Name: Jaffer

Imam Jaffer As-Sadiq (A.S.) was born in Madina in 83 AH to Imam Muhammad Baqir (A.S.) and Umm-e-Farwa who was the daughter of Al-Qasim bin Muhammad bin Abi-Bakr. Imam Jaffer As-Sadiq (A.S.) was 15 years of age when his grandfather Imam Sajjad (A.S.) was martyred and 34 years old when his father Imam Muhammad Baqir (A.S.) was martyred. His Imamate lasted for 34 years.

Often the end of tyranny, injustice and oppression is celebrated in the most glorious of ways! That is why, independence days are celebrated with such splendor and happiness! Similarly, the 9th of Rabi ul Awwal is considered to be one the grandest of Eids because it marked the revenge of the oppression and tyranny of Karbala. This is the day, when Imam Zainul Abideen smiled for the first time after the horrendous massacre of his father and companions.

9th Rabiul Awwal was the day when Mukhtar ath Thaqafi took revenge from the killers of Imam Hussain. A brief story of this is as follows:

Mukhtar was arrested before the Battle of Karbala and therefore was unable to take part in the battle. He was the son of Abu Ubaid bin Masoud who had led the Muslim army to conquer the Persia. Ubaidullah ibn Ziyad wanted to kill Mukhtar in the prison but Yazid ordered him not to do so on the request of Abdullah ibn Umar (who was the husband of Mukhtar’s sister). Yazeed asked Ibn Ziyad to release Mukhtar.  Ibn Ziyad told Mukhtar that he had to leave Kufa in the next three days or he would kill him. Therefore, Mukhtar left Kufa and headed towards Makkah.

Name: al-Hassan.
Title: al-Mujtaba.
Agnomen: Abu Muhammad.
Father's name: 'Ali Amir al-Mu'minin.
Mother's name: Fatima (daughter of the Holy Prophet).
Birth: In Medina on Tuesday, 15th Ramadan 3 AH.
Death: Died at the age of 46, in Medina on either 7th or 28th Safar 50 AH; buried in Jannat al Baqi, in Medina.