IMAM JA FAR AL-SADIQ The sixth Imam in the line of the Twelve Imams descended from the Prophet Muhammad, Imam Ja far ibn Muhammad al-Sadiq (702-765 C.E. or 17th Rabi al-Awwal 83 AH - 15th Shawwal 148 AH) was the founder of the Ja fari School of Islamic Law and a renowned scholar of his age. His father was the Imam Muhammad al-Baqir and his mother, Farwa, was a great-granddaughter of Abu Bakr. He lived in Arabia in the eighth...