Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (PBUH), the sixth Imam of the Shia, was martyred on the 25th of Shawwal, 14 A.H., during the reign of the Abbasid Caliph Abu Jafar Mansoor. His Imamate lasted 34 years, coinciding ...

In his speech marking the martyrdom of Imam Jafar al-Sadiq, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei referenced Imam Hassan's peace treaty with Muawiyah (the founder and first caliph of the ...

So according to this narration, it had been decreed that whoever was alive from the Ahl al ... (of Imam Sadiq (AS)) — told his friends, "You won’t see anyone on this pulpit except Jafar." ...