Muhammad ibn Ja'far al-Sadiq

Male, Deceased Person

– 0818

86

Who was Muhammad ibn Ja'far al-Sadiq?

Muhammad ibn Ja'far al-Sadiq, the younger full brother of Musa al-Kadhim, appeared in Mecca in the year 200 A.H. / 815 C.E. claiming that he was the Awaited Mahdi. He believed in a Zaydi Shia type of Imamate and declared himself as the Caliph of the Muslims and took the oath of allegiance from them and was called the Leader of the faithful. He was recognized as the Imam by a small group of followers. His followers became denominated as the Shumaytiyya after their leader Yahya ibn Abi’l-Shumayt. However, his revolt against the Caliph Al-Ma'mun proved unsuccessful in the very same year it started. He ended his revolt by abdicating and publicly confessing his error and was then banished from the Hejaz and the Tihamah.

Al-Dibaj died in 203 A.H. / 818 C.E., and was buried in Bastam, Iran.

Al-Dibaj had a son named al-Qasim, who in turn had three children: Umm Kulthum, Abdallah and Yahya. Al-Qasim and his family went to live in Egypt after the failure of Al-Dibaj’s revolt and were among the first Alid families to resettle in Egypt. Some decedents of Muhammad ibn Jafar al-sadiq settled in Iran, and moved to India along with Mugal emperor Hamayoun.

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Also known as
  • Al-Dibaj
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0818
Bastam

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on July 23, 2013

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