The Sixth Imām (Ja‘far bin Muhammad)
Name: Ja‘far.
Agnomen: Abu ‘Abdillāh.
Title: As-Sādiq.
Father: Muhammad bin ‘Ali.
Mother: Umm Farwah.
Birth: 17th Rabi I, 83 AH in Medina.
Death: 25th Shawwāl 148 AH in Medina.
Sixth Imam: Abu `Abdillah JA`FAR as-Sādiq, son of Muhammad al-Bāqir, was born on 17th Rabi`u 'l-Awwal, 83/702 at Medina; died there of poison on 25th Shawwal, 148/765.