Ja'far al-Sadiq - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Jaʿfar ibn Muhammad al-Sādiq (702–765 C.E.

Common Era

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or 17th Rabī‘ al-Awwal

Rabi' al-awwal

Rabi' al-awwal is the third month in the Islamic calendar. During this month, Muslims around the world celebrate Mawlid - the birthday of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Sunni Muslims believe the exact date of birth of Muhammad to have been on the twelfth of this month, whereas Shi'a Muslims believe...

83 AH

Islamic calendar

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– 25th Shawwāl

Shawwal

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148 AH

Islamic calendar

) was a descendant of Muhammad

Muhammad

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and a prominent Muslim jurist

Ulema

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. He is revered as an Imam

Imam

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by the adherents of Shi'a Islam and as a renowned Islamic scholar and personality by Sunni Muslims. The Shi'a Muslims consider him to be the sixth Imam or leader and spiritual successor to Muhammad. The internal dispute over who was to succeed Ja'far as Imam led to schism within Shi'a Islam.