Ja'far b. al-Imam Ali (a): Difference between revisions

'''Jaʿfar b. ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib (a)''' (Arabic:{{iarabic| جعفر بن علي بن أبي طالب}}) (b. ? - d. [[61]]/680) was son of [[Imam Ali (a)]] and [[Umm al-Banin]]. He attended the [[Event of Karbala]] and together with his brother [['Abbas (a)]], [['Abd Allah b. 'Ali b. Abi Talib|'Abd Allah]], and [['Uthman b. 'Ali b. Abi Talib|'Uthman]] was martyred on the [[Day of Ashura]].

Ja'far was son of Imam Ali (a) and Fatima bt. Hizam b. Khalid known as Umm al-Banin. Imam Ali (a) named him Ja'far due to the great love he (a) had for his brother [[Ja'far b. Abi Talib]].

Some believe that Ja'far was 19 years old and thus was born after the [[martyrdom]] of his father. Some believe that he was 21 years old at the time of martyrdom, and thus was born two years before the martyrdom of Imam Ali (a).

Since the beginning of the movement of Imam al-Husayn (a) from Medina, Ja'far accompanied him. According to the report of historians, in the evening of the [[Day of Ashura]], [['Abbas (a)]] encouraged his brothers ([['Abd Allah b. 'Ali b. Abi Talib|'Abd Allah]], Ja'far, and [['Uthman b. 'Ali b. Abi Talib|'Uthman]]) to go to the battlefield before him and said, "Procced, so that I see your sincerity and benevolence on the way of God and His [[Prophet (s)]], since you do not have any children." So, Ja'far went to the battlefield.

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