changed from his youth.
Jafar b. Ali's followers came to be known as the Ja’fariyya and al-Askari's followers were known as the Twelvers.
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.
He claimed that his brother never had a
son
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Social issues
In pre-industrial societies and some current c ...
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See also
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Ali al-Hadi
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Muhammad al-Mahdi
Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan al-Mahdī ( ar, محمد بن الحسن المهدي) is believed by the Twelver Shia to be the last of the Twelve Imams and the eschatological Mahdi, who will emerge in the end of time to establish peace and justic ...
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Sayyid Ali Akbar
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List of extinct Shia sects
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Muhammad ibn Ali al-Hadi Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn Mūsā ibn Jaʿfar () was the son of Ali al-Hadi and the brother of Hasan al-Askari, the 10th and 11th Twelver Shia Imams, respectively. His Tomb was constructed between Samarra and ...
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Muhammadite Shia The Muhammadite Shia (named for Muhammad al Askari ibn Imam Ali al-Hadi) were a Shia sect who believed that due to the supposed lack of a son (according to their opinion) for Hasan al-Askari, they had to rethink the legitimacy of his Imamate. The ...
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Imamate (Twelver doctrine)
Imāmah ( ar, إِمَامَة) means "leadership" and is a concept in Twelver theology. The Twelve Imams are the spiritual and political successors to Muhammad, the Prophet of Islam, in the Twelver branch of Shia Islam. According to Twelver ...
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Ahl Al-Bayt
Ahl al-Bayt ( ar, أَهْل ٱلْبَيْت, ) refers to the family of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, but the term has also been extended in Sunni Islam to apply to all descendants of the Banu Hashim (Muhammad's clan) and even to all Muslims. ...
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