Ja'far al-Sadiq ibn Muhammad (alaihimus-salam)

He is Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq, son of Imam Muhammad al-Baqir, son of Imam Ali al-Sajjad, son of Imam Al-Husain, son of Imam Ali bin Abi Talib (peace be upon them all).

He was born in Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah on the 17th of Rabi’ Al-Awwal in the year 80 of Hijrah. His noble soul returned to its Creator on the 25th of Shawwal in the year one hundred and forty-eight of Hijrah, at the age of sixty-five.

  He was the successor of his father, Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (peace be upon him) and his vicegerent in the imamate leadership of Islam and the Muslims. He was one of the most devoted to worship and the best of the people of his time. The Seerah scholars said that he occupied himself with worship so much that he did not pay attention to government leadership, and that whoever looked at him knew immediately that he was from the lineage of the prophets.

He was called al-Sadiq, and also al-Sadiq al-Amin, like his grandfather the holy Prophet (Blessings be upon him), for the truthfulness of his speech in which he expressed the realities of the deep knowledge with the accurate expressions of the apparent knowledge. 

He took upon himself the upbringing of a generation of righteous people who understand the deep meanings of the Holy Qur’an and the sciences of the Prophet and his Ahlul-Bayt, upon them be peace and blessings. He succeeded in this mission with great success. The world still owes Imam Ja'far credit to this day for preserving the sciences and qualities inherited by the saints, especially by the people of tasawwuf. 

He is the one who preserved the Divine Secret of zikr remembrance and of gnostic knowledge by assigning them to his son, Hazrat Imam Musa al-Kazim, peace be upon him, in the Naqshabandi Golden Chain, and to to our Master Bayazid al-Bistami, may God be pleased with him, in the Siddiqiyya Chain. 

We pray, Oh Allah, give us the madad of Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq that runs in the great hearts and blessed souls of our shaykhs. Amen. 

Hazrat Shaykh Sayyid Alsharif Shamsuddin Alhusaini damat barakatuhum