The grave of Ismail b. Jafar (a): Difference between revisions

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 ==Ismaill b. Jafar==
-Ismail b. Jafar was the eldest son of [[Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad al-Sadiq]] (a.s.), the sixth Imam of the Shia, who passed away during his father’s lifetime. His death is estimated to have occurred around the year 138 AH.<ref>“The Shrine of Ismail ibn Jaʿfar in Baqi and Its Historical Context up to the Present Century,” p. 52.</ref> Some Shia during the lifetime of [[Imam al-Sadiq (a)]] believed that Ismail would be his successor. Some denied his death, while others believed in the Imamate of his son, Muhammad. Both groups came to be known as the [[Ismailis]].<ref>Al-Irshād, vol. 2, pp. 209–210.</ref>
+Ismail b. Jafar was the eldest son of [[Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad al-Sadiq]] (a), the sixth Imam of the Shia, who passed away during his father’s lifetime. His death is estimated to have occurred around the year 138 AH.<ref>“The Shrine of Ismail ibn Jaʿfar in Baqi and Its Historical Context up to the Present Century,” p. 52.</ref> Some Shia during the lifetime of [[Imam al-Sadiq (a)]] believed that Ismail would be his successor. Some denied his death, while others believed in the Imamate of his son, Muhammad. Both groups came to be known as the [[Ismailis]].<ref>Al-Irshād, vol. 2, pp. 209–210.</ref>
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