Ja'far ibn Ali al-Hadi

Ja'far ibn Ali al-Hadi
جعفر بن علي الهادي
Ja'far ibn Ali al-Hadi; جعفر بن علي الهادي
Personal
Born	c. 226 AH (c. 840 CE); Medina, Arabia, Abbasid Caliphate
Died	c. 885 (271 AH) (aged 45); Samarra, Abbasid Empire
Resting place	Samarra
Religion	Shia Islam
Parents	Ali al-Hadi (father); Hudayth (or Susan or Salil) (mother);
Relatives	Hasan al-Askari (brother); Muhammad (brother)

Abū ʿAbd Allāh Jaʿfar ibn ʿAlī al-Hādī (Arabic: أبو عبد الله جعفر بن علي الهادي; 226-271 A.H., c. 840 CE – c. 885 CE), also derisively known as al-Kadhdhāb (Arabic: الکَذّاب, lit. 'the Liar') in Twelver Shi'ism, was the third son of the tenth Twelver Shi'a Imam, Ali al-Hadi. He claimed to be an imam and established his own sect of followers, to whom he was known as al-Zakī (Arabic: الزكي, lit. 'the pure one').

Ja'far ibn Ali al-Hadi جعفر بن علي الهادي
Personal
Born	c. 226 AH (c. 840 CE) Medina, Arabia, Abbasid Caliphate
Died	c. 885 (271 AH) (aged 45) Samarra, Abbasid Empire
Resting place	Samarra
Religion	Shia Islam
Parents	Ali al-Hadi (father) Hudayth (or Susan or Salil) (mother)
Relatives	Hasan al-Askari (brother) Muhammad (brother)