Biography
Name : Jaffer (a.s.) - the 6th Holy Imam
Title : As-Sadiq, Sadiq-e-Aal-e-Mohammad(a.s.)
Agnomen : Abu-Abdullah
Father : Imam Mohammad Baqir(a.s.) - the 5th Holy Imam
Mother : Umm-e-Farwa(a.s.)
Birth : At Madina on 17th of Rabi-al-Awwal 83 AH (702 AD)
Martyred : In Madina at age 65, on Monday, 15th Rajab 148 AH (765 AD)
according to some traditions - 15th of Shawwal 148 AH (765 AD)
Cause of Death/Burial : Buried in the cemetry of Baqi in Madina
Briefly
He was born in Medina in the year 83 A.H. (702) and he, peace be on him, died in (the month of) Shawwal in the year 148 A.H. (765) at the age of sixty-five. He was buried in (the cemetery of) al-Baqi' alongside his father, his grandfather and his (great-great) uncle, al- Hasan, peace be on them. His mother was Umm Farwa, the daughter of al-Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr. His Imamate, peace be on him, lasted for thirty-four years. His father, Abu Ja’far (Muhammad ibn ‘Ali), peace be on him, clearly gave him the trusteeship (of the Imamate) and gave him an explicit designation (nass jali) for the Imamate.
