Isma'il ibn Jafar

Isma'il ibn Jafar
Born	103 AH (approximately 722 C.E) Medina
Died	138 AH (approximately 755 C.E)
Resting place	Al-Baqi' Madina Saudi Arabia
Other names	Abu Muhammad, Isma'il Ad-deebaj
Known for	Elder son of Ja'far al-Sadiq, sixth Ismāʿīlī Imām, Syed
Title	az-Azbab-i-Itlaq (Absolute lord), Al-Wafi
Predecessor	Ja'far al-Sadiq According to Ismaili Shia Branch
Successor	Muhammad ibn Ismail According to Ismaili Shia Branch
Children	Muhammad ibn Ismail, Ali ibn Ismail, Fatima
Parent(s)	Ja'far al-Sadiq (father) Fatima bint al-Hussain'l-Athram bin al-Hasan bin Ali (mother)
Relatives	Musa al-Kadhim

Ismāʿīl ibn Ja‘far al-Mubārak (Arabic: إسماعيل بن جعفر‎‎; c. born: 719 AD, Medina - died circa 755 AD, Syria) was the eldest son of Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq, and he was the full-brother of Abdullah al-Aftah. His mother, Fatima bint al-Hussain'l-Athram bin al-Hasan bin Ali, was the first wife of Ja'far al-Sadiq. Following Ja'far's death, the Shia community split between the element that would become the Twelver Shia, and those who believed the Imamate passed through to Ismail's son; the Ismaili branch of Shia Islam is accordingly named for Ismail. According to both the Nizari and Mustaali Shia sects, he is the sixth Imam.

The Ismāʿīlī-Ithna’asheri Division

Ismāʿīlī followed Ismail ibn Jafar as the sixth Imam after Ja'far al-Sadiq instead of them, Twelver Shia Muslims follow Musa al-Kadhim as successor of Jafar ibn Muhammad.

Ismāʿīlī sources deny the death of Isma'il Ibn Jafar in the life of Jafar ibn Muhmmad However other Shia and Sunni Muslims believe that he died in the life of Jafar ibn Muhammad al-Sadiq.

Burial Place

According to Ismāʿīlī sources, he is buried in Al-Salamiyah, a city located in Syria. Twelver Shia's and Sunni Muslims sources have contradicted this information, stating that he was buried in Al-Baqi' Medina, the holy Islamic city located in Saudi Arabia. However, some Ismāʿīlī sources also point to Al-Baqi' Madina as the burial place of Isma'il ibn Jafar.