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Abū ʿAbd Allāh Jaʿfar ibn ʿAlī al-Hādī (Arabic: أبو عبد الله جعفر بن علي الهادي; 226-271 A.H., c. 840 CE – c. 885 CE), also derisively known as al-Kadhdhāb (Arabic: الکَذّاب, lit. 'the Liar') in Twelver Shi'ism, was the third son of the tenth Twelver Shi'a Imam, Ali al-Hadi. He claimed to be an imam and established his own sect of followers, to whom he was known as al-Zakī (Arabic: الزكي, lit. 'the pure one').

Family

Jafar b. Ali b. Muḥammad was the son of the tenth Imam, Ali al-Hadi and the brother of eleventh Imam Hasan al-Askari. Also, he had one older brother, Muhammad who died before his father's death.

Challenge

After the death of Ali al-Hadi

After the death of Ali al-Hadi, Jafar b. Ali claimed Imamate. Twelvers believed that he was immoral. Baháʼís believe that he was a truthful person.

In his defense, his followers claimed that his personality had changed from his youth. Jafar b. Ali's followers came to be known as the Ja’fariyya and al-Askari's followers were known as the Twelvers.

After the death of Hasan al-Askari

After the death of Hasan al-Askari, even though, al-Askari's mother was still alive, Jafar requested his property. He claimed that his brother never had a son.

See also

• Ali al-Hadi
• Muhammad al-Mahdi
• Sayyid Ali Akbar
• List of extinct Shia sects
• Muhammad ibn Ali al-Hadi
• Muhammadite Shia
• Imamate (Twelver doctrine)
• Ahl Al-Bayt

References

1. ^ Reza, Saiyed Jafar (2012). The Essence of Islam. Concept Publishing Company, 2012. p. 254. ISBN 9788180698323.
2. ^ Modarressi, Hossein (1993). Crisis and Consolidation in the Formative Period of Shi'Ite Islam: Abu Ja'Far Ibn Qiba Al-Razi and His Contribution to Imamite Shi'Ite Thought (PDF) (English and Arabic ed.). Darwin Press, Incorporated (June 1, 1993). ISBN 978-0878500956. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 16, 2022. Retrieved October 16, 2018.
3. ""Regarding the one who related the existence of the Qáʼim…"". Adib Masumian. 2015-05-30. Retrieved 2020-10-16.
4. Momen, Moojan (1985). An Introduction to Shiʻi Islam: The History and Doctrines of Twelver Shiʻism. Yale University Press; New edition (September 10, 1987). pp. 161–163. ISBN 978-0300035315.
5. Imam, Sayyid Imdad (11 December 2014). "Misbah-uz-Zulam, Roots of the Karbala' Tragedy". Ansariyan Publications - Qum.

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