’Imām
aṣ-Ṣādiq
(a.s.),
the 8th infallible,
the 6th Apostolic
’imām
Kunya
:
’Abu ʿAbdillah, ’Abu Mūsā
Name
: Ja
ʿfar
(a.s.).
Title of Honour:
aṣ-Ṣādiq,
meaning the Truthful.
Father
’s name
:
Muḥammad (
’Imām
al-Bāqir) (a.s.)
Mother
’s name
:
’Ummu Farwah Khātūn
.
Date of birth
:
17thRabī
ʿ
(I), in the year 83 A.H. (702
A.D.).
The blessed place of birth
: The holy city of Medina, al-Ḥijāz.
Lifetime
:
65 Hijri years.
Duration of imamate
:
34 Hijri years.
Date of martyrdom
:
25th of Shawwāl
148 A.H. (765 A.D.)
Murderer
:
Manṣur Dawānaqi, by
poison.
The place of burial
:
The blessed Baqi
ʿ
cemetery in the holy city of Medina,
al-Ḥijāz.
Number of children
:
7 sons and 3 daughters.