Ja'far al-Sadiq (Person)
Ja'far al-Sadiq
702 AD - 799 AD
n 8th-century Muslim scholar. He was the 6th Imam and founder of the Ja'fari school of jurisprudence according to Twelver and Isma'ili Shi'ites. He is also important to Sunnis as a teacher to the Sunni scholars Abu Hanifah and Malik ibn Anas (traditionally regarded as the founders of the Hanafi and Maliki schools of Sunni jurisprudence, respectively)[4] and as a transmitter of Sunni hadith.[2] Ja'far al-Sadiq also figures prominently in the initiatic chains of many Sufi orders.[5]
Despite the fact that a wide range of works in religious as well as scientific disciplines were attributed to him, no works penned by Ja'far himself remain extant.
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