Who Is Imam Jafar Sadiq?

"Ja'far the Truthful"), was an 8th-century Muslim scholar. He was the 6th Imam and founder of the Ja'fari school of jurisprudence according to Twelver and Isma'ili Shi'ites. ... Al-Sadiq was born around 700, perhaps in 702 CE. He inherited the position of imam from his father in his mid-thirties.

How many students did Imam Jafar Sadiq have?

He was one of the first to open an Islamic University in the Prophet's mosque. He had 4,000 to 12,000 students studying under him. Yet, Imam Jafar as-Sadiq did not charge any of his students a fee, and he helped underprivileged students.

Is Jafar a Shia name?

Jaʽfar (Arabic: جَعْفَر‎), meaning in Arabic "small stream/rivulet/creek", is a masculine Arabic given name, especially common among Shia Muslims. ... It may also be transliterated Jafar, Jaffar, Jafer, Jaffer, Jafur or, in Egyptian Arabic pronunciation, Gafar.

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