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Ismail bin Jafar (Arabic: إسماعيل بن جعفر) was the eldest son of the sixth Shia Imam, Jafar as-Sadiq. To protect him from persecution, his father sent him into hiding and publicly declared him deceased. This caused a split among the Shia. Those who believe that Ismail was the rightful successor to Jafar are known as Ismailis (or Seveners), while other Shias are known as Twelvers, who followed Imam Jafar's other son, Musa Kazim, and went on to recognize 12 Imams. The Nizari Ismaili Shias follow a living Imam directly descended from Ismail ibn Jafar. The Arabic language ( ), or simply Arabic ( ), is the largest member of the Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family (classification: South Central Semitic) and is closely related to Hebrew and Aramaic. ... The Shia Imam is considered by the Shia sect of Islam to be the rightful successor to Muhammad, and is similar to the Caliph in Sunni Islam. ... Imam Jafar As-Sadiq (April 20, 702 – December 4, 765), in full Jafar ibn Muhammad ibn Zayn ibn Husayn, was the sixth Shia imam, and a theologian and jurist. ... Shiʻa Islam (Arabic شيعى follower; English has traditionally used Shiite) makes up the second largest sect of believers in Islam, constituting about 30%–35% of all Muslim. ... The Ismaili ( اسماعيلي, Persian Esmaaili) branch of Islam is the second-largest Shia community, after the Twelvers who are dominant in Iran. ... Seveners are a branch of Ismaili Shiism. ... Twelvers ( Ithnāˤashariyya) are Shiˤa Muslims who believe there were twelve Imāms. ... Imam Musa al Kazim (November 10, 745 - September 4, 799) was the seventh Shia Imam (he is not accepted by the Ismailis as the seventh Imam). ...


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Jafar Sadiq - Biocrawler (851 words)
Jafar Sadiq AS or Jafar Al Saddiq AS (pronounced Jafar As Saddiq AS) was born as Jafar Ibn Muhammad in Medina on April 20, 702.
Jafar was considered by the Shia to be the 6th Shia Imam, as he was the son of Muhammad al-Baqir AS (the 5th shia Imam), grandson of Zainul Abideen AS (4th Shia Imam) and thus the Prophet.
After Jafar's death, there arose a major split between the partisans of the Ithna Ashari Shias ("Twelvers"), who felt that Ismail's brother Musa al Kazim (one of Jafar's younger sons) was the rightful successor to Jafar; and the Ismailis ("Seveners"), who felt that the Ismail was the rightful successor as the seventh Imam.
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