Imam al-Sadiq: Founder of Ja’fari jurisprudence

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 with the decline of the Umayyad Caliphate…

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