Ja'far al-Sadiq

Ja'far al-Sadiq

Ja'far al-Sadiq (Arabic: جَعْفَر بْن مُحَمَّد ٱلصَّادِق, romanized: Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad al-Ṣādiq; c. 702–765) was a Muslim hadith transmitter and the last agreed-upon Shia Imam between the Twelvers and Isma'ilis. Known by the title al-Sadiq ("The Truthful"), Ja'far was the eponymous founder of the Ja'fari school of Islamic jurisprudence. In the canonical Twelver hadith collections, more traditions are cited from Ja'far than that of the other Imams combined, although their attribution to him is questionable, making it hard to determine his actual teachings. Among the theological contributions ascribed to him are the doctrine of nass (divinely inspired designation of each Imam by the previous Imam) and isma (the infallibility of the Imams), as well as that of taqiya (religious dissimulation under persecution). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ja'far al-Sadiq is the 14th most popular astronomer (down from 10th in 2019), the 20th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (down from 19th in 2019) and the most popular Saudi Arabian Astronomer.

Ja'far al-sadiq is most famous for being the sixth imam of the Shia.