Isma'il ibn Jafar

Isma'il Ibn Jafar | إسماعيل بن جعفر
Born	103 AH (approximately 722 C.E) Medina
Died	138 AH (approximately 755 C.E)
Resting place	Al-Baqi' Madina Saudi Arabia
Other names	Abu Muhammad, Isma'il Ad-deebaj
Known for	Elder son of Ja'far al-Sadiq, sixth Ismāʿīlī Imām, Syed
Title	az-Azbab-i-Itlaq (Absolute lord), Al-Wafi
Predecessor	Ja'far al-Sadiq According to Ismaili Shia Branch
Successor	Muhammad ibn Ismail According to Ismaili Shia Branch
Children	Muhammad ibn Ismail, Ali ibn Ismail, Fatima
Parent(s)	Ja'far al-Sadiq (father) Fatima bint al-Hussain'l-Athram bin al-Hasan bin Ali (mother)
Relatives	Musa al-Kadhim

Ismāʿīl ibn Ja‘far al-Mubārak (Arabic: إسماعيل بن جعفر‎; c. born: 719 AD, Medina - died circa 755 AD, Syria) was the eldest son of Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq, and he was the full-brother of Abdullah al-Aftah. Their mother, Fatima bint al-Hussain'l-Athram bin al-Hasan bin Ali, was the first wife of Ja'far al-Sadiq. Following Ja'far's death, the Shia community split between the element that would become the Twelver Shia, and those who believed the Imamate passed through to Ismail's son; the Ismaili branch of Shia Islam is accordingly named for Ismail.^[1] According to both the Nizari and Mustaali Shia sects, he is the sixth Imam.

The Ismāʿīlī-Ithna’asheri Division

Ismāʿīlī followed Ismail ibn Jafar as there sixth Imam after Ja'far al-Sadiq^[2] instead of them, Twelver Shia Muslims follow Musa al-Kadhim as successor of Jafar ibn Muhammad.^{[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]}

Ismāʿīlī sources deny the death of Isma'il Ibn Jafar in the life of Jafar ibn Muhmmad^[10] However other Shia and Sunni Muslims believe that he was died in the life of Jafar ibn Muhammad al-Sadiq.^{[11][12][13][14][15][16]}

Burial Place

According to Ismāʿīlī sources he is buried in Al-Salamiyah, a city located in Syria.^[17] Twelver Shia's and Sunni Muslims sources have contradicted this information, stating that he was buried in Al-Baqi' Medina, the holy Islamic city located in Saudi Arabia.^{[18][19][20][21][22][23]} However, some Ismāʿīlī sources also point to Al-Baqi' Madina as the burial place of Isma'il ibn Jafar.^[24]

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