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Ja ‘Faru Sadiq
Abu ‘Abdi ‘llah Ja ‘far ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Ali ibn al-Husain ibn ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib, was one of the twelve persons who, according to the Shi ‘ahs, are considered the rightful Imams [SHI ‘AH]. He was surnamed as-Sadiq, "The Veracious," on account of his uprightness of character. He was a learned man, and his pupil, Abu Musa, is said to have composed a work of two thousand pages containing the problems of his master Ja ‘faru ‘s-Sadiq. Ja ‘far was born A.H. 80, and died A.H. 148, and was buried in the cemetery al-Baki ‘ at al-Madinah. 
citations: Dictionary of Islam, Hughes
article created 2006-04-12 , last updated 2006-04-12
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