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Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad aṡ-Ṣādiq̈ , commonly known as Jaʿfar al-Sadiq or simply al-Sadiq , was the sixth Shia Imam and a major figure in the Hanafi and Maliki schools of Sunni jurisprudence. He was a descendant of Ali on the side of his father, Muhammad al-Baqir, and of Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr on the side of his mother, Umm Farwah bint al-Qasim. Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr was raised by Ali, but was not his son. Ali used to say: "Muhammad Ibn Abu Bakr is my son but from Abu Bakr's lineage". Al-Sadiq is the 6th imam and recognized by all Shia sects as an Imam, and is revered in traditional Sunni Islam as a transmitter of Hadith, prominent jurist, and mystic to sufis. Despite his wide-ranging attributions in a number religious disciplines, no works penned by Ja'far himself remain extant.Al-Sadiq was born in either 700 or 702 CE. He inherited the position of imam from his father in his mid-thirties. As imam, al-Sadiq stayed out of the political conflicts that embroiled the region, evading the many requests for support that he received from rebels. He was the victim of some harassment by the Abbasid caliphs, and was eventually, according to most Shia Muslims, poisoned at the orders of the Caliph al-Mansur.

In addition to his connection with Sunni schools of Sunni jurisprudence, he was a significant figure in the formulation of Shia doctrine. The traditions recorded from al-Sadiq are said to be more numerous than all hadiths recorded from all other Shia imams combined. As the founder of "Ja'fari jurisprudence", al-Sadiq also elaborated the doctrine of Nass , and Ismah , as well as that of Taqiyyah.The question of succession after al-Sadiq's death was the cause of division among Shias who considered his eldest son, Isma'il to be the next imam, and those who believed his third son Musa al-Kadhim was the imam. The first group became known as the Ismailis and the second, larger, group was named Ja'fari or the Twelvers.

✵ 20. April 702 – 3. December 765
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Famous Ja'far al-Sadiq Quotes

“One who does not use his intelligence will not succeed and one who does not use his knowledge will have no intellect. One who understands will attain nobility and excellence, and one who is tolerant will triumph. Knowledge is a shield (against evil), truth begets honour and ignorance disgrace, understanding is distinction, generosity is salvation and good manners command love and respect.”

Ja'far al-Sadiq

Muhammad Kulayni, Usūl al-Kāfī - The Book of Intellect and Ignorance.
Regarding Knowledge & Wisdom, General

“Having the foresight to plan to earn a living, is half of the peace and leisure in life.”

Ja'far al-Sadiq

Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.78, p. 204
General Quotes

“As for ‘Alī ibn Husayn (a), he cried over Husayn (a) for twenty years (after the tragedy of Karbalā); never would any food be placed before him except that he would begin to weep.”

Ja'far al-Sadiq

Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.46, p. 108
Religous Wisdom

“O God, thine is the praise that I give thee, and to thee is the excuse if I sin against thee. There is no work of merit on my own behalf or on behalf of another, and in evil there is no excuse for me or for another.”

Ja'far al-Sadiq

Views on free will
Source: [Donaldson, Dwight M., The Shi'ite Religion: A History of Islam in Persia and Irak, 1933, 115,130-141, BURLEIGH PRESS]

“A sin that accelerates death and annihilation of man is breaking off paying visits to one's own relatives.”

Ja'far al-Sadiq

Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.74, p. 94
Religous Wisdom

“The believers have four signs: good humor, tactfulness, kind heartedness and openhandedness”

Ja'far al-Sadiq

Muhammad al-Hur al-Aamili, Wasā'il al-Shī‘ah, vol.6, p. 321
Religous Wisdom

Ja'far al-Sadiq Quotes about personality

“It makes no sense at all if people consider the one who lacks knowledge and science as a prosperous person.”

Ja'far al-Sadiq

Ibn Shu’ba al-Harrani, Tuhaf al-'Uqul, p. 382
Regarding Knowledge & Wisdom, General

“The person who associates with scholars, will have his reputation exalted.”

Ja'far al-Sadiq

Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.78, p. 202
Regarding Knowledge & Wisdom, General

“Whenever the mind of a person is rectified, he becomes strong and powerful in appearance.”

Ja'far al-Sadiq

Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.78, p. 208
General Quotes

“The person who is aware of the present situations of his time, will never get involved with falsifying and wrongdoing.”

Ja'far al-Sadiq

Muhammad Kulayni, Usūl al-Kāfī, vol.1, p. 31
General Quotes

“Paying visits to ones own relatives prolongs the life of a person and prevents poverty and indigence.”

Ja'far al-Sadiq

Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.74, p. 58
General Quotes

“Precision, accuracy and pondering in wisdom and sciences, will nourish and develop a person's brain.”

Ja'far al-Sadiq

Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.78, p. 247
Regarding Knowledge & Wisdom, General

Ja'far al-Sadiq Quotes about knowledge

“Write knowledge since you can’t memorize unless with writing. Heart confides to the written.”

Ja'far al-Sadiq

Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.1, p. 202
Regarding Knowledge & Wisdom, General

“To acquire knowledge is neccessary at all times.”

Ja'far al-Sadiq

Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.1, p. 172
Regarding Knowledge & Wisdom, General

“Seek Knowledge and adorn it with forbearance and dignity. Be humble to those whom you teach and to those from whom you learn. Don't be tyrannical in your teaching conduct, for you will forfeit that to which you are entitled to (the reward) on account of it.”

Ja'far al-Sadiq

Muhammad Kulayni, Usūl al-Kāfī - The Book of the Merits of Knowledge.
Religous Wisdom

“Everything has its tax and the tax of knowledge is to teach its people.”

Ja'far al-Sadiq

Eighth Infallible Sayings: Golden sayings of Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (AS) http://www.ezsoftech.com/islamic/infallible8.asp
Regarding Knowledge & Wisdom, General

“There are two kinds of scholars: those who act on their knowledge, these are the saved ones; and those who do not put into practise what they know, these are led to their downfall.”

Ja'far al-Sadiq

Muhammad Kulayni, Usūl al-Kāfī, vol.1, p. 55
Regarding Knowledge & Wisdom, General

Ja'far al-Sadiq Quotes

“Everything has a foundation, and the foundation of Islām is our affection for the household of our Prophet.”

Ja'far al-Sadiq

Muhammad Kulayni, Usūl al-Kāfī, vol.3, p. 77
Religous Wisdom

“The one who visits the grave of Imām Husayn (a) knowing his right (of Imāmat), then it is as if he has done the Ziyārat of God on the ‘Arsh”

Ja'far al-Sadiq

throne
Ja‘far ibn Muhammad ibn Qulawayh, Kāmil al-Ziyarat, ch.71, p. 192
Religous Wisdom

God

“Seventy thousand angels worship near the grave of Imām Husayn (a). The prayer (salah) of one of them, is equal to a thousand prayers of mankind. The reward of this prayer is for the visitors of Imām Husayn's (a) grave. The curse of God, His angels and all mankind is forever upon the killers of Imām Husayn”

Ja'far al-Sadiq

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Ja‘far ibn Muhammad ibn Qulawayh, Kāmil al-Ziyarat, ch.42, p. 393
Religous Wisdom

God , Angels

“Immorality and surliness makes the human's life miserable and bitter.”

Ja'far al-Sadiq

Ibn Shu’ba al-Harrani, Tuhaf al-'Uqul, p. 392
General Quotes

Life

“God has appionted to the grave of Imām Husayn (a), four thousand anguished and grief-stricken angels, who weep over him (and shall continue to do so) up until the Day of Judgment.”

Ja'far al-Sadiq

Ja‘far ibn Muhammad ibn Qulawayh, Kāmil al-Ziyarat, p. 119
Religous Wisdom

God , Angels

“My words are the words of my father, and the words of my father are the words of my grandfather, and the words of my grandfather are the words of my great-grandfathers - Hasan and Husayn; and their words are the words of Ali, and the words of Ali are the words of the Prophet of Allah; and the words of the Prophet are the words of Allah.”

Ja'far al-Sadiq

Muhammad Kulayni, Usūl al-Kāfī - The Book of Intellect and Ignorance. Ch.17
Religous Wisdom

“When a man asked him whether God coerced his bondsmen to sin. Al-Sadiq replied "Allah is more just than to make them commit misdeeds then chastise them for what they have done." The man further asked, "Has he empowered them with their actions?" al-Sadiq said, "If He had delegated it to them, He would have not confined them to enjoining good and forbidding evil." The man further asked, "Is there a station or a position between the two?"”

Ja'far al-Sadiq

The Imam said, "Yes, wider than [the space] between the heaven and the earth."
Views on free will
Source: [Nasr & Leaman, The History of Islamic Philosophy, February 1, 1996, Routledge, 978-0415056670, 256-257, 1, http://www.amazon.com/History-Islamic-Philosophy-Routledge-Philosophies/dp/0415056675]

God , Evil

“The basis of religion is our affection for the household of the holy Prophet.”

Ja'far al-Sadiq

Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.78, p. 183
Religous Wisdom

Religion

“Be careful to have truthful friends and try to obtain them, for they are your support when you are in welfare, and your advocator when you have misfortune.”

Ja'far al-Sadiq

Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.74, p. 187
General Quotes

Truth , Support

“A learned person among ignorant people, is like a live person among the dead.”

Ja'far al-Sadiq

Shaykh al-Mufīd, Al-Amali, p. 40
Regarding Knowledge & Wisdom, General

People , Learning , Personality , Dead

“There are three things that signify the magnanimity of a person: good temper, patience, and to avoid aggressive gaze.”

Ja'far al-Sadiq

Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.78, p. 232
General Quotes

Personality , Patience

“Being cheerful and affable with people is by itself half of wisdom.”

Ja'far al-Sadiq

Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.76, p. 60
Regarding Knowledge & Wisdom, General

Wisdom , People

“Then I (al- Sadiq) asked him (the thief) about his act. He said: 'perhaps, you are Ja'far b. Mohammed?' 'Yes,' I said. He said to me:'What does your noble origin avail you while you are ignorant?' 'Which verse of the Quran am I ignorant at?' I asked. He said these Words of Allah, the Great and Almighty:Whoever brings a good deed, he shall have ten like it, and whoever brings and evil deed he shall be recompensed only with the like of it.(Quran, 6:160) 'When I stole the two loaves of bread, they were two evil deeds. And When I stole the two pomegranates, they were two evil deeds, too. So these are four evil deeds. When I gave each one of them as alms, Allah has subtracted 4 evil deeds from 40 good deeds. So, I have 36 good deeds.' I (al- Sâdiq) said: 'May your mother loses you! It is you who are ignorant at the Book of Allah. Have you not heard that Allah said: (Allah) accepts-(deeds) from the pious only.(Quran, 5:27) When you stole the two loaves of bread, they were two evil deeds. And when you stole the two pomegranates, they were two evil deeds, too. And when you gave them to other than their owner without the permission of their owner, you have added four evil deeds to the four evil deeds, and you have not added four evil deeds to forty good deeds. So, he began looking at me. Then I left him and went away.”

Ja'far al-Sadiq

Tafsir

Books , Evil

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