Ja'far ibn Ali al-Hadi

Ja'far ibn Ali al-Hadi
جعفر بن علي الهادي
Personal
Bornc. 226 AH (c. 840 CE)
Medina, Arabia, Abbasid Caliphate
Diedc. 885 (271 AH) (aged 45)
Resting placeSamarra
ReligionShia Islam
Parents
  • Ali al-Hadi (father)
  • Hudayth (or Susan or Salil) (mother)
RelativesHasan 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 CEc. 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').